Turkey’s advances across the increasingly depopulated border of Iraqi Kurdistan attract little global attention, but the escalation risks further destabilising a region where foreign powers have …
Sallyport wins $235m Iraq Contract
By John Lee. US-based Sallyport Global Holdings, part of the Caliburn International group, has been awarded a $235,608,052 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00003) to previously awarded contract …
Drones reportedly attack convoy in east Syria coming from Iraq
Drones attacked a convoy of trucks in eastern Syria Sunday night shortly after it crossed into the country from Iraq, Syrian opposition activists and a pro-government radio station said. There was no …
‘The ‘Shiite crescent’ of Lebanon, Syria and Iraq is at risk of crumbling’
OP-ED. Antoine Basbous, a specialist of the Arab world, says that Beirut, Damascus and Baghdad are sinking further into crisis due to the scarcity of the dollar, institutional chaos, economic disorder …
Death in the marshes: environmental calamity hits Iraq’s unique wetlands
Rivers and lakes that have nurtured communities since civilisation’s dawn are drying up, as drought leads to hunger, displacement and simmering conflict …
Iraq confirms preparations for a new round of contacts between Iran and Saudi Arabia in Baghdad
Iranian and Saudi Arabian officials will meet again in the near future in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, to bring new positions closer after the resumption of diplomatic relations earlier this year, …
Morocco reopens embassy in Iraq after 18 years of absence
Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and his Moroccan counterpart, Naser Bourita, participated together on Saturday in the reopening of the Moroccan Embassy in Baghdad, after 18 years of inactivity.
Horrifying Images of the Iraq War
Though Bush famously (and fatuously) declared “Mission accomplished!” on an aircraft carrier in California in May 2003, U.S. involvement in Iraq was just beginning. A vigorous insurgency was mounted, …
Adam Schiff, the guy who voted for the Iraq war and the Patriot Act, for Senate? Nah.
Along with Feinstein, he voted for the Iraq war, setting off a chain of events that would kill hundreds of thousands of people, traumatize many more, displace millions and create a power vacuum that …
France and Iraq sign comprehensive strategic partnership agreement
French President Emmanuel Macron met with Iraq Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Thursday, the French presidency said, signing a set of strategic agreements meant to boost Iraq’s economic …