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 …
Iraq will ‘unravel’ without US forces, warns Peshmerga general
If US and Nato troops withdraw it could lead to a far greater, costlier and more difficult reintervention later, said Major General Sirwan Barzani of the Peshmerga military. The extremists, whose force in Iraq totals an estimated 7,
Iraq’s Kurdish region warns against ‘unlawful’ stop to funds
Iraqi Kurdish authorities on Thursday pushed back against a decision by Iraq’s top court that blocked payments from state coffers funding the semi-autonomous region. Jutiar Adel, a spokesperson for …
Iraq turns Saddam Hussein’s yacht into marine research center
A luxury yacht that once belonged to the ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein has been repurposed as a marine sciences research center in Basra. The …