I was on my fourth deployment in Iraq, and remember the mix of hope and trepidation—fear that mistrust and violence will overwhelm the electoral process. Fifteen years own, it’s my own country I’m …
Time for an Israel-Iraq peace deal
A peace deal would also guarantee the full support of the US and other Western countries toward securing a strong, democratic and independent Iraq.
Iraq’s ancient ‘palm climbers’ struggle for survival
Under the autumn Iraqi sun, Abbas Abbud expertly scrambles up the ragged trunk of the palm tree. Now, sitting comfortably atop a date tree, he looks out over a golden sun setting over endless Iraqi …
Prime Minister of Iraq and head of LUKOIL discussed the prospects for cooperation
Kadhimi and Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar Ismail received a delegation of LUKOIL headed by its President Vagit Alekperov today in Iraq. The meeting was also attended by the Ambassador …
Biden and his interventionists should beware: America has changed due to the Iraq effect
It is not too much to say that my early and fervent opposition to the Iraq War was the seminal The post Biden and his interventionists should beware: America has changed due to the Iraq effect …
Iraq faces OPEC dilemma
From his third-floor office in eastern Baghdad, Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar can see the rowdy protesters below as they march toward Tahrir Square, the symbolic heart of Iraq’s latest …
Pulling Off A Halloween Prank During A Deployment In Iraq
“We were doing an awful job in an awful time,” veteran Garett Reppenhagen said in a StoryCorps conversation. “If I shed any joy to anybody on that base that day, then I think it was all worth it.” …
Demands for payment from tribes, militias stalling investment in Iraq
He said that as a result of such extortion, Iraq now ranks 171st out of 190 countries in the evaluation of the “Ease of Doing Business” issued by the World Bank in 2019. He said this classification …
OPEC oil output rises more on Libya restart, Iraq: Reuters survey
OPEC oil output has risen for a fourth month in October, a Reuters survey found, as a restart of more Libyan installations and higher Iraqi exports offset full adherence by other members to an …
Neglected Yazidi mass graves finally exhumed in Iraq
This area, with the largest Yazidi presence in Iraq and the world, was invaded and controlled by the Islamic State (IS) in 2014. These graves are known as the “Mothers’ Cemetery,” and are located in …