Authorities in Iraq’s Kurdistan region this week announced the arrest of a dozen people suspected of ties to the Turkey-based Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a move that observers say has raised …
Medal of Honor for Iraq War hero Cashe delayed again
Advocates had hoped the Senate would pass legislation related to the honor before leaving on their election break.
What will it take to bring back growth in Iraq?
Growth is driven by oil production—and related investment—but not productivity. The education system, once ranked near the top of the Arab world, now sits near the bottom. Iraq has one of the lowest …
US military dogs in Iraq now have their own mobile blood bank
The U.S. Army said military dogs can only receive certain blood types, so having a blood bank ready can help treat K-9s quickly and efficiently.
Albania repatriating 5 family members of fighters in Syria
Albania’s prime minister said Monday that four children and a woman, all related to Albanian nationals who joined Islamist extremist groups fighting in Syria and Iraq, …
“Iraq War Diaries” at Ten Years: Truth Is Treason
Great journalists like Seymour Hersh, who reported to us the tragedy of the Mai Lai Massacre and the horrors that took place at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, are essential. Ten years ago last …
Saddam Hussein’s right-hand man dead, announces Iraq’s Baath Party
Ezzat Ibrahim al-Douri, arguably the most high-profile Saddam Hussein-era officials to evade capture in the wake of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, had made infrequent public appearences in recent years …
5-km-long artwork pays homage to abused Iraq Kurd women
Along a five-kilometre (three-mile) stretch of road in Sulaimaniyah, an Iraqi Kurdish artist on Monday unveiled a stitched collage of clothes from women survivors of domestic violence.
Iraq’s Prime Minister Bets Big on Economic Reforms
Finance Minister Ali Allawi said the goal was to “create a strategic and policy framework for a new Iraqi economy.” If it is faithfully executed, Iraq will “have a restructured and more dynamic …
Iraq and Lebanon A tale of two nations
Iraqis and Lebanese rose up against misrule, corruption, rampant unemployment and the lack of essentials like water, electricity and decent health care and education. Demonstrations in Iraq have been …