A finance reform blueprint is trumpeted by Iraq’s PM Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, but his government seems too weak to deliver, writes Salah Nasrawi …
Iraq reports 3,595 new COVID-19 cases, 482,296 in total
The Iraqi Health Ministry reported on Tuesday 3,595 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the nationwide infections to 482,296. The new cases included 1,066 in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, 473 in Duhok, 453 in …
Coronavirus Watch in Mideast: Iran’s COVID-19 cases rise to 628,780 as Iraq’s death toll from coronavirus exceeds 10,000
People wearing face masks visit the tomb of Persian poet Ferdowsi in ancient city of Tous, Iran, Oct. 30, 2020. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz) –Iran’s cases up to 628,780 with 35,738 deaths; –Iraq’s death …
This U.S. Election Feels All Too Similar to Iraq’s Fraught and Violent One in 2005 | Opinion
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.” …