updated Fri. January 12, 2024
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The National
April 16, 2018
Nearly 7,000 candidates are competing for 329 seats in the May 12 general election, which will be Iraq's fourth since 2003. “Given Iraq's history of election-season instability, the upcoming elections could deepen existing tensions rather than unify the country,” the International Crisis Group said in a report.
The Nation.
April 14, 2018
We are hearing from US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley words that resonate dangerously with those we heard at the UN Security Council back in 2002 and 2003, when the United States was trying to justify war against Iraq. “History will record this as the moment when the Security Council eitherÃâà...
The Canary
April 14, 2018
And now, fifteen years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, history seems to be repeating itself. Trump bombed Syria – despite lacking concrete evidence. Theresa May skipped into war much like Tony Blair trotted after George W Bush in 2003. But this time, we know CACI is already in Syria – despite itsÃâà...
PoliticusUSA
March 23, 2018
If his Iraq history isn't enough to concern you, then his current foreign policy philosophy should do the trick. Not only is Bolton in favor of tearing up the Iran nuclear deal – which prevents Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon – but he has said that he favors military intervention in both North Korea and Iran.
MyStatesman.com
March 23, 2018
The United States irrevocably changed the trajectory of Iraq's history. Sadly, I've come to terms with the fact that it might be a story with no end. Alvarez, of Austin, is the author of “Selling War: A Critical Look at the Military's PR Machine.” He is a recipient of the Bronze Star Medal and Combat Action Badge.
Socialist Worker Online
March 20, 2018
... the Ministry of Trade, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Information. They did nothing to prevent looters from destroying priceless treasures of Iraq's history in the Baghdad Archaeological Museum and in the museum in the northern city of MosulÃâà...
TRT World
March 20, 2018
Iraq's history since the early 20th century is perhaps best illustrated by how power tends to transition from one group to another. From the birth of modern Iraq until today, the country has seen no less than 12 major revolts while the army conducted four coups, showing that wielding power in the country isÃâà...
TRT World
March 20, 2018
Iraq's history since the early 20th century is perhaps best illustrated by how power tends to transition from one group to another. From the birth of modern Iraq until today, the country has seen no less than 12 major revolts while the army conducted four coups, showing that wielding power in the country isÃâà...
Arab News
March 18, 2018
... more beautiful because it is made of memories.” And for many of those shopping at this market of memories, scouring for relics appears to have more to do with financial gain tha historical interest. “They buy because they have money and it's a good investment,” the 76-year-old says. Topics: Iraq HistoryÃâà...
Truthdig
March 17, 2018
And we approached her at a difficult time in Iraq's history, the summer of 2014, which was when ISIS had first come on the world stage and seized control of Iraq's second-largest city, Mosul, which is where she lived. And we weren't sure if she was within the city limits still, or if she was alive, or where sheÃâà...
HuffPost UK
March 14, 2018
Jeremy Corbyn has refused to link Russia directly to the Salisbury nerve agent attack as his spokesman pointed out previous “problematic” intelligence blunders on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The Labour leader sparked angry reactions from Tory MPs as he insisted that the UK should followÃâà...
HuffPost UK
March 14, 2018
Jeremy Corbyn has refused to link Russia directly to the Salisbury nerve agent attack as his spokesman pointed out previous “problematic” intelligence blunders on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The Labour leader sparked angry reactions from Tory MPs as he insisted that the UK should followÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
March 13, 2018
Iraq's renowned Shia cleric and leader of the Sadrist movement, Moqtada Al-Sadr, has formed an alliance with the Iraqi Communist Party to run in the upcoming legislative elections scheduled for May. Sadrist movement leader, Ibrahim Al-Jabri, said the alliance is the first in Iraq's history. “It is a revolution byÃâà...
War on the Rocks
March 13, 2018
Iraq continues to move slowly but surely towards recovery. The defeat of ISIL — despite a small insurgent pocket remaining in Kirkuk and Diyala — and the (relative) success of the Kuwait conference give Iraq the tools needed to continue moving forward and begin to solve its myriad of security, economic,Ãâà...
National Catholic Reporter
March 2, 2018
The geniuses advising Cheney seemed not to know about Iraq's history of toleration for religious minorities. I wonder why that didn't work out? Nor did it help that the people designated to reach out to Iraqi religious leaders by the occupying U.S. forces were U.S. military chaplains, who tended to haveÃâà...
Breaking Energy
February 24, 2018
Omar Al-Nidawi is a Washington-based Iraq analyst and a guest lecturer on Iraq history at the Foreign Service Institute. Michael Knights, a Lafer Fellow with The Washington Institute, has worked in all of Iraq's provinces and spent time embedded with the country's security forces. Originally Posted onÃâà...
lareviewofbooks
February 24, 2018
Toward the end of the novel, her grandson, also named Daniel, comes from Australia to trick her into believing he is her son risen from the dead. Instead of portraying Elishva as senile for embracing this young man as her son, the narrator makes clear that Iraq's history and present are no less absurd: “OverÃâà...
MDC for Middle Eastern and African Studies
February 22, 2018
This article seeks to analyse the rise of Kurdistan in Iraq within the context of a panoramic picture of Iraq's history by contrasting two schools of thought regarding this country's failed system. One school of thought puts the blame on incompetent Iraqi rulers but mainly on the British colonialists who with their misdeeds,Ãâà...
Middle East Eye
February 21, 2018
However, an examination of Iraq's history indicates that an alliance between secularists and those with religious backgrounds does have a precedent. The Sadrist-Communist alliance appears to be a reversion to older patterns in Iraq's political history based on civic and national issues, and a repudiation ofÃâà...
The Arab Weekly
February 17, 2018
Those who are familiar with Iraq's history know very well that in a country that had only known violent dictatorships, everybody was a political prisoner. When a new regime rose to power in Iraq, the first thing that regime would do was assassinate its enemies. So there were no political prisoners in Iraq andÃâà...
Kuwait News Agency
February 11, 2018
BRUSSELS, Feb 12 (KUNA) -- EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice President of the European Commission, Federica Mogherini on Monday has expressed her thanks to His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah for inviting her to representÃâà...
Brooklyn Rail
February 7, 2018
Museums were where I first encountered art history, but they also allowed my grandparents and my mother to become the docents for Iraq's history. And that would not otherwise be available to me. It was available on the walls of our house and with the objects they were able to get out of Iraq when they left.
Devex
September 27, 2017
EU Humanitarian Aid and its partner, Norwegian People's Aid, distribute urgent food aid to 500 families in war-torn western Mosul. Photo by: Peter Biro / EU / ECHO / CC BY-NC-ND. The magnitude of the humanitarian, protection, and recovery needs in Iraq almost four years since the rise of the IslamicÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
July 14, 2017
While there is cause for celebration for the inspiring victory over the Islamic State group at the end of this dark chapter in Iraq's history, there is also a need for a measured awareness of the challenges that lie ahead – and a plan to address them. What comes next will require careful planning, diplomacy,Ãâà...
The Guardian
July 11, 2017
After Mosul's liberation, celebrations should mark the start of a new phase in Iraq's history. Photograph: Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images. The liberation of Mosul is complete. Islamic State is unlikely to again govern and control large swaths of territory in the near future. While the past three years of war haveÃâà...
Daily Times
December 31, 1999
American efforts to re-define Iraq's history and to impose a Western-style political settlement on the Middle Eastern country, in fact, highlight the pitfalls and harmful elements of Western liberalism and its claims of championing the rights of the downtrodden. What Iraq has revealed, and what AfghanistanÃâà...
