Caliphate: How the New York Times’ Islamic State scoop unravelled
Laila Al-Arian 15 January 2021 The Caliphate podcast has revealed again that the paper needs to confront unpleasant truths about how it handles stories at the nexus of Islam, the […]
How Erbil and Baghdad could fuel Iraq’s recovery
Author HAFED AL-GHWELL January 16, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/zy6tz After Daesh’s defeat and expulsion from Iraq, an emergent crop of post-civil war leaders became well positioned to reap a political, […]
Military Veterans to Legal Experts Condemn Trump’s Pardoning of Blackwater War Criminals
BY BRIAN TRAUTMAN The U.S.-led war on Iraq, which formally began in March 2003 but essentially started more than a decade earlier with frequent aerial bombing and oppressive economic sanctions, […]
Chanting anti-US slogans, Iraqi militia supporters mark year since Soleimani’s killing
Maher Nazeh Reuters Baghdad / Mon, January 4, 2021 Iraqis, including supporters of Hashid Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces), hold placards and flags as they gather to mark the one year […]
American soft coup against Iraqi people
Politics December 31, 2020 – TEHRAN TIMES TEHRAN – Iran has agreed to resume gas exports to neighboring Iraq, thereby saving Iraq from a widespread power outage. The agreement to […]
Iraqi interpreters ‘stalked by death squads’ for helping the British
By Nafiseh Kohnavard BBC Persian, Iraq Silhouettes of Ali and Ahmed with Nafiseh Kohnavard image captionTwo Iraqis who worked for the British army spoke on condition of anonymity “I am […]
In Iraq, Trump’s Blackwater pardons meet with cynicism, fatigue
By Mustafa Salim and Louisa Loveluck Dec. 23, 2020 BAGHDAD — The 2007 unprovoked killing of Iraqi civilians by Blackwater security contractors is remembered here as one of the most […]
‘Cheaper than water’: Iraqis angry but unsurprised over Blackwater pardons
An Iraqi man rides a bicycle passing by a remains of a car, burnt after Blackwater guards escorting US embassy officials opened fire in Baghdad on September 16, 2007. (File/AFP) […]
Migrant route to refugee status: An Iraqi family’s odyssey
By AFP – Dec 17,2020 – JORDAN TIMES In this photograph taken on September 24, 32-year-old Ahmad (right) and his five-year-old son Adam play in a park in the town of Duiven, The Netherlands (AFP photo) http://jordantimes.com/news/world/migrant-route-refugee-status-iraqi-familys-odyssey DUIVEN, The Netherlands — In September 2015 as Europe confronts its worst refugee […]
We’ve waited so long’: Iraq’s Christians await Pope
By AFP – Dec 09,2020 – Last updated at Dec 09,2020 In this file photo taken on December 24, 2019, Iraqi Christians attend Christmas eve mass at the Syriac Catholic […]
Zarif advises regional states to exclude West from regional talks
December 8, 2020 – TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has advised the Arab countries in the Persian Gulf region to exclude the West from regional talks, saying […]
Pope Francis to make historic Iraq visit in March
Pope Francis has long expressed an interest in visiting Iraq. (File/AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/mn6c2 Pope will travel to former Daesh stronghold Mosul and Erbil Iraq has welcomed Pope Francis 2021 […]
Airstrike ‘kills Iranian commander’: Top Revolutionary Guard soldier ‘targeted while taking weapons in to Syria’ after ‘Israeli assassins took out country’s nuclear chief’
‘ The strike ‘killed Muslim Shahdan’, a commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards The airstrike reportedly killed the commander and three of his bodyguards Unidentified warplanes reportedly targeted them in Deir […]
Nightmare over but Iraqi Christians still dream of leaving
By AFP – Nov 22,2020 – JORDAN TIMES A man exits into a yard at the Church of the Holy Trinity in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on November 7 (AFP […]
Baghdad, Irbil begin implementation of Sinjar deal in major blow to PKK
BY ANADOLU AGENCY IRBIL, IRAQ W NOV 17, 2020 PKK terrorists in Iraq’s Sinjar (IHA File Photo) The Iraqi central government and Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) announced Tuesday that […]
Flashback to 2007: Iraqis With Ties to U.S. Cross Border Into Despair
Mustafa Ahmed holds a written death threat and a letter that praises his work for ACDI/VOCA, a U.S.-funded nonprofit group for which he worked. (Photos By Yasmin Mousa For The Washington […]
Refugees Who Assisted the U.S. Military Find the Door to America Slammed Shut
To Know more how you can benefit from the Muslim Times, go to our Homepage or About Us page Source: New York Times President Trump has reduced the flow of refugees into the country […]
The Impact of COVID-19 on Local Peacebuilding in the Middle East
Reflections from Yemen, Syria, and Iraq CENTER: Middle East and Africa Center The outbreak of COVID-19 in conflict zones was regarded by many as an opportunity for peace. But today, the […]
In Iraq’s Mosul, new statues rise from ashes of Daesh rule
By AFP – Oct 04,2020 – JORDAN TIMES This photo taken on August 29 shows the statue of Al Sawas, which in English means The Licorice Man, and depicts a […]
Egypt-Iraq-Jordan Alliance Tries to Change Middle East Dynamics
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020 Curtis R. Ryan On August 25, 2020, the leaders of Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan met in Amman for the third in a succession of meetings marking ever-closer relations between […]
