Iraqi Yazidis seek refuge in church as last resort
Yazidis seek church asylum as Europe’s empathy for refugees wanes Source: AlJazeera In a German convent, the church is now being used as a last-resort shelter for a group of […]
Nisreen’s Choice: Women Rescued From Islamic State Are Told to Leave Children Behind
Source: Wall Street Journal By Isabel Coles and Ali Nabhan DUHOK, Iraq—When Nisreen searches her baby’s budding features she can sometimes see traces of his father: the Islamic State militant who raped her, […]
Survivors of last major Islamic State battle in Iraq beg for food
Source: Reuters BY Maria Tsvetkova MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – On a scorching August afternoon, an angry crowd besieged a mini-truck loaded with meat of two slaughtered cows amidst the ruins of […]
Pentagon raises alarm about sharp drop in Iraqi refugees coming to US
By Reuters – Aug 20,2018 – JORDAN TIMES US soldiers gather at a military base north of Mosul, Iraq, on January 4, 2017 (Reuters file photo) WASHINGTON — Military officials […]
Iraq religious tourism squeezed by Iran sanctions
By AFP – Aug 16,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Tourists stroll at a holy site in the Iraqi city of Najaf on Tuesday (AFP photo) NAJAF, Iraq — With hotels facing […]
The Iraqi Spy Who Infiltrated ISIS
Source: The New York Times By Margaret Coker BAGHDAD — The driver was sweating as his white Kia pickup truck sped along a rain-slicked Baghdad highway toward a neighborhood bustling […]
Turkey committed to agreement with Iraq, keeps water flowing to neighbor
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Delaying water-filling operations in the multi-billion dollar Ilısu Dam Project, Turkey continues to maintain water flow to its southern neighbor Iraq at 500 cubic meters per second […]
Global warming: Drought hits Iraq’s agriculture
Cultivated areas halve in Iraq as drought tightens grip By AFP – Aug 04,2018 – JORDAN TIMES An Iraqi man uses a shovel on a dry field in an […]
The Shia Spring: Shias in southern Iraq are fed up with the government
Thousands of Iraqis are protesting against shortages of electricity and water Jul 26th 2018 IRAQ’S ruling elite has survived Kurdish separatism and Sunni jihadism. But a challenge from its […]
It bears repeating: Foolish wars have consequences
Jul 30,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – James J. Zogby Fifteen years ago, we were still in the early stages of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq, “the war that […]
Iraq’s unrest could pave way for profound political reform
Jul 24,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Osama Al Sharif More than two months after Iraqis headed to the polls to elect a new parliament and as Muqtada Al Sadr, whose […]
Cleric Sadr backs Iraq protests, calls for delay in government formation
Source: Associated Press BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose political bloc won Iraq’s May 12 election, called on all politicians to delay efforts to form a new government […]
ISIS is making a comeback in Iraq just months after Baghdad declared victory
Source: The Washington Post By Liz Sly and Mustafa SalimJuly 17Email the author BAGHDAD — The Islamic State is creeping back into parts of central Iraq just seven months after the government declared victory […]
Imam Husain (ra) – An Inspiring Narration of Courage and Conviction to Make the Ultimate Sacrifice
Husayn Imam of Muslims Shrine of Imam Husayn ibn Ali. Native name الحسين ابن علي Born 10 October 625 (3 Sha’aban AH 4)[1] Medinah, Hijaz Died 10 October 680 (aged 55) (10 Muharram AH 61) Karbala, Umayyad section of Mesopotamia Cause of death […]
60 years on, Iraqis reflect on the coup that killed King Faisal II
1 / 3 Iraq’s King Faisal II in 1952, a year before taking the throne. (AFP) 2 / 3 Faisal takes the oath in Parliament in 1953, watched over by […]
Isis may have been defeated a year ago in Mosul, but the ideology that caused it to grow lives on
Isis may have been defeated a year ago in Mosul, but the ideology that caused it to grow lives on One year ago, Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi declared that […]
ISIS Remnants Fight On, Despite U.S. Campaign
Source: Wall Street Journal ISIS Remnants Fight On, Despite U.S. Campaign The group decentralized its command structure, set up sleeper cells, and dug tunnels in the desert spanning Syria and […]
Child beggars fill Mosul streets a year on from Daesh
An Iraqi child peddlar sells tissue paper to cars driving down a street in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on July 7, 2018. (AFP) AFP July 08, 2018 Residents […]
After Isis is gone, Iraq will continue to be a deeply corrupt country
Though there is talk of reforming this system, it is politically dangerous to do so because the networks of corruption and patronage established themselves too long ago and involve too […]
The Case of the Purloined Poultry: How ISIS Prosecuted Petty Crime
Source: The New York Times By Rukmini Callimachi TEL KAIF, Iraq — The crime scene was Stall No. 200 in a market eight miles north of Mosul, Iraq. It was there […]