Children of Iraq’s Kawliya return to school after 14-year break
Reuters International This content was published on April 17, 2018 3:20 PMApr 17, 2018 – 15:20 Children of Iraqi Kawliya group (known as Iraqi gypsies) play outside a school […]
Iraq: Baghdad’s ancient library has rare books
Where the books weren’t burned: Baghdad’s ancient library #Heritage Baghdad’s libraries were looted and burned in the chaos of 2003, but one of its libraries escaped this fate and a […]
Syria is the ultimate free-for-all free fire zone
Apr 11,2018 – JORDAN TIMES – Michael Jansen This region has become a free fire zone. Any country can become a shooting gallery at any moment. A video of the shooting by […]
‘I paid $90,000 to free my family from IS’
Source: BBC News By Lizzie Porter Sharya, Iraq Image copyrightLEILA MOLANA-ALLENImage captionKhalid Taalo Khudhur al-Ali with nephews and nieces who also made it to safety in August 2014 Khalid Taalo Khudhur al-Ali fled with his wife and children as Islamic State militants attacked their town in Iraq in 2014, but 19 […]
Baghdad’s infrastructure in ruins 15 years after Saddam fell
By AFP – Apr 09,2018 A US soldier watches as a statue of Iraq’s President Saddam Hussein falls in central Baghdad, Iraq, on April 9, 2003 (Reuters file […]
The ISIS Files
Source: The New York Times By Rukmini Callimachi Photographs by Ivor Prickett April 4, 2018 On five trips to battle-scarred Iraq, journalists for The New York Times scoured old Islamic State offices, […]
One Morning in Baghdad
Fifteen years after the U.S. invasion, there’s no satisfying answer to the question: What were we doing in Iraq anyway? Maya Alleruzzo / AP / Katie Martin / The Atlantic […]
As we look back on the horror of Iraq 15 years later, I wonder – would this have happened if Trump was president?
Those crossed swords in Baghdad, the rockets swooping heavenwards in the giant wall painting in his palace conference room, the military parades – they would surely have tickled the interest of […]
Turkey lifts ban on flights to KRG, resumes flights to Irbil
DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL Prime Minister Yıldırım confirmed on Friday the resumption of international flights to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Friday and the lifting of the […]
Special Report – This man is trying to rebuild Mosul. He needs help – lots of it Politics
Reuters International This content was published on March 21, 2018 Abdelsattar al-Hibbu, municipality chief of Mosul, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Mosul, Iraq, January 9, 2018. Picture […]
Fifteen Years Ago, America Destroyed My Country
By SINAN ANTOON MARCH 19, 2018 A statue of Saddam Hussein in front of the burning National Olympic Committee in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2003. Credit Tyler Hicks/The New York Times […]
Bloody scenes of life under IS haunt Mosul returnees
Source: Reuters By Raya Jalabi MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – For residents of the Old City, returning to Mosul is an exercise in trying to forget. Moayad stands in front of […]
Iraq holding more than 19,000 because of IS, militant ties
Source: Associated Press By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SUSANNAH GEORGE BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has detained or imprisoned at least 19,000 people accused of connections to the Islamic State group or […]
Cubs of the Caliphate: rehabilitating Islamic State’s child fighters
Source: Reuters BY Raya Jalabi RAWANGA CAMP, Iraq (Reuters) – While children who have been through war typically draw devastating pictures of the violence they have suffered, few show themselves […]
Is it time the US apologised for invading Iraq?
Fifteen years since the invasion of Iraq, we ask retired US Brig Gen Mark Kimmitt about war crimes and the war’s legacy. 09 Mar 2018 Fifteen years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, the consequences of the subsequent war continue to be debated. According to the UN refugee agency, more […]
No Peace after Islamic State: Foreign Powers Compete for a Slice of Syria
Islamic State has largely been defeated, but peace in Syria has not been achieved. On the contrary, without a common enemy, parties involved are now pursuing their own interests, […]
Iraq’s ethnic, religious groups fragmented as elections near
Source: Associated Press By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SINAN SALAHEDDIN BAGHDAD (AP) — Long beset by toxic divisions, Iraq seems to be growing even more fragmented ahead of national elections scheduled […]
Jordanian trucks expected to make direct trips into Iraq next week
By Ana V. Ibáñez Prieto – Feb 15,2018 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The ministries of transport and industry on Tuesday agreed to start arrangements for the entry of Jordanian commercial trucks to Iraq, preparing the ground for the implementation of the relevant decision taken for that purpose. The decision […]
Kuwait says $30 billion pledged to rebuild Iraq
AP http://www.arabnews.com Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi (L), Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (C) and Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres attend the second day […]
Iraq says reconstruction after war on Daesh to cost $88 billion
By Thomson Reuters Foundation – Feb 12,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Participants walk past brochures of previous funds collected by the International Islamic Relief Organisation (IIRO), during the Kuwait International Conference for Reconstruction of Iraq on Monday, in Kuwait City (AFP photo) KUWAIT — Rebuilding Iraq after three years of […]