Costly Iraq intervention must never be repeated
CHRIS DOYLE March 13, 2023 The consequences of the Anglo-American decision to go to war on Iraq 20 years ago this month have haunted that country and the region ever […]
Long shadow of US invasion of Iraq still looms over international order
President George W Bush declares the end of major combat in Iraq on 1 May 2003. Photograph: J Scott Applewhite/AP Iraq war: 20 years on ‘Tell me, how does this […]
Millions of us marched over Iraq – and were ignored. Now we have broken politics and endless war
Lindsey German We changed public opinion but couldn’t stop the war. The consequences have been terrible, for Iraqis and for all of usWed 15 Feb 2023 No one can say […]
Iraq issues arrest warrants in ‘heist of the century’
Iraq’s former finance minister Ali Allawi is pictured during an interview at his residence in Baghdad on June 22, 2020. (AFP file) Updated 04 March 2023 AFP March 04, 2023 […]
Levels of Iraq’s Tigris and Euphrates plunge in south
An aerial view shows the Hadarat bridge across the Euphrates river that is witnessing a sharp decrease in water levels, in Nassiriya on February 26, 2023. (AFP) Updated 20 sec […]
Looking back at the Iraq war. 2007.
The $3,850 per second war and its victims: Bernd Debusmann Bernd Debusmann 6 分で読む WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Assuming you read at average speed, by the time you get to the […]
Tech advances offer new hope for easing looming Middle East water crisis
An aerial view of the drying-up marshes of Chibayish in Iraq’s southern Dhi Qar province. (AFP/File) ALI YOUNES February 16, 2023 WASHINGTON: As the effects of climate change are increasingly […]
Twenty years ago: The debate we should have had on Iraq
Feb 06,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby Twenty years ago this month, the US was rushing headlong into war with Iraq, one of the most consequential travesties in […]
Double standards on war crimes, from Afghanistan to Ukraine
by Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan April 7, 2022 We need a uniform standard of justice to hold accountable perpetrators of war crimes, wherever they may occur. In early April, shocking video surfaced […]
Implications of the drone attack on Iran
Feb 05,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Amer Al Sabaileh Last week, Iran blamed Israel for a drone attack on a military factory near the central city of Isfahan, this was […]
Treasure hunters circle in search of Islamic State’s lost loot
Islamic State The ruins of Iraq and Syria are proving a treasure trove, with former foes vying to uncover buried bullion, dollars and jewels Martin Chulov and Nechirvan Mando Erbil One […]
Iraq’s focus on new path of solidarity
BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN JAN 09, 2023 – DAILY SABAH Participants attend the 2nd Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership, Jordan, Dec. 20, 2022. (Reuters Photo) The Baghdad conference’s results […]
Why Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan rank among the ‘world’s angriest countries’
SPECIAL 1 / 5 SPECIAL 2 / 5 Activists and relatives of victims of the Beirut port explosion scuffle with security officers during a demonstration on Sept. 29, 2021 in the Lebanese […]
An overview of Middle East politics in 2022
Dec 31,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / Amer Al Sabaileh Across Middle East there are numerous complicated situations that have characterised this post-covid year. One of the most important is the worsening internal situation in Iran. Since 2003, the year of the fall of Saddam Hussein, the country has been a […]
Iraq’s ‘theft of the century’: How $2.5bn in public money ‘evaporated’
Iraqi finance ministry report seen by MEE reveals details of fake cheques plot in which trillions of dinars were stolen from tax authority’s bank accounts 247 cheques worth about $2.5bn […]
Ukraine Infrastructure Damage versus Iraq Infrastructure Destruction
Infrastructure Targeting and Postwar Iraq by Michael Knights Mar 14, 2003 ABOUT THE AUTHORS Michael Knights EDITOR’S NOTE. JUST TO REMIND US WHAT HAPPENED IN IRAQ. HARDLY ANYBODY TOOK NOTICE AT […]
For water-stressed Iraq, wells threaten race to the bottom
By AFP – Oct 30,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / A view of the receding water level at the Dohuk Dam, in the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk in the autonomous Kurdish region, on […]
What Putin learned from Bush
In order to discredit a Head of State all electricity, water and transport infrastructure of the whole country must be destroyed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damage_to_Baghdad_during_the_Iraq_War just an extract of what Bush did in […]
Russia destroys power and water infrastructure across Ukraine
EURACTIV.com with Reuters Oct 18, 2022 A handout photo released by the press service of the State Emergency Service (SES) of Ukraine shows emergency services responding to a fire after […]
Iraq – Is there hope at last?
HAFED AL-GHWELL October 15, 2022 Short Url Last year, Iraqis took to the polls in renewed hopes of charting a new path to a prosperous, stable and secure future for […]