Tag: Iraq

(Iraq/Pope Francis) Pope Francis urges Iraq’s Muslims, Christians to unite for peace (Al Jazeera)

Pope Francis travelled to the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq to reinforce his message of interfaith tolerance. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/6/pope-francis-urges-iraqs-muslims-christians-to-unite-for-peace

(Iraq/Pope Francis) Pope Francis meets Iraq’s Shia leader al-Sistani (Al Jazeera)

The pontiff met Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in holy city of Najaf to urge Muslims to embrace Iraq’s beleaguered Christians. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/6/pope-francis-meets-iraqs-shia-leader-al-sistani

(Iraq/Pope Francis) Pope Meets with Iraq’s Grand Ayatollah (VoA)

Pope Francis, leader of the world’s Roman Catholics, met Saturday in Iraq with the Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, a leading Shiite Muslim figure. https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/pope-meets-iraqs-grand-ayatollah

(Iraq/Pope Francis) The pope goes to Najaf: The person and the institution of Sistani (Brookings)

Marsin Alshamary On March 6, Pope Francis will have paid a courtesy visit to Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, the head of the Shi’a religious establishment...

(Iraq/USA) Militias in Iraq Provide Security, Wield Political Power, and May Be Tearing the Country Apart (Defense One)

Katie Bo Williams Rogue militia groups threaten to thrust Iraq into civil war, senior U.S. military officials are warning in increasingly stark language. https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/03/militias-iraq-provide-security-wield-political-power-and-may-be-tearing-country-apart/172390/

(Iran/Iraq/USA) Report: Iran used commercial satellite images to monitor US forces before attack (Defense News)

Nathan Strout Iran used commercial satellite images to monitor Ain al-Asad Air Base in Iraq as it prepared to launch more than a dozen ballistic...

(Iraq/USA) US ‘Outraged’ After Rocket Salvo Slams Baghdad (VoA)

Jeff Seldin U.S. officials expressed outrage Monday after a trio of rockets slammed into Baghdad, two of them landing in the city's fortified Green Zone. https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/us-outraged-after-rocket-salvo-slams-baghdad

(Iraq) Iraq Says Rocket Attack Targets Green Zone, No Casualties (VoA)

Iraq’s military said at least three rockets hit Baghdad on Monday, including two in the city’s fortified Green Zone, but caused no casualties. https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/iraq-says-rocket-attack-targets-green-zone-no-casualties

(Iraq/USA/ISIS/Iran) To save Iraq from economic collapse and fight ISIS, contain Iran’s proxies (Brookings)

Ranj Alaaldin The day after President Biden was inaugurated, Baghdad was hit by two suicide bombers who, in macabre fashion, killed at least 32 people...

(Iraq/USA) Rockets target north Iraq airbase hosting US troops (Al Monitor)

A volley of rockets targeted the Kurdish regional capital in northern Iraq late Monday, authorities said, as security sources confirmed that at least one...

(Iraq) Iraq finally makes arrests over killing of anti-government protestors (Al Monitor)

Hassan Ali Ahmed Iraqi security forces arrested four suspects for allegedly killing Iraqi protesters and activists. https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2021/02/iraq-security-protests-militias.html

(Iran/Iraq) Iran’s Resistance Axis Rattled by Divisions: Asaib Ahl al-Haq’s Leader Rejects the Ceasefire in Iraq (The Jamestown Foundation)

Jacob Lees Weiss On December 20, 2020, 21 Katyusha rockets struck the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, breaking an Iranian-sponsored ceasefire in Iraq for a second...

(Europe/Syria/Iraq) EU policies and interventions in the Syrian and Iraqi civil wars (Clingendael)

Erwin van Veen, Nancy Ezzeddine https://www.clingendael.org/publication/eu-policies-and-interventions-syrian-and-iraqi-civil-wars

(Iraq) In Basra, fake Covid PCR tests allow Iraqis to fly without negative result (Middle East Eye)

Azhar Al-Rubaie https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/covid-iraq-basra-fake-test-allow-fly

(Iraq) Iraq mourns the first set of remains of Yazidi genocide victims (Al Monitor)

Mirza Dinnayi https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2021/02/iraq-mourn-victims-yazidi-genocide-baghdad-sinjar-funeral.html

(Iraq) Iraq: IDPs say they are being threatened to leave camp (Al Jazeera)

By Shereena Qazi and Kareem Botane https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/1/iraq