Tag: Iraq

Iraqis head to early vote with little hope for change (Al Jazeera)

An Iraqi voter shows his inked finger after casting his ballot at a polling station in Baghdad Iraqis headed to the polls for an...

Iraq holds early voting ahead of parliamentary elections (Al Jazeera)

Early voting has begun in Iraq’s parliamentary elections, with security forces, prisoners and internally displaced people casting their ballots two days ahead of Sunday’s...

Iraqi intel service, tribal fighters kill Islamic State commanders (Shelly Kittleson, Al-Monitor)

A man driving a car loaded with explosives who was thought to have been about to attack a police station detonated himself in the...

Kadhimi’s Bid to Revive Iraqi Fortunes (Muddassir Quamar, IDSA)

On 28 August 2021, Iraq hosted the first “Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership” with participation of eight regional countries, including Iran, Saudi Arabia,...

Iraq’s electoral system (Victoria Stewart-Jolley, Chatham House)

Reform of the electoral system has been a consistent feature in Iraq since 2003. However, these developments have had little impact on how governments...

Will Iraq’s protesters vote in the election they demanded? (Al Jazeera)

Iraqis are heading to the ballot box in less than a week, and it is a direct result of activists’ efforts. But as the...

Russian nationals can be among foreign terrorists in Syria, Iraq — diplomat (TASS)

Russian nationals can be among the 10,000 foreign terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in an interview with...

Can Iraq’s prime minister win re-election and curb the power of Iran-backed militias? (Paul Iddon, Middle East Eye)

Iraqis rally at Fardous Square in central Baghdad on 1 October 2021, demanding justice for demonstrators killed during last year's anti-government protests (AFP) Iraqi Prime...

Oshkosh wins $16M deal to boost military mobility for Iraq, Lebanon and Malaysia (Agnes Helou, Defense News)

U.S. Staff Sgt. Edward Dinkins ground guides an M1070A1 HET in an uncoupling exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., in June 2015. (Sgt. Leticia Samuels/U.S....

Iraqis march in Baghdad to mark protests anniversary (Al Jazeera)

Iraqi protesters marked the second anniversary of anti-government protests in Baghdad Hundreds of Iraqis have taken to the streets in Baghdad to mark two...

Iraq: ‘Moral obligation’ to ensure justice for Yazidi and other survivors of ISIL crimes (UN News)

A new Iraqi law to support Yazidi women survivors of crimes committed by ISIL terrorists, represents “a watershed moment” in addressing the wrongs committed against them and other minority groups, the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence...

Iraqi President warns against complacency in the fight against terrorism (UN News)

He said over the past 40 years alone, Iraq has suffered wars, embargoes, tyranny, genocidal campaigns, as well as “the grip of terrorism over...

Iran ‘won’ the war with Iraq but at a heavy price (Barbara Slavin, Abbas Kadhim, Atlantic Council)

When Iraq invaded Iran on September 22, 1980, many in the region and the wider world were not particularly sorry. One Arab diplomat at...

Iraq’s Elections: Will Boycott Efforts Delegitimize or Entrench Discredited Status Quo? (Geneive Abdo, AGSIW)

On October 10, Iraqis will go to the polls in parliamentary elections aimed at forming a new government. There is more at stake this...

9/11 and Iraq: The making of a tragedy (Bruce Riedel, Brookings)

Twenty years after the al-Qaida attack on September 11, 2001, the United States is still involved in a war in Iraq that it started....

Iraq. Iraqis protest is symptom of embedded corruption (Renad Mansour, Chatham House)

Hospital fires and electricity cuts have prompted angry protests, and many Iraqis see government corruption and mismanagement as the root of their suffering. Iraqis protest...