Basra invites British back for security role
03 Jan 2014 – The Telegraph Six years after the last British troops left amid a barrage of bombs and mortars, the Iraqi city of Basra is to re-enlist UK military expertise to oversee its security again Anxious to rid itself of the lawlessness that still plagues Iraq’s southern capital, Basra’s governor has hired a […]
January 2014 – A new report from Almesalla Organization for Human Resource Development concerning the personal freedoms of Iraqi youth in 2013 presents survey results indicating that more than 72% of youths questioned believe that their personal freedoms are not guaranteed, and that 41% of the violations are the result of government policies and practices […]
Domestic Violence Law in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
January 22 , 2014 Report on the Implementation of the Domestic Violence Law in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq during 2013. Almesalla Organization for Human Resource Development has published a special report on the impacts and effectiveness of the domestic violence law (Law No. 8) in the Kurdistan region of Iraq during 2013. This law, […]
Baghdad summons Turkish diplomat, Maliki warns Ankara over Kurdish oil
January/12/2014 BAGHDAD – Agence France-Presse / Reuters Baghdad summoned Turkey’s chargé d’affaires Jan. 12 over moves by Iraq’s Kurdish region to sell oil independently via Ceyhan, saying the move was a violation of its constitution as prime minister Nuri al-Maliki warned Turkey on not ‘interfering’ on the issue. Deputy Prime Minister Hussein al-Shahristani, the top official […]
Where the Tigris Flows: Water Security in Post-War Iraq and Turkey
Jadaliyya by Chris Gratien Media coverage of Iraq in recent years has been dominated by the horrifying images of the American occupation, its impacts, and its aftermath. Sometimes lost among the political turmoil are the stories of how daily life continues and persists and how it is affected by the issues of the day. What will […]
Letter from Iraqi Unions to Leaders of Parliament
January 15th, 2014 Respectable Mr. Osama Al Nujaify President of Iraqi Parliament After greetings, The Iraqi Trade Unions together with Iraqi workers in general, have been demanding for the last ten years or so; the issuance of new labor legislations that are compatible with the ongoing changes and developments in the Labor world, and […]
Metro Center: 193 violations against Kurdish journalists in 2013
Hawar Abdulrazaq, BasNews (Sulaimaniyah): Jan 15, 2014 The Kurdish Journalist Rights Organization (Metro Center) has released its annual report for 2013 on violations against journalists in the Kurdistan region over the last 12 months. Metro reported that during the past year there have 193 registered cases of violations against 167 journalists across the Kurdistan region. […]
As we obsessively keep our eyes on the security operations orientation taking place in Al-Anbar province, where the security forces since three weeks is trying through to impose its control over the province after the domination of the terrorist forces on a number of its cities. While we strongly condemn the violence exercised by those […]
Another Year Fighting Against Ilisu Dam:
A Year Review of the Save the Tigris Campaign Johanna Rivera 16 0f January 2014 For the last year, the Save the Tigris Campaign has been actively working to raise awareness about the negative impacts of Ilisu dam, one of 22 dams built in Turkey on the Tigris River. The campaign gathers organizations form Turkey, Iraq […]
13/01/2014 Al-Mada Press/ Baghdad The Shiite religious man Hussein Ismail Al-Sadr said on Monday that Al-Anbar has become the issue of the “The Free Iraqis” as a whole, and he pointed out that “the complexity of this issue is a result of the politicians’ greediness” and that military force alone is not sufficient to deal […]
During 2013 members of the press who were killed or injured in Iraq climbed to alarming numbers, while freedom of the press was smashed between the hammer of armed militias and the anvil of the government. The Press Freedom Advocacy Association released its annual report for 2013, highlighting the serious deterioration in the working conditions […]
Resolution of Anbar crisis requires security, political coordination
Author Mushreq AbbasPosted January 3, 2014 Translator(s)Kamal Fayad Al-Monitor When the Iraqi army marched on the Anbar desert on Dec. 22 to wage war against al-Qaeda fighters along the Iraqi-Syrian border, the operation was viewed as an opportunity to restore the hope of achieving internal consensus around the necessity to fight extremism. Instead, however, it […]