Incidents of Anti-Shiism in April, 2018

With 673 incidents of anti-Shiism during the month of April, Shia repression is on the rise. The reduction in February and March from January’s equivalent 673 incidents was too good to be true, as this month concluded with 128 deaths, 180 injuries, 236 ar

Crime and No Punishment for the Iraq War

It is unlikely that former US President George W. Bush or any member of his administration will ever stand trial for initiating a war of aggression in Iraq

Trump Can’t Afford to Forget About Iraq

Having won the war, will the United States end up yet again squandering the peace?

Islamic State has been stashing millions of dollars in Iraq and abroad

As their so-called caliphate crumbles, the jihadists are saving up to fight another day

The Fuzzy Math of Funding Iraq's Reconstruction

The country is not getting all the money it is asking for, which is probably just as well.

One in four Iraqi children live in poverty after war with Isis, United Nations says

World leaders can show that we are willing to invest in children that we are willing to invest in rebuilding a stable Iraq

Iraq reconstruction investment urged by World Bank's IFC

Reconstruction of Iraq after war with Islamic State may cost $100bn

Incidents of Anti-Shiism in January, 2018

U. S. Needs to Realize Iraqi National Constants

US opposed Kurdistan referendum on independence but Kurdish leadership announced that the alternative did not provide guarantees

The Remarkable Resilience of the Prime Minister of Iraq

In December, Haider alAbadi declared victory over ISIS. But with Iranian militias still to contend with and tensions with the Kurds high, challenges to peace remain.

Iraq and Iran sign Kirkuk oil swap agreement

Deal allows Iraq to resume sales of Kirkuk crude, which has been halted since Iraqi forces took back control of fields from Kurds in October

Societal and Security Conference Launched in Iraq

The Iranian–Saudi Hegemonic Rivalry

At the core of the rivalry stand maximalist positions taken by both sides that are hardly reconcilable with each other

Why Doesn’t the U.S. Support Kurdish Independence?

The Kurds are one of Washington’s closest and most reliable allies in the Middle East

What is American policy toward Kurdistan?

Iraqi and Kurdish forces exchange fire at border

Iraqi army marches into central Kirkuk as Kurdish forces flee

Elite Iraqi forces reportedly fly flags in center of disputed city, as Kurdish commanders accuse fleeing peshmerga of treason

Christians and Yazidis see a bleak future in a proposed independent Kurdish state

Bashiqa has become the focus of a tug of war between the Iraqi government and the Kurdish region

Russia says U.S. Pretends to Fight ISIS in Iraq, Letting Them Flow into Syria

Forever homeless? The forgotten Arabs of Sinjar

Driven from their villages to Mosul, then into refugee camps, hundreds lose hope of return

Annabaa Forum for Dialogue discusses Professionality in Electoral Commission and the Future of Democracy

The Economic Case Against an Independent Kurdistan

The costs will be large and exacting

Iran blocks flights to Iraq’s Kurdish region ahead of independence vote

It is Never a Good Time for the Iraqi Kurds to Become Independent

The Turkish government believes that their self-determination represents an existential threat