Topline Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Tuesday, moving to bolster U.S. ties just days before the 20th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion ...
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Dutch Court Prosecuting First-Ever Case For Enslaving Yazidis In Syria
On February 14 and 15, 2023, a Rotterdam court, the District Court of The Hague, held the first pro forma hearings against twelve women that the Dutch government brought back from a prison camp in Syr...
Why There Is No Political Will To Bring Daesh To Justice?
On January 23, 2022, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), the parliamentary arm of the Council of Europe, is to debate and vote on the report and draft resolution on “Addressing...
How To Turn The Tide On Violations Based On Religion Or Belief?
Violations of the right to freedom of religion or belief, including in their most egregious manifestations, whether crimes against humanity, war crimes or even genocide, are not issues left behind in ...
Airstrike On Syria-Iraq Border Demonstrated The Long Reach Of Israeli Airpower
Less than a year after the end of the 1991 Persian Gulf War, Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-15 Eagle fighter-bombers crossed through Lebanese and Syrian airspace on their flight to western Iraq, where they...
Wife Of Australian Engineer Jailed In Iraq Threatens Hunger Strike To Force His Release
Desree Pether and daughter Nala demand the release of Robert Pether from an Iraqi jail, during a … [+] protest outside the Iraqi embassy in London on November 22, 2022 Desree Pether The wife of ...
Iraq Seeks Stable Oil Prices as It Rebuilds, Premier Says
(Bloomberg) — Iraq, OPEC’s second-largest producer, seeks to keep oil prices near current levels to ensure market stability as the country rebuilds, according to new Prime Minister Mohammed Shia...
Iraq War Veteran Melissa Stockwell Keeps Soldiering On For Team USA
Para triathlete Melissa Stockwell poses for a portrait during the Team USA Tokyo 2020 Olympic shoot … [+] on November 22, 2019 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) Ge...
Protecting Journalists Is Protecting Freedom Of Expression For All
In October 2022, the European Parliament published its commissioned study concerning safety of journalists and media freedom globally which found the progressive erosion of media freedom around the wo...
The Girl Child Is Still Under Threat Globally
2022 has been a dangerous year for the girl child. In Afghanistan, many girls continue to be prevented from accessing secondary and higher education. On September 30, 2022, over 50 girls and young wom...
Iraq Witnesses Worst Violence In Years As Shia Cleric Steps Down—Here’s What You Need To Know
Topline At least 23 people were killed in Baghdad and the city’s heavily secured Green Zone—which houses key government buildings and foreign embassies—was struck by rocket fire on Tuesday as Iraq fac...
We Must Condemn Abuse Of Religion Or Belief As Tool Of Discrimination And Violence
On August 22, the U.N. marks the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief. It is a day designated by the U.N. for member states to reflect on their e...
Iraq Is Facing Difficulties Sustaining Its Russian Military Helicopters
Iraq’s military is reportedly facing significant difficulties sustaining its fleet of Russian-made military helicopters as an indirect result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The latest quarterly repo...
How One Yazidi Woman Helped To Secure The Second Genocide Conviction Of A Daesh Member
On July 27, 2022, a court in Germany convicted a German Daesh member, Jalda A., of aiding and abetting genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes for the enslavement and abuse of a young Yazidi ...
Renewed Focus On Brining Daesh To Justice Urgently Needed
On July 5, 2022, the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) published its new report and recommendations for Member States to the Cou...
Turkey, Syria And Iraq Face Allegations Of Failing To Prevent And Punish The Daesh Genocide
On July 6, 2022, a group of international human rights lawyers published a report accusing Turkey, Syria and Iraq of failing to implement their obligations under the UN Convention on the Prevention an...
The stock market is behaving a lot like it did during the Iraq war. Here’s the future if the pattern continues.
History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme. The Iraq war of 2003 doesn’t have many parallels to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, other than perhaps global unpopularity. But there seems to be at least one ...
After Erbil Attack, Will The U.S. Supply Iraq With Missile Defense Systems?
Early Mar. 13, Iran fired 12 long-range ballistic missiles into the autonomous Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil. The missiles crashed in a residential area, causing some notable property damage, including ...
Dozen Ballistic Missiles Strike Near U.S. Consulate In Northern Iraq, No Casualties Reported
Topline At least 12 ballistic missiles struck the northern Iraqi city of Erbil on Sunday near the U.S. Consulate building, local and U.S. officials said, in an incident that is being blamed on neighbo...
Iraq Shuts Down Two Oil Fields, Further Curtailing OPEC Output
(Bloomberg) — Iraq stopped oil production from two southern fields with a combined capacity of almost half a million barrels a day. Most Read from Bloomberg The shutdowns curtail the ability of ...
Perpetually Between East And West
The latest reports and rumors about Iraq’s planned future acquisitions of fighter jets are an apt reminder of how, throughout its history, the Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) has long gone back and forth betwe...