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Can-Iraq-beat-the-drought-and-become-the-breadbasket-of-the-Middle-East-again

Can Iraq Beat The Drought And Become The Breadbasket Of The Middle...

Despite an environmental crisis, award-winning expert Azzam Alwash believes that Iraq can revive its agriculture and become the breadbasket of the Middle East.

15 hours agoIraq
Death-from-above-Iraqi-border-villages-bear-the-brunt-of-Turkish-air-strikes

Death from above: Iraqi border villages bear the brunt of Turkish air...

Turkey's airstrikes, which mainly focus on the northern Iraqi countryside, have targeted positions held by the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), although civilian lives have also been lost.

16 January 2019Iraq
Jordan-in-race-against-time-to-re-penetrate-Iraqi-market-as-regional-competitors-scramble-for-footholds

Jordan in race against time to re-penetrate Iraqi market as regional competitors...

Jordan is on a mission to rejuvenate trade with its neighbour, Iraq, as regional competitors scramble for footholds in the country. However, Jordanian officials have voiced their concerns about competitiveness within the export sector.

10 January 2019Iraq
Baghdad-Lifts-Customs-Checkpoints-Between-Kurdistan-Region-And-Iraq

Baghdad Lifts Customs Checkpoints Between Kurdistan Region And Iraq

The Iraqi Central Government has begun implementing its order to remove customs checkpoints between the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and other Iraqi cities. Baghdad has also added that no taxes are to be levied on the goods on their way to central and southern Iraq.

05 December 2018Iraq
As-protests-continue-residents-of-Iraq's-Basra-call-for-autonomy

As protests continue, residents of Iraq's Basra call for autonomy

Basra residents, who have been protesting to demand services and jobs, are disappointed with the new government for not appointing any minister from Basra and call for the establishment of a Basra federal region.

13 November 2018Iraq
Anger-is-simmering-among-Iraq's-Kurdish-youth

Anger is simmering among Iraq's Kurdish youth

In Iraq's Kurdish region, a new generation is coming of age which has seen only two parties in power - KDP and PUK. For some of these youth, the two parties are responsible for the worsening of the economic situation in the country.

13 November 2018Iraq
Low-turnout-reported-in-the-Kurdistan-regional-elections

Low turnout reported in the Kurdistan regional elections

About 3 million voters were invited to choose 111 deputies, out of 673 candidates belonging to 29 political entities, in the parliament of Kurdistan.

02 October 2018Iraq
Kurdish-Vote-in-New-Parliament-in-Autonomous-Region

Kurds Vote in New Parliament in Autonomous Region

On Sunday 30th of September, the Kurdish autonomous region held an election. Voters chose from more than 700 candidates to win 111 seats in Kurdistan’s Parliament, a year after a failed independence referendum to separate from Iraq.

01 October 2018Iraq
Iraq-importance-fixing-irrigation

The Importance Of Fixing Iraq’s Irrigation

Iraqi researcher: The irrigation systems in Iraq are outdated and damaged and need to be fixed for the country's agriculture industry to flourish. Many marshlands and cultivable lands have already been lost due to poor irrigation.

09 July 2018Iraq
Iraq-elections-all-you-need-to-know

Iraq elections: All you need to know

Iraq's parliamentary elections set for May 12 will indirectly decide on a new prime minister and president. This is the fourth parliamentary elections since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq and the first since the liberation from ISIS.

08 May 2018Iraq
IRAQ’S WATER CRISIS - A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY

Iraq's Water Crisis: A Threat To National Security

An impending threat to national security could emerge sooner rather than later if serious measures are not taken to address...

09 March 2018Iraq
Iraq-shifts-focus-onto-new-and-old-threats-as-US-begins-troop-drawdown

Iraq shifts focus onto new and old threats as U.S. begins troop...

As street vendors and day labourers mixed in with hundreds of others making their rush hour journeys to work on...

08 February 2018Iraq
They-cant-fight-without-us-Iraq-Shia-led-groups-refuse-to-down-weapons

'They can't fight without us': Iraq's Shia-led groups refuse to down weapons

The powerful Hashd al-Shaabi brigades of Iraq reject calls to lay down their arms despite apparent end of war against ISIS.

14 December 2017
Amid-crisis-with-Erbil-Baghdad-launches-Kurdish-TV-programming

Amid crisis with Erbil, Baghdad launches Kurdish TV programming

The Iraqi Government's official television channel, al-Iraqiya, has begun to show news in Kurdish following the clashes with Erbil

27 October 2017
Iraq-Kurdistan-Regional-Government-affirms-referendum-for-independence

Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government affirms referendum for independence

The Kurdistan Regional Government announced that it will hold an independence referendum on 25 September 2017.

09 June 2017
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Iraq’s Shabaks return to devastated homes in battle against IS

Ethnic Shabaks of Iraq are coming back to their homes after having been driven away, but they have lost trust...

25 April 2017
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