Political & Social Issues

  BAGHDAD — On June 27, the US Department of State’s Human Trafficking Report for 2017 took Iraq off its list, after the country had been listed in 2016 for recruiting children into combat. The move raises questions about what Iraq could have done to get Washington to take this positive position for Baghdad, despite Human Rights Watch's having said in a report issued Aug. 3

Beginning in mid-July 2015, the major cities of central and southern Iraq, including the capital Baghdad, have been engulfed by one of the largest social protest movements in modern Iraqi history. The movement erupted spontaneously in the city of Basra, where protests emerged against the deterioration of public services, particularly electricity - at the peak of Basra’s summ

The liberation of Mosul is as close as one can find to a certainty in warfare. The Islamic State has perhaps 2,000 to 3,000 fighters to defend a 12-square-mile metropolis, as around 54,000 Iraqi security forces and Kurdish Peshmerga barrel down on them. One can easily summon nightmare scenarios that could unfold during the battle. What if 1 million people flee the city? What

Download PDF: ewan-mcgregors-trip-to-northern-iraqs-displacement-camps-by-ewan-mcgregor The actor and Unicef ambassador witnessed the plight of thousands of young people displaced by conflict Alone. Scared. Vulnerable. At the hands of traffickers. This is how we talk about child refugees. It wasn’t until my visit to Iraq this summer that I truly understood the real — and deva

SUMMARY: It is not clear who will take control if Mosul is liberated from the Islamic State, but Turkey and its allies want nothing more than to prevent the Kurds from declaring a semi-autonomous state in the region. For months now, the Turkish army has repeatedly targeted IS from positions they hold 15 kilometers (9 miles) northeast of Mosul. “The main goal of this base is t