One is no longer in the job, the other is almost out. Yet a rule that forces locals to hang portraits of senior politicians in their offices remains in force. Locals debate whether that is a good thing for democracy. A Hanging Offence: Iraqi Kurdistan’s Political History, As Told In Portraits Honar Hama Rasheed One is no longer in the job, the other is almost out.
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This incisive article first published by GR in October 2014 sheds light on the unfolding war in Syria and the confrontation between Russia and the US. The details are emerging of a new secret and quite stupid Saudi-US deal on Syria and the so-called ISIS. It involves oil and gas control of the entire region and the weakening of Russia and Iran by Saudi Arabian flooding the w
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Key Takeaway: Iraq's Federal Court will issue an important ruling on May 25 that could have a major impact on the political crisis. The issues at stake are the legitimacy of Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi's ministerial appointments and the speakership of the Council of Representatives. Former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is a driver of the political party that has raised
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Continued bombings could bring a devastating flood of sectarian attacks to Baghdad and delay the battle for Mosul, so the coalition should help Iraqis address the capital's longstanding vulnerability. More than 100 people were killed on Wednesday in three separate attacks in Baghdad, with more than 165 wounded. The most devastating bombing, in Sadr City's Urayba Market
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Iraqi Kurdish leader calls for redrawing regional borders—and attacks fellow Kurds Suheil, Iraq—A century after Britain and France drew their famous line in the sand, dividing the Middle East into zones of influence, the leader of one of the region’s few oases of stability, Iraqi Kurdistan, says it’s time to replace artificial with “natural” borders according to national ide
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