SOURCE: PENN TODAY When ISIS terrorists in northern Iraq destroyed cultural heritage sites in and around Mosul, they frequently targeted minority groups including Christians, Yazidis, Shia, Kurds, and other groups for cultural cleansing and genocide. Now, in an effort to revitalize the city and the culture of the people who live there, the U.S. Department … Continued
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s prime minister said on Sunday that top security officials from Baghdad had met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, and hinted at a bigger Iraqi role fighting Islamic State militants as U.S. troops withdraw from Syria. FILE PHOTO:Iraq’s Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi arrives for the opening of Baghdad International Fair … Continued
The city’s prestigious university had been decimated by ISIS terrorists. The library’s historical manuscripts, maps, documents and academic texts had been deliberately burned. SOURCE: STAR TRIBUNE BY: MATT McKINNEY Some two years ago, an anonymous blogger in war-torn Mosul, Iraq, sent out a plea over Twitter. Could people send books to help us rebuild? he … Continued
Marta Ruedas, United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General (L), meets with Fuad Hussein, Iraq’s Minister of Finance, at his office in Baghdad, December 1, 2018. Photo: Iraqi Ministry of Finance / social media SOURCE: RUDAW ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Baghdad may soon begin contributing to the UNDP’s stabilization programme in … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE The opening of a new hotel is posing a challenge to tribal customs in western Iraq’s Anbar province, where locals traditionally welcome outsiders into their homes. In the heart of Ramadi, the provincial capital, a tall building is lit up with neon lights. “Rose Plaza Hotel” reads a bright … Continued
By: Ivey Noojin/Arab America Contributing Writer Iraqi Nadia Murad was one of the two people awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize this year. Denis Mukwege, a Congolese doctor that helped rape victims from war, was the other. This year was the first time the international community has publicly acknowledged that women are used as weapons … Continued
SOURCE: AL-ARABIYA BY: HASSAN AL-SAEEDI The former Kurdistan Alliance deputy, Sarwa Abdul Wahid, announced on Sunday, that she would run for the presidency, which makes her the first woman to run for this position in Iraq, and might become the first woman president after the political approvals. Abdul Wahid had several political positions regarding the … Continued
SOURCE: ZENIT The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development is sponsoring a meeting on the Syrian and Iraqi humanitarian crisis, to take place on September 13 and 14, 2018, in the John Paul II Auditorium of the Pontifical Urban University. More than 50 Catholic charitable organizations, representatives of the local episcopates and ecclesial institutions and … Continued
SOURCE: THE SIVER TIMES The researchers tried to recreate the flavor of an ancient Mesopotamian beer. In Northern Iraq, found the remains of ancient Mesopotamia beer, their age is more than 2500 years. About the discovery by British archaeologists from the University of Glasgow reported in the journal of Archaeological Science. Examining the chemical characteristics … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: ALASDAIR SOUSSI In March 1956, Scottish author Gavin Maxwell, friend of the great English explorer Sir Wilfred Thesiger, traversed a section of wet terrain in the marshlands of southern Iraq as he prepared to fire on some ducks. Suddenly, Maxwell was charged by a boar, and Thesiger, watching far off in … Continued
SOURCE: THE ATLANTIC BY: ALICE SU MOSUL, Iraq—The week before Iraq’s parliamentary elections in May, chunks of black gunk floated through the gutters of Wadi Hajar, a decimated neighborhood in West Mosul. Men with missing limbs hovered near a truck carrying staffers from an NGO offering legal services, waiting to ask for help. One of … Continued
SOURCE: HERALD-WHIG BY: SINAN SALLAHEDIN BAGHDAD (AP) — Qassim Sabaan Ali has spent the past 15 years tending to orchards in southern Iraq, only to see them wither or die as saltwater has seeped into the once-lush soil. The southern city of Basra was once known as the “Venice of the East” because of its … Continued
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