SOURCE: NEWSWEEK BY: TOM O’CONNOR The next war in the Middle East could be fought over water as Iraq, Syria and Turkey scramble to assert claims to two vital rivers that run through the region, according to a new report. Nabil al-Samman, a Syrian expert on international waters, made the case for an upcoming “water war” in an … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: ROBIN MILLS The miserable conditions in the south of Iraq are the origin of the current protests, as Patrick Osgood, writing here, has very well explained. With Basra set to hit 49° C this week, the lack of reliable electricity and clean water is intolerable. Utopian solutions will not work, handouts … Continued
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT BY: PATRICK COCKBURN “I once rescued a friend from drowning when he was swept away by the force of the current as we were swimming in the Diyala river,” says Qasim Sabti, a painter and gallery owner in Baghdad. “That was 50 years ago,” he recalls. “I went back there recently and the … Continued
SOURCE: THE ATLANTIC BY: ALICE SU MOSUL, Iraq—Rayyan Hadidi was 18 years old when he lost his faith. It was July 2006, and he was on his way to school when he stumbled upon a cheering crowd that had gathered near a local mosque. The group, made up mostly of mosque leaders and worshippers, had … Continued
SOURCE: NEW YORK POST MISHKHAB, Iraq — Iraq has banned its farmers from planting summer crops this year as the country grapples with a crippling water shortage that shows few signs of abating. Citing high temperatures and insufficient rains, Dhafer Abdalla, an adviser to Iraq’s Ministry of Water Resources, told The Associated Press that the … Continued
SOURCE: REUTERS BY: ULF LAESSING BAGHDAD (Reuters) – When Maher Abu Hissam started his Baghdad bookshop two decades ago he was selling up to 40 books a day, such was the hunger for literature in the days of Saddam Hussein, even though the regime banned anything it did not like. Censorship was lifted when a … Continued
SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST BY: CAROL MORELLO The premier U.S. aid agency is poised to send millions of dollars directly to Christian and Yazidi communities in Iraq under a rarely used, streamlined funding arrangement after coming under pressure from Vice President Pence. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will give $10 million to two … Continued
SOURCE: PEOPLE BY: DAVE QUINN Angelina Jolie made her 61st mission as a UNHCR Special Envoy for the UN Refugee Agency on Saturday, visiting West Mosul, Iraq, less than a year after the city was liberated from three years of a brutal ISIS occupation. While there, the Oscar-winning actress, 43, met with a local father and his three … Continued
SOURCE: BLOOMBERG BY: HUSSEIN IBISH The only thing that’s clear from Iraq’s May 12 election is who the voters rejected: Iran and the U.S. These two outside powers have dominated their affairs since 2003, and this is the latest sign that a growing number of Iraqis are eager to reassert their identity and independence. Otherwise, … Continued
SOURCE: THE JERUSALEM POST Now that the elections in Iraq have concluded, we can take a moment to reflect on their outcome and the new balance of power established in the Iraqi parliament. There is no doubt that the biggest winner of these elections is Muqtada al-Sadr, an Iran sympathizer who turned into an Iraqi nationalist, … Continued
SOURCE: THE ATLANTIC BY: PETER BEINART Last week, while watching Benjamin Netanyahu unveil secret information that supposedly proved that Iran is deceiving the world about its nuclear-weapons program, I had a flashback. It was to February 5, 2003, when then-Secretary of State Colin Powell unveiled secret information that supposedly proved that Iraq was deceiving the … Continued
SOURCE: THE ATLANTIC BY: SARAH AZIZA Ali was 13 the first time he saw American soldiers. In 2003, as U.S. and British troops rolled into his hometown of Basra, Iraq, he joined his family and neighbors on the street to gape at the procession of Humvees and hulking tanks. As a young boy, he had only … Continued
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