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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureSeven years in camps: Life for the abandoned victims of ISMany thousands of displaced Yazidi survivors are still living in unbearable conditions in Iraq, with no foreseeable way out
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureThe deadly legacy of 20 years of US 'War on Terror' in IraqThe occupation of Iraq drained the country’s resources and left a legacy of economic crisis, energy shortages,...
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Published in: HomeA UK government advisor who's changed his mind about the Iraq WarEd Owen, an advisor to the foreign secretary at the time of the Iraq invasion, on why he now feels differently about...
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Published in: Home: OpinionUS defeat in Afghanistan marks the end of neoliberalismThe past 50 years of Western economics are rooted in imperial exploitation. But if the US’s military can be beaten,...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionFrom invasion to failed state: Iraq’s democratic disillusionmentWestern-style democracy has failed Iraq, bringing a dystopian economy, an ineffectual government and more pain for...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisTurkey’s invasion of northern Iraq could lead to Kurdish civil warAttendees of a recent peace delegation responding to Turkey’s incursions into the Kurdistan Region of Iraq were...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisKilled in the line of duty: the catastrophic deaths of 14,000 Iraqi officersHow and why are so many police officers being killed in Iraq?
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureIraq: assassinations, repression, and the struggles of daily lifeYears of of lethal state failure have devastated the people of Iraq, whose daily life today is fraught with...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionGeorge W Bush’s finest piece of warPainting immigrants’ faces and laughing on chat shows will not excuse the former US president’s blood-stained past
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Published in: Global Extremes: OpinionWhy do churches have mixed attitudes towards the Arab Spring?Christian leaders in Egypt and Syria opposed the 2011 uprising but now their counterparts in Iraq and Lebanon back...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisDid the UN inadvertently recognise Iran’s guardianship of Iraq?A recent visit to Tehran suggests that the UN is officially recognising Iran's presence – and interference – in its...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: InterviewThe hacker who lost his family and survived torture in Iraq’s secret prisonsI spoke to Ahmed Al-Ghaleb in January, as he prepared to make the perilous journey to Europe to seek asylum. He...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhat does Biden’s presidency mean for the future of the Gulf?Will the new president undo Trump’s hawkish stance on Iran, Yemen, Libya and Qatar?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhat can the 2019 uprisings in North Africa and West Asia teach us?Only by building regional bridges can effective resistance to global capitalism be achieved.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA year after the October uprising, Iraqis have more reasons to protestIraq’s October uprising was a wake-up call for desperate generations caught in an endless cycle of poverty,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBBC’s documentary on the Iraq war overlooks genocideBBC’s documentary 'Once upon a Time in Iraq' ignores the decimation of the Christian and Yazidi communities.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIs Iraq joining the Trump-MBS alliance?The Trump-MBS alliance could shore up Iraq’s corrupt ruling families in return for keeping US troops in the country.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFor Iraqis, the choice is between pandemic or povertyIn the streets of Baghdad, Iraqis battle a corrupt political class, war, poverty, and now a pandemic that has...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWill the new Iraqi government face the domestic violence epidemic?With domestic violence reaching alarming levels in Iraq during the pandemic, can the Iraqi government do the right thing?
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Reimagining victory by winning the peaceIf we want to see societies win the peace we need a concept of victory that is about justice and reconciliation,...
