Tag: Iraq

Arrest warrants are raining on Donald Trump in the Middle East
- By Alaina
- . January 9, 2021
Not only the risk of being removed from the US presidency due to the recent violent attack on the US Congress, but also problems overseas.

Iraq faces its worst economic crisis since Saddam Hussein’s time
- By Alaina
- . January 7, 2021
Iraq is currently facing one of its worst economic crisis, equivalent to the one it faced during the 2003 invasion, which brought down Saddam Hussein’s

More demonstrations in Iraq, clashes and victims
- By Alaina
- . December 1, 2020
Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets in the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya after a citizen died of injuries sustained in clashes last week

Iraqi economy in ‘existential crisis’, corruption, the key accelerator and rise in oil prices the only hope
- By Alaina
- . November 26, 2020
In a recent interview, Iraq’s deputy Prime Minister Ali Allawi, confessed that the state of economy was spiralling down with corruption as the key contributor

Iraq – Saudi Arabia border crossing reopens after 30 years
- By Alaina
- . November 20, 2020
On Wednesday, Iraq and Saudi Arabia re-opened the Arar border crossing for trade for the first time in 30 years, according to the Iraqi Border

Iraq rapidly closing displacement camps, might leave over 100,000 people homeless
- By Alaina
- . November 11, 2020
Iraq is moving in to rapidly shut down displacement camps in the country that can lead to over 100,000 people without any shelter. In the

Iraq introduces electoral reforms and announces early elections
- By Alaina
- . November 7, 2020
On Thursday, Iraqi President Barham Saleh made new amends to the election laws, in order to pacify the protestors and retain their faith in the

Macron backing Prophet Muhammad’s cartoon angers the Islamic World
- By Roshan Amiri
- . October 28, 2020
Last week, French President Emmanuel Macron in a speech publicly defended the cartoon of the prophet Mohammed, which is viewed as blasphemy in Islam, angered

US imposed sanctions on Iran’s ambassador to Iraq for his connection with IRGC
- By Alaina
- . October 23, 2020
On Thursday, US administration imposed sanctions on Iran’s ambassador to Iraq, Iraj Masjedi, for his close association with the Iranian militant group, Islamic Revolutionary Guard

Iraq’s bleak options against renegade Shia militias
- By Alaina
- . October 22, 2020
The Iraqi establishment needs to urgently dismantle the Shia militias operating inside the state but does it have political and military means to do so?