News Iraq Politics: Women at center of violin playing controversy in Iraq holy city
The controversy over the violin in Karbala therefore goes deeper than just an incident of women and religious conservatives, it is symbolic of problems across Iraq where many are angry that religious ...
News Iraq Politics: Facing Extinction in Iraq, Can Christians Hope for Aid from the West?
One of Iraq’s most prominent Christian leaders has deeper concerns ... What remains to be seen, says Warda, is whether “Islam will continue on its current political trajectory, in which sharia law is ...
News Iraq Politics: Iraq Establishes Committee for Strategic Dialogue with GCC
“Iraq plays a pivotal role in maintaining regional and international ... as set out in the Joint Action Plan (2019-2024). The plan focused on “political consultations on regional issues, cooperation ...
News Iraq Politics: War with Iraq/n? Political Cartoons
Check out our regular cartoon gallery featuring some of the best cartoonists from around the world, and across the political spectrum, covering current issues and figures. ...
News Iraq Politics: Iraq War vet and 2020 candidate Seth Moulton sees replay unfolding with Iran
Talk of U.S. conflict with Iran is “frighteningly similar” to the run-up to the Iraq War in 2003, says Massachusetts Rep. Seth Moulton, a veteran of that war who is now running for the Democratic presidential nomination.
News Iraq Politics: UN envoy: Islamic State revival in Iraq must be prevented
She briefed the Security Council after it unanimously adopted a resolution extending the mandate of the U.N. political mission in Iraq that she leads until May 31, 2020. More broadly, ...
News Iraq Politics: The Latest: US blames Iran for tanker bombings, Iraq attack
A senior Pentagon officer says the U.S. blames Iran and its proxies for the recent tanker bombings near United Arab Emirates and a rocket attack in Iraq. Vice Admiral Michael Gilday says the U.S. has ...
News Iraq Politics: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard warns war with Iran would make Iraq War 'look like a cakewalk'
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said she looks forward to a briefing next week that will provide more clarity on the rising tensions between the United States and Iran, and warned that a war with the country would ...
News Iraq Politics: Iraq torn over escalating U.S.-Iran tensions
national interests in a country where loyalty to external powers is widespread at the expense of their own nation,” political analyst Watheq al-Hashimi said. “If the state cannot put these ...
