Baghdad
Mysterious Turkish Movements in Duhok: Trench Digging and Camera Installation
The visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Iraq, described by some as "historic," seems to have had unintended consequences on the ground. Ankara has not withdrawn its combat forces or military bases, which exceed 40 main and secondary bases, and continues to bomb northern territories under the pretext of targeting the Kurdistan Workers'…
Extortion at external checkpoints “expands”.. Truck drivers protest against blackmail operations
Truck drivers have not been spared from extortion and levies imposed by corruption mafias within some security apparatuses, which control external and internal checkpoints. Prices for purchasing positions from officers and personnel at some checkpoints can reach hundreds of thousands of dollars. On Wednesday, MP Ali Al-Jamali revealed details of the extortion and blackmail targeting…
15,000 divorced and widowed women conceal their marriages to receive welfare benefits
Multiple forms of abuse exist regarding social welfare benefits among undeserving employees, retirees, women who are only ostensibly divorced, and men who have applied as women to gain modest financial returns amid high living costs and a lack of basic services, leaving the poor as victims of these abuses. Following the phenomenon of fake divorces,…
most of it had turned into warehouses and car garages.. Sudani’s pledges to reopen Church of the Sabbatarians’
"Most churches in Baghdad and central and southern provinces suffer from destruction, neglect, and lack of rehabilitation due to insufficient budget for the Christian endowment and the emigration of community members. Some churches in Baghdad have been turned into warehouses for merchants after years of neglect. In a move to revive what remains of them,…
The crisis of the Speaker of Parliament.. Will this “Saturday session” be the last?
Although next Saturday has been set as the date for holding the session to elect the Speaker of Parliament, the indicators are still “ambiguous,” as members of the Coordination Framework and the Taqadum Party suggest the possibility that the position will not be decided in this session, due to the division occurring between the forces…
Spending schedules delay the approval of the 2024 budget
More than four years ago this year, the federal budget is still oscillating between the Ministry of Finance and the Council of Ministers, while the House of Representatives waits for the tables to reach it in order to view them and make whatever amendments it deems necessary to vote on and then return them again…
What are the goals of Nechirvan Barzani’s visit to Tehran?
The visit of the President of the Kurdistan Region, Nechirvan Barzani, to the Iranian capital, Tehran, is gaining importance at various levels. While a political source reveals that the goal of the visit is to help Iran by postponing the region’s elections, and to relieve Baghdad’s pressure on the region, Kurdish politicians indicate that the…
Iraq complains to the world about its deteriorating water situation
Iraq has experienced significant suffering over the past four years due to the ongoing water crisis, amidst rising temperatures, scarce rainfall, and issues with neighboring countries, prompting it to take action on all fronts to save its civilizations that flourished on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, whose water levels have declined to…
“No Security” in the Capital… A New Episode of the Silencers
Another episode of the series of assassinations of bloggers and social media celebrities. The victim this time is (Umm Fahd), who was left dead by a silencer bullet from an unknown killer behind the wheel of her car in the center of the capital, Baghdad, last Friday evening. This incident raised many questions about the…
The parliament ensures “homosexuality” to combat prostitution… and these are the new penalties
The Parliament passed an amendment to the Anti-Prostitution Law today, Saturday, to include "homosexuality," wherein the current version includes imprisonment penalties of various durations for offenders instead of the death penalty and life imprisonment in a previous version, which sparked widespread controversy within the local community. The Parliament sought to amend Law No. 8 of…
