What does ISIS’s revival mean for the South Caucasus?
The socio-economic crisis was one of the causes of the disintegration of centralized governments in Syria and Iraq in 2011 and the...
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Iraq bans media from using term ‘homosexuality’, says they must use ‘sexual deviance’
(Reuters) -Iraq's official media regulator on Tuesday ordered all media and social media companies operating in the Arab state not to use...
UK acknowledges acts of genocide committed by Daesh against Yazidis
The UK government has today formally acknowledged that acts of genocide were committed against the Yazidi people by Daesh in 2014....
Iraq bill calling for homosexuality ban submitted to parliament
A proposed bill to ban homosexuality in Iraq has been submitted to its parliament. The deputy head of the committee on legal affairs at...
German court delivers third genocide verdict against ISIS member
for the enslavement and abuse of Yazidi woman in Syria and Iraq Press statement by victim’s counsel Amal Clooney, Sonka Mehner and...
Iraq: Christian NGOs accused of trying to convert Yazidis
Yazidi community leaders have expressed outrage at attempts by western proselytisers to recruit their people to Christianity through aid...
Iraq: Compensation for ISIS Victims Too Little, Too Late
Reparations Key to Returning Thousands of Displaced Yazidis, Others. A boy walks on a road at the Mamrashan camp for civilians displaced...
Thousands still missing from 20 years of Iraq’s turmoil
BAGHDAD (AP) — Nawal Sweidan quietly folded her son’s clothes and straightened the bedsheets in his room as she always used to do when he...
Nadia Murad’s Statement on the Change to the Eligibility Requirements for the Yazidi Survivors Law
Recently, the Chair of the Committee announced a change to the eligibility requirements for the Yazidi Survivors Law. The Yazidi...
The shadow of the Iraq war lingers on
The United States invaded Iraq 20 years ago. The rationale for the war was a lie, and the consequences remain to this day. The killing...
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