The shadow of the Iraq war lingers on
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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...
Irak : vingt ans après, ni Bush ni Blair n’ont été jugés
CHRONIQUE DE LA BATAILLE CULTURELLE. La Cour pénale internationale a émis à juste titre un mandat d’arrêt contre Vladimir Poutine....


Two decades later, it feels as if the US is trying to forget the Iraq war ever happened
In framing the Ukraine war as a fight between democracy and autocracy, Biden shows that the US hasn’t learned from Iraq Two decades ago,...


The Lessons Not Learned From Iraq
Twenty years on, the war still shapes policy—mostly for the worse. “War is a stern teacher,” Thucydides wrote nearly 2,500 years ago....


Yazda welcomes and supports the exhumation of mass graves in Hamadan, Sinjar
On 5 March 2023, the Martyrs Foundation, the Iraqi government authority in charge of exhuming mass graves and identifying the victims, in...


Iraq : début de construction d'un mémorial pour les victimes du génocide des Yézidis
Alors que la communauté yézidie en Iraq continue de se reconstruire à la suite du génocide, la construction d'un cimetière et d'un...


German Federal Court Of Justice Confirms The First-Ever Conviction Of A Daesh Member For Genocide
On January 17, 2023, the German Federal Court of Justice confirmed the conviction against Daesh member Taha A.-J. for genocide, crimes...


Nadia Murad's Statement on Recognition of Yazidi Genocide by German Government
With today’s vote, Germany is joining the growing list of more than 18 governments and international bodies that have officially...

German parliament recognizes Yazidi genocide in Iraq
The German Bundestag recognized the massacre of Yazidis by jihadists from the so-called Islamic State in Iraq as "genocide." Germany's...

Joint Statement on Recognition of Yazidi Genocide by German Parliament
Joint Statement by Yazda and the Yazidi Survivors Network on Recognition of Yazidi Genocide by German Parliament In response to the...
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