Iraq: Detentions of Alleged “Death Squad”
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RECENT NEWS ON RUSSIAN GENOCIDE IN UKRAINE
Creating a Shared Language of Genocide Prevention Across the Globe
Important Step, but More Action Needed to Rein in Continued Attacks Ali Naseer Alawy, after armed masked men beat him and used an acid...
Shlomo Hillel, Who Helped 120,000 Jews Flee Iraq, Dies at 97
Working undercover, he used bribes, fake visas and a network of smugglers to bring refugees to Israel in the late 1940s and early ’50s....
Iraq’s Struggling Christians Hope for Boost from Pope Visit
Iraqi Christians place a cross on a church in Qaraqosh, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Iraq's Christians are hoping that a historic visit...
Minnesota Man Who Trained with Islamic State Pleads Guilty
Abdelhamid Al-Madioum, a U.S. citizen from St. Louis Park, Minn., pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to fighting with ISIS in...
Pope Unsure if March Trip to Iraq Can Take Place because of COVID-19
FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer on Epiphany, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Vatican,...
Policeman Killed, Dozens Injured in Southern Iraq Clashes
Deadly violence erupts in Haboubi Square in southern Nasiriya city that began over the arrest of activists in Dhi Qar province. Iraqi...
Trump Administration Confirms Withdrawals from Iraq, Afghanistan Days Before Inauguration
Despite concerns the draw-downs will complicate the incoming Biden administration’s options, Trump’s new Pentagon chief said they are...
Iranian Redeployment in Iraq Behind Israel's Alleged Syria Strike, Sources Say
Israeli intelligence officials worry Washington will lose interest in Iraq after Biden takes office. Latest attack attributed to Israel...
Iraq Judge Orders Trump's Arrest, Could Face 'Death' Over General's Killing
Iraqis react while holding a placard bearing portraits of slain Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis...
Pardons and Iraq: A Familiar Story
Blaming the pardons of the Blackwater mercenaries on Trumpism is an appalling act of revisionism. An Iraqi traffic policeman inspects a...
Iraq in the News
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