Iraq politicking – no government six months after the election. Trump’s undiplomatic visit. IS ruination – the fight continues.
Articles tagged: ‘Iraq’
Political prisoners
Posted onMany countries in the region hold disgracefully large numbers of prisoners, but information is patchy and unreliable.
FGM: progress in Africa
Posted onHuge decline since 1990 in FGM in Africa where it is most prevalent. Information about the Middle East remains scanty.
Floods: a bad fortnight
Posted onFloods throughout the region this month causing death and destruction.
EU versus US Middle East
Posted onEurope’s dilemma in the Middle East – its interests differ from those of the US but it bears some of the cost of US policies decided regardless of its interests, Palestine, Iraq, Iran. Khashoggi may be another example?
Syria: beginnings of peace
Posted onSyria – military action reduced, some practical normalisation. Idlib quiet but remains a massive unsolved problem.
Jordan: economic problems, Palestine
Posted onJordan troubled but still getting by on handouts. A hard line on Palestine.
Iraq: cabinetmaking to begin
Posted onIraq – elections of speaker and president start the process of forming a government. Protests in Basra. Corruption.
Agriculture in Iraq’s Euphrates Valley – serious challenges
Posted onAgriculture in the Euphrates valley in Iraq faces severe water shortages and other serious challenges.
Iraq: disturbances in a political vacuum (corrected version – typo Iran/Iraq)
Posted onIraq: violent protests in Basra against government failure. Cabinet making drifts on. Iran/US.