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Kirkuk: court house decides to execute a wife killed her husband with help of two persons — 2020-05-20
Kirkuk: court house decides to execute a wife killed her husband with help of two persons

Suni Wakf in Kirkuk 'loses' hopes to reopen mosques

Suni Wakf in Kirkuk 'loses' hopes to reopen mosques

Sunni Wakf council in Kirkuk is concerned that the crisis sell has neglected their demands to reopen the mosques, while local markets and most of the public...

Coronavirus cases increase in the disputed areas amid the surge of the virus in Iraq

Coronavirus cases increase in the disputed areas amid the surge of the virus in Iraq

Five new coronavirus cases were recorded in four days in Nineveh, which coincided with the rise of the virus in Iraq. On Monday, May 18, Iraq recorded 150...

Traditional House of Dates in Kirkuk loses its shops

Traditional House of Dates in Kirkuk loses its shops

Khan Khurma Bazaar, where dates shops were located in the city of Kirkuk, has lost most of its shops; some people now call it vegetable and fruits store.

Security forces shut down local markets amid restricting coronavirus measures

Security forces shut down local markets amid restricting coronavirus measures

The crisis cell in Kirkuk, with the cooperation of the security forces, shut down the local markets, known as Bazaars, to prevent the spread of the...

Secretary-general of Adil Abdul Mahdi's council of ministers attempts to close women freedom organization

Secretary-general of Adil Abdul Mahdi's council of ministers attempts to close women freedom organization

Layla did not expect that the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), which has sheltered her and women who fled from violence and oppression,...

Safa Salah: I am a human rights activist and the voice of IDPs should be heard

Safa Salah: I am a human rights activist and the voice of IDPs should be heard

“My awareness originated from the era of sectarianism, when people killed each other for sect, religion, and ethnicity. I asked myself: why are they...

Iraqi women lose their role in the new government with only holding a minister

Iraqi women lose their role in the new government with only holding a minister

The Iraqi politicians frequently insist on the fact that women are half of society and they internal regulations of their political parties allocate...

Threats and violence compel activists, journalists and protestors to flee Baghdad since the start of the protests

Threats and violence compel activists, journalists and protestors to flee Baghdad since the start of the protests

Activist Ali Makdam fled Baghdad and moved to a hotel in Erbil as a result of the death threats he received during the social uprisings, similar to what...

The Feyli Kurds pay the price for their ethnicity and sect

The Feyli Kurds pay the price for their ethnicity and sect

The Feyli Kurds, as members of an Iraqi minority community, have struggled for decades for their rights, paying the price for their ethnicity and sect....

Impunity: A motivator for continuous assassinations and violence against Journalists in the Kurdistan Region

Impunity: A motivator for continuous assassinations and violence against Journalists in the Kurdistan Region

“There’s a popular proverb that says, ‘if the perpetrator is not found, the authorities are involved,’” replied journalist Asos Hardi in response...

Kakais' anguish in search for security

Kakais' anguish in search for security

Violence and threats forced Naji Khurshid Kakai to unwillingly abandon his warm house surrounded by his relatives and to begin living in displacement....

Mustafa al-Kadhimi cabinet lacks plan to implement article 140 of the Iraqi constitution

Mustafa al-Kadhimi cabinet lacks plan to implement article 140 of the Iraqi constitution

The implementation of article 140 of the Iraqi constitution was not included in the proposal of the cabinet of the newly elected Iraqi prime minister...