This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Mosul’s Child Soldiers: Volunteers for Extremist Group as Young as 10 Much to the horror of the city’s adults, children and teens in masks, carrying guns, are becoming an increasingly […]
From CNN. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Two new reports detail alleged atrocities in Iraq. Arwa Damon reports on alleged executions of Iraqi forces.
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Saad Jawad, Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow of the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics (LSE), talks to Al Jazeera about the situation in Iraq.
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Government forces head for rebel-held city in biggest troop movement yet towards territory held by ISIL and allies. Al Jazeera's Imran Khan reports from Baghdad.
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani said Friday there was no going back on autonomous Kurdish rule in oil city Kirkuk and other towns now defended against Sunni militants by Kurdish fighters.
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The ISIL jihadists whose sweeping Sunni militant offensive has captured swathes of Iraq have declared an "Islamic caliphate" in their territory as Iraqi forces battle to retake Saddam Hussein's hometown Tikrit.
This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqi Media Fail: Encouraging Sectarian Division, Spreading Rumours, Causing War The way that the Iraqi media have covered the current crisis has left a lot to be desired. Instead of […]
From CNN. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. CNN's Arwa Damon reports on how Iraqis are living under ISIS control in Mosul:
By Mustafa al-Kadhimi for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Ayad Allawi, the former Iraqi prime minister and leader of the Iraqi Nationalist ("Wataniya") Party, blamed the Iraqi government for policies that have allowed it to be "defeated by a bunch of […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Bribery, corruption, and nepotism have led some analysts to say Iraq's military has been "built to fail". Billions of dollars have been spent rebuilding the military since the fall of Sadaam Hussein, but […]
This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqi Kurdish City on High Alert, with Jihadi Monitoring and Prayer Groups Banned With extremists moving in next door, the Iraqi Kurdish province of Sulaymaniyah [Slemani] is ramping up security […]
By John Lee. The KRG's Minister for Natural Resources, Ashti Hawrami (pictured), has told Reuters that the Kurds have plans to increase their oil exports eight-fold by the end of 2015. He said Kurdish oil exports could double "within a month or so" to around 250,000 bpd and hit 400,000 bpd by the end of […]
