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ABADI: IRAQI FORCES RETAKE AL-QAIM FROM ISLAMIC STATE
Sat Nov 4
– Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the liberation of al-Qaim town from the Islamic State (ISIS) militants, driving another nail into the coffin of the jihadists’ self-styled caliphate. Abadi hailed the “liberation of Al-Qaim in record time” in a statement on Friday (November 3), after Iraqi troops entered the key town on the border […]
USAID Press Release: Funding Opportunity for Return of IDPs in the Nineveh Plain
Wed Nov 1
Today the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office in Iraq issued a call for expressions of interest to fund activities that assist in the voluntary return of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Ninewa Plains and western Ninewa, and to encourage those who are already in their communities to remain. Ambassador Douglas Silliman […]
ILLEGALLY DEPOSED ALQOSH MAYOR WINS APPEAL THROUGH BAGHDAD’S ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS
Mon Oct 30
ZOWAA.ORG – Special Informed sources confirm that Baghdad’s Administrative Court has reviewed the appeal submitted by deposed Alqosh Mayor, Faiez Jahwareh, for the decision of his dismissal by Alqosh’s District Council. They have determined that the charges against him and his removal from his position were both unjust and unlawful. On July 16, 2017, Mayor […]
PARLIAMENT TO DISTRIBUTE KURDISH PRESIDENCY POWERS
Sun Oct 29
With elections delayed, Masoud Barzani is seeking to redistribute his powers as the Kurdistan Region President, in a letter presented to parliament. In the letter obtained by NRT, Barzani has expressed his goal to redistribute his powers among various government institutions including the Kurdistan Parliament, Judicial Council and Kurdistan Council of Ministers. According to the […]
THREE LEBANESE KIDNAPPED IN IRAQ FREED: MINISTRY
Sun Oct 29
BEIRUT – Three Lebanese nationals kidnapped in the Iraqi capital Baghdad last week have been freed and were expected to arrive in Beirut later on Sunday (October 29), Lebanon’s interior ministry said. The three men, named as Imad al-Khatib, Nader Hmadeh and George Batrouni, were kidnapped on arrival in Baghdad on October 22. A statement […]
Statement on Nineveh Plain – Chaldean Patriarchate
Tue Oct 3
The Patriarchate Media It is unfortunate that the attempt to put a hand on the towns of the Nineveh Plain, through public or concealed struggles is imposing a negative influence on the native people of this land. This sort of “Control / Invasion” is taking away the indigenous legitimate rights, provokes them to emigrate or forcing […]