Unesco has named Iraqi marshlands once ravaged by dictator Saddam Hussein as a world heritage site, a bright spot for a country where jihadists have repeatedly sought to wipe out history. The area named “is made up of seven...
Istanbul, Turkey, 15 July—The World Heritage Committee inscribed five new sites on the World Heritage List this afternoon. One of the new sites, a transboundary property, is located in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, the others are in...
Attack by Islamic State, targeting Shiite Muslims, wounded more than 200 others Iraqis chant slogans against Islamic State militants during a protest Thursday at the scene of Sunday’s massive truck bomb attack in Baghdad. ENLARGE Iraqis chant slogans against...
The Christian-Muslim Symbiosis of Mosul Amir Harrak | Professor of Middle Eastern Society, University of Toronto Christianity in Mosul dates to the time of the Apostles. Initially, the faith was centered on the side of the Tigris opposite present...
اكد السفير اليوناني ديونيسيوس كيفيتوس أنَّ بلاده “ستـُصوِّت على إدراج مواقع العراق الأثريّة على لائحة التراث العالميِّ، والمساعدة في إعادة الآثار المسروقة للعراق صحيفة المدى
2016 Report; “They came to destroy -ISIS against Yazidis ISIS has committed the crime of genocide as well as multiple crimes against humanity and war crimes against the Yazidis, thousands of whom are held captive in the Syrian Arab...
UNESCO Director-General addresses the Europe Lecture 2016 on heritage protection as a security issue “The destruction of heritage is inseparable from the persecution of people. This is why we consider the protection of cultural heritage today as far...
ندوة عن ترشيح الأهوار ضمن لائحة التراث العالمي صحيفة المدى شهدت قاعة المتنبي في دائرة العلاقات الثقافية العامة، التابعة لوزارة الثقافة والسياحة والآثار يوم الخميس الماضي ، ندوة حوارية بعنوان ” أهوار الجنوب ملجأ للتنوع البيولوجي وإرث مدن بلاد...
الرئيس فؤاد معصوم يستقبل وفداً من التيار الديمقراطي بغداد – طريق الشعب استقبل رئيس الجمهورية السيد فؤاد معصوم في قصر السلام ببغداد صباح أمس الاثنين، وفداً من التيار الديمقراطي ضم كلا من د.علي الرفيعي رئيس التحالف المدني...
How much will $15 billion IMF loan really cost Iraq? BAGHDAD — On May 19, Iraq signed an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a loan for as much as $15 billion over the next three years....
بيان التيار الديمقراطي أحداث 20/5/2016.. جرس إنذار للماسكين بالحكم من مغبة تعطيل مشروع الإصلاح والتغيير مع استمرار وتفاقم أزمة الحكم، وعدم استجابة أصحاب القرار في السلطة التنفيذية لمطالب المواطنين والشلل الذي تعانيه السلطة التشريعية، وتلكؤ السلطة القضائية...
An Outcry from Voices for Iraq to the International Community The free world, which is concerned with the stability and maintaining democracy in Iraq, is required to protect the innocent Iraqi civilians from the deadly terrorist acts performed by...
رسالة مفتوحة الى رئيس جمهورية العراق تحية طيبة … وبعد : الرسالة التي وجهتموها الى الشعب العراقي يوم السبت الموافق 16/نيسان/2016 جاءت على أثر الإنقسام الذي حصل داخل مجلس النواب بين النواب المعتصمين والآخرين الذين...
شبكة اخبار الناصرية/مرتضى حميد: Thu, 5 May 2016 الساعة : 20:06 بالصور : واشنطن تعد محافظ ذي قار بدعم ملف ضم الاهوار للائحة التراث العالمي ابدت الولايات الماحدة اليوم ، وعلى لسان قنصلها العام في البصرة ستيف ووكر...
شبكة اخبار الناصرية/زمن الشيخلي: Thu, 5 May 2016 الساعة : 13:03 برسالة من محافظ ذي قار ،انطلاق الحملة الوطنية لدعم ملف الاهوار الى التراث العالمي انطلقت في محافظة ذي قار اليوم الخميس الحملة الوطنية لدعم ملف انضمام...
Briefing on the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) – Security Council 6 MAY 2016 SC/12354 Briefing Security Council on Iraq, Special Representative Urges Parties Resolve Political Impasse, Stressing Crisis Only Serves Interest of Its Enemies 7689th Meeting...
By Shazia Ahmad Like many other first-generation Muslim kids in the Capital Region in the ’90s, I grew up spending hours of my weekend at the local mosque, learning the ABCs of Arabic (or more accurately, Alif, Ba, Taa)....
Iraq protesters breach Baghdad’s Green Zone, storm parliament BAGHDAD — Anti-government protesters tore down walls and poured into the Iraqi capital’s heavily fortified Green Zone on Saturday, where they stormed parliament in a major escalation of a political crisis...
Report from Iraq By Michael W. Albin This presentation is a follow-up to the paper presented at the 75th Jubilee of the DC-SLA. It’s divided into two parts. The first is a good news...
IRBIL, IRAQ— Father Najeeb Michael saved as many people as he could. Right before Islamic State stormed his village, he packed as many people as possible into his car and fled to Irbil in the dead of night. “It...
تافكة أحمد : (التغيير) طردتني لمواقفي الوطنية.. والأحزاب الكردية تحاصرني لايماني بوحدة العراق بغداد – أحمد حسن الاثنين 18 نيسان 2016 عزت النائب الكردية تافكة أحمد قيام حركة التغيير (كوران) بطرها من الحركة الى وقوفها الى مواقفها الوطنية العراقية...
The Georgetown Dictionary of Iraqi Arabic:Arabic-English, English-Arabic by Mohamed Maamouri Washington, DC, 2013 Price: $79.95 In his review of this new work William Kopycki of the Library of Congress writes, “there is no doubt as to the usefulness of...
Iran and Iraq signed an agreement with a total cost of 2.3 billion dollars to establish a pipeline to transfer the Iranian natural gas through the Iraqi territory to Europe. Two Iranian companies signed an agreement with Iraq to...
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On 31 March 2016 in a Miami hospital, Architect Dame Zaha Hadid dies after heart attack. Architect Dame Zaha Hadid, whose designed many of the century’s most famous and controversial structures, has died aged 65. Iraqi-born, this year she...
The World Bank announced the allocation of 250 million dollars to restore the basic infrastructure in the liberated areas in Iraq, while pointed out to the need for intensified efforts to fight ISIS. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and...
Christians celebrate Easter in Iraq Christians celebrate Easter in Iraq as they have done every year, in spite of the 2003 war. While there may be no peace and the security situation deteriorates, hundreds of thousands of Christians continue...
In this critical time, Voices for Iraq would like to extend to the families of the victims, in Belgium, our heartfelt condolences. VFI also, would like to call on all the countries that have been hardest hit by terrorist attacks...
http://dp8hsntg6do36.cloudfront.net/56df1c5aff2afb7066000002/35dfff8e-ce69-44b4-89c6-9725b97f9e11low.webm The Greek island of Lesbos is the gateway to fortress Europe for many of those fleeing war and poverty amid the ongoing refugee crisis. There, an international group of aid workers and volunteers seeks to help refugees...
The Iraqi Mandaeans Celebrate the Holy Day of Creation In the mid of all the political chaos, the financial difficulties and racial tensions and threats that clouds the Iraqi Scene, the Iraqi Mandaean community began celebrating their holy Day of...
Excavation of Ancinet Ur A recent reportage produced exclusively by Al Hurra Network in 2016. The reportage covers the recent excavation works carried out by a team of archaeologists headed by Dr. Abdulamir Hamdani from Stony Brooks University, New York....
The Greek island of Lesbos is the gateway to fortress Europe for many of those fleeing war and poverty amid the ongoing refugee crisis. There, an international group of aid workers and volunteers seeks to help refugees in their...
Iraqi and American archaeologists are digging at one of the world’s oldest urban centers—and finding evidence of the earliest long-distance commerce. By Andrew Lawler PUBLISHED FRI MAR 11 07:00:00 EST 2016 UR, IRAQThe bleak and tawny desert of southern...
Baghdad hosts a world exhibition of fine art and poetry this week, according to Middle East Online March 7, 2016. The exhibit is part of the broader effort to restore the Gulbenkian Hall, considered a focal point of...
التربية تستحدث مشرفاً تربوياً لمرحلة الأول الابتدائي بغداد/ المدى برس أعلنت وزارة التربية ، يوم أمس الاثنين، عن استحداث منصب مشرف تربوي لمرحلة الصف الأول الابتدائي باختيار أربعة مشرفين لكل محافظة من اصل 80. وفيما أكدت أن المشرفين...
الموارد المائية تتوقع وصول الخزين المائي الى 20 مليار م3 وتؤكد: سد الموصل آمن بغداد/ أيسر جبار أكدت وزارة الموارد المائية، يوم امس الأثنين، سعيها لإقامة العديد من السدود الصغيرة في أنحاء البلاد للاستفادة من مياه السيول. وفي...
