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4 days ago · There are security checkpoints throughout Iraq. Follow the instructions of officials at checkpoints. Criminals and terrorists have used false security checkpoints to stage kidnappings, robberies and murders or launch attacks. Road travel is dangerous. Risks include roadside bombs, attacks at checkpoints and robberies.
4 days ago · In Iraq alone, Captagon seizures have increased by almost 3,380 per cent from 2019 to 2023. In 2023, over 4.1 tonnes of Captagon tablets were seized in the country.” Positioned at the crossroads of major drug trafficking routes, Iraq is becoming an increasingly significant node in the drug trade network across the Near and Middle East.
2 days ago · Despite the security crisis, Iraq's parliament did not allow Maliki to declare a state of emergency; many legislators boycotted the session because they opposed expanding the prime minister's powers, since his reign has been described as sectarian by both Iraqis and western analysts, as well allegations of corruption, with hundreds of billions of dollars allegedly vanishing from government coffers.
5 days ago · An estimated 6.5 million children in Afghanistan – or nearly three out of ten – will face crisis or emergency levels of hunger this year as the country feels the immediate impacts of floods, the long term effects of drought and the return of Afghans from Pakistan and Iran, said Save the Children in a statement this week.
5 days ago · News from Iraq and Iraqi news around the world. IraqiNews is THE source for the latest news in Iraq and outside its borders. ... Beirut design fair reborn after four years of economic crisis May ...
1 day ago · Saikal, A 2006, 'Reactions in the Muslim World to Iraq Conflict', in Ramesh Thakur and Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu (ed.), The Iraq Crisis and World Order: Structural, International and Normative Challenges, United Nations University Press, New York, USA, pp. 187-200.
3 days ago · The Republic of Iraq is a middle-income country recovering from decades of socio-political upheaval, from a humanitarian crisis that peaked around 2017 with millions of internally displaced people (IDPs) and refugees living in camps and from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Considering the current transition towards long-term development and the pending arrival of a new WHO Representative, this evaluation is timed to ensure optimum utility in strategic planning for WHO. The dual purpose ...
