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May 2, 2024 · More than 90 percent of Iraq’s government revenue comes from oil, leaving the country hostage to global prices. 28 Mar 2024. Show more. Stay on top of Iraq latest developments on the ground...
Mar 20, 2023 · Where does Iraq stand now — 20 years after the U.S. invasion? March 20, 20235:10 AM ET. Heard on Morning Edition. By. Leila Fadel. , Ruth Sherlock. 4-Minute Listen. Playlist. Baghdad is...
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Feb 13, 2024 · Learn about the political instability in Iraq, where it began, and the latest developments with the Center for Preventive Action's Global Conflict Tracker.
- Developing Iraqi Capacity For Peacebuilding and Reconciliation
- Support For Iraqi Minorities
- Reconciliation and Rule of Law in Anbar and Basra
USIP provides technical and financial support to Sanad, an Iraqi civic organization with expertise mediating communal disputes. USIP, Sanad, and NIF have helped mend sectarian and inter-tribal cleavages in communities torn by extremist violence, including Tikrit, Hawija, Bartella, Yathrib, and Tal Afar. Through strategic and technical assistance, U...
USIP’s work led to the creation of the Alliance of Iraqi Minorities (AIM), which advocates peacefully for the rights and interests of Christians, Ezidis (Yazidis), Sabean-Mandaeans, Shabak, and other minorities. Their activism led Iraq’s Education Ministry to recognize religious minorities for the first time in national textbooks. AIM advocates for...
USIP supports a locally driven research and training initiative in Anbar and Basra—two provinces where tribal dynamics dominate—to address the drivers of community-based conflicts, mitigate violence, and strengthen stabilization efforts through facilitated dialogues. This initiative also explores how broadening tribal practices might promote peace ...
Mar 18, 2023 · Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times. Iraq remains indelibly scarred by a civil war, an insurgency and the almost constant upheaval that the invasion unleashed, which continued even after U.S....
Iraq could be pushed into conflict by tit-for-tat attacks on its territory by Iranian-backed militias and US forces, Iraqi foreign minister, Dr Fuad Hussein, has told the BBC. "The tension...
Civil Documentation. In September 2022, seven aid groups found that nearly five years after the government declared victory over Islamic State (ISIS), up to 1 million Iraqis, displaced by the armed...
