by Güley Bor
The self-declared Islamic State (“IS”) has committed war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide against Yazidis, Shi’i Turkmens, and Christians, among other minorities in Iraq. It is estimated that since 2014, IS kidnapped 6,800 Yazidi, 600 Shi’i Turkmen, and 220 Assyrian Christian women and girls, most of whom were forced into sexual slavery. The majority of abductees […]
by Christine van den Toorn
Iraq’s disputed territories remain among the most intractable and incendiary issues facing the country. Since 2003, the rival powers of the Federal Government of Iraq (GOI) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) have failed to find a mutually acceptable formula for long-term administration of the territories. Instead, each has sought to impose its power through […]
by Renad Mansour and Christine van den Toorn
On 12 May 2018, Iraqis went to the polls to vote for their next parliament, prime minister and cabinet. The elections delivered a surprise, with Muqtada al-Sadr’s Saairun Coalition winning the most seats of any bloc, although not enough to form a government alone. The results also carried a number of clear […]
by Raad Alkadiri
Najaf takes a stand
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and the Marjaiʻyah in Najaf have largely kept their powder dry since the 12 May elections, refraining from any overt interference in the government-formation process. Not so any more.
In his Friday sermon on 27 July, delivered in Karbala by one of his most senior representatives, Abd al-Mahdi al-Karbalai, Sistani was […]
by Hayder Al-Khafaji
Following the defeat of the Islamic State in Iraq, it is now possible, indeed desirable, to put forward a number of scenarios regarding the future of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), especially since the various factions have grouped themselves and entered the political arena under the umbrella of the Fatah Alliance. As one PMF leader told me, […]
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