The people of Iraq should be reminded that demonstrations taking place in the country’s Sunni regions are not for them. They are meant to remove one political bloc and replace it with another that is not necessarily better. Those who are supporting these demonstrations are not really serious about improving Iraq’s situation. They see...
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The Brussels Attacks a Clear Failure of CVE
The #BrusselsAttacks were expected or not surprising to say the least, Brussels is...
The Day After ISIS
Military victory over ISIS in Ramadi and expelling it from the Sunni Arab...
A thought on Christmas!
People in Iraq & Lavent are celebrating the birth of two prophets within...
Newroz Piroz
Initially Iraqi Kurdistan was attracting investors & business people because it was offering oil...
A Sunni Spring in Winter
Disarming the PKK or Appeasing Turkey?
After decades of regarding the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) as a terrorist organization, Turkey is finally ready to accept that its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan is the key to disarming the rebels. While this is a step in the right direction, Ankara should go the extra mile and recognize the PKK leader as...
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Beyond 2013!
On a BBC program about their correspondents’ predictions the network’s seasoned correspondent, and my good friend, Lyse Doucet observed that this century is an opportunity for the Kurds. She said that Kurdish leaders may see this as their best chance “to try and take the apple from the tree.” But in 2013, here is...
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Institutions Should Rule in Iraq, Not Personalities
The events of the last week were a testament to the fragility of Iraq, the instability of its government and the immaturity of its political process. When Mam Jalal (Iraqi President Jalal Talabani) brokered the initial steps of the settlement process between Erbil and Baghdad by stopping the media war, everyone breathed a sigh...
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The Closure of Baghdadiya in Iraq: Maliki’s Lack of Common Sense
What did Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki gain by ordering the closure of Cairo-based news channel Al-Baghdadiya’s offices in Iraq? The Iraqi interior ministry which is directly controlled by Maliki, said over the weekend that the popular channel’s Iraq operation was being closed down, “Because it was not bound by the Media Commission’s regulations.”...
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