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People march during the funeral of a demonstrator who died during a protest against unemployment, corruption and a lack of public services in Basra, Iraq, on September 7. Photo: Haider El Esedi / Anadolu Agency

European Union, France, Iraq, Middle East, World

Unemployment and conflict are ‘incubators for terror’

by Asia Times staff November 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Smoke rises in the Syrian village of Kafr Ain in the southern countryside of Idlib province after an air strike on September 7. Photo: AFP/Anas al-Dyab

Egypt, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

No end in sight for the ‘Great Syrian Civil War’

by Nicos Panayiotides November 16, 2018

Iraqi President Barham Salih. Photo: Wikipedia

Iraq, Middle East, World

Iraq’s new Kurdish president hints at an ‘Iraq first’ policy

by Faisal Al Yafai November 8, 2018

Mohammed Mahmoud Alawi, 15 (center), who has worked as a rag-picker in West Mosul since 2017, with his two younger brothers. They collect metallic and plastic objects to sell. Photo: Sebastian Castelier

Iraq, Middle East

In Mosul, children out of school and at risk of recruitment

by Sebastian Castelier and Azhar Al-Rubaie November 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Map of Iraq: iStock

France, Iraq, Middle East, World

Blasts across Baghdad kill 6

by Asia Times staff November 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan holds hands with Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin after a summit on Syria on April 4. Photo: AFP / Adem Altan

Egypt, European Union, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Middle East, Russia, Syria, Turkey, World

Erdogan a threat to US effort to contain Iran

by Stephen Bryen October 24, 2018February 18, 2020

Photo of a place flooded. Overflow. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Bangladesh, India, Iraq, Middle East, Myanmar, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, World

Coastal communities will be the next casualties of war

by Bahauddin Foizee October 17, 2018October 17, 2018

Planes are seen through the damaged roof of a hangar at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida. Photo: Screen grab from drone footage.

Afghanistan, China, European Union, Germany, Iraq, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, Syria, World

Florida airbase damage deals a costly blow to the F-22

by Stephen Bryen October 16, 2018February 18, 2020

Nadia Murad (L) and Lamia Haji Bashar, public advocates for the Yazidi community in Iraq and survivors of sexual enslavement by the Islamic State jihadists, are awarded laureates of the 2016 Sakharov human rights prize at the European parliament in Strasbourg in 2016. Photo: AFP/ Frederick Florin

Iraq, Middle East, Syria

Yazidi activist Nadia Murad awarded Nobel Prize

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse October 5, 2018February 18, 2020

Armed police secure the South Jakarta court before a ruling against radical group Jemaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) on July 31, 2018. Photo: AFP / Bay Ismoyo

AT Finance, China, Greater Bay Area, Indonesia, Iraq, Middle East, Syria, World

What to do with convicted terrorists?

by Joseph Hope October 4, 2018

This handout photo provided by the official website of Iran's Revolutionary Guards via SEPAH News shows missiles being launched from an undisclosed location to target militants in eastern Syria early on October 1, 2018.Photo: AFP / Sepah News

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria

Iran targets Islamic State bases in response to parade attack

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse October 1, 2018February 18, 2020

An Iraqi Kurdish woman casts her ballot for the parliamentary election at a polling station in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaimaniyah on Sunday. Photo: iStock

Iraq, Middle East

Iraqi Kurds go to the polls

by Asia Times staff and agencies October 1, 2018February 18, 2020

سلطان سعود القاسمي، مقتني وداعم الفن العربي المعاصر، نراه عبر منحوتة سلوى روضة شقير الشكل الداخلي في متحف الشارقة للفنون في يوليو 2018. صورة: اليسون طهمزيان ميوز.

Photo: Alison Tahmizian Meuse

China, Egypt, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, World

An Emirati collector leaves his art behind

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 23, 2018February 18, 2020

A member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps carries an injured child at the scene of an attack on a military parade on September 22, 2018 in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz. Photo:
AFP / ISNA / Shayan Haji Najaf

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria

24 killed, dozens wounded in ‘terrorist’ attack in Iran

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 22, 2018February 18, 2020

Iranian ambassador in Iraq Iraj Masjedi gives a press conference outside the new Iranian consulate in Basra on September 11, 2018, after the old building was set ablaze by protesters a few days earlier. Photo: AFP/Haidar Mohammed Ali

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, World

US blames Iran for attacks on diplomats in Iraq

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse September 12, 2018February 18, 2020

A doctor examines a patient at a newly reopened hospital in the Iraqi city of Mosul on September 9. Photo: AFP

Iraq, Middle East

Hospitals reopen in Mosul

by Asia Times and agencies September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

Iraqis buy food from a vendor in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on September 9. Photo: AFP

Iraq, Middle East

Calm returns to Basra after violent demonstrations

by Asia Times and agencies September 10, 2018February 18, 2020

An Iraqi protester waves a national flag while demonstrating outside the burnt-down local government headquarters in the southern city of Basra on September 7. Photo: AFP / Haidar Mohammed Ali

China, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, World

Iraq protests threaten oil production and critical ports

by Omar al-Jaffal and Safa Khalaf September 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Terrorists, Photo: iStock

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Indonesia, Iraq, Middle East, Philippines, South Asia, Syria, World

In the ruins of the caliphate, ISIS rears its ugly head

by Joseph Hope September 8, 2018September 8, 2018

US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting on July 18, 2018, at the White House in Washington, DC. In a file photo taken on May 2, 2018, a handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency shows President Hassan Rouhani giving a speech on Iranian TV in Tehran. Photo: AFP and Iranian Presidency / Nicholas Kamm and Handout

Beijing, China, France, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Middle East, Syria, World

Iran stock escape numbs sanctions pain

by Gary Kleiman September 4, 2018

Tripoli, Libya. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Iraq, Kuwait, Middle East, Philippines

Govt seeks release of Filipinos kidnapped in Iraq and Libya

by Asia Times staff August 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Iraq, Middle East, Philippines, Syria

Govt warns Filipinos of fake job offers in Dubai

by Asia Times staff August 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Baghdad, Iraq. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, US Army Staff Sgt. Lorie Jewell

AT Finance, Iraq, Middle East, Philippines

Nine Filipinas rescued from illegal recruiters in Iraq

by Asia Times staff August 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Iraqis shout slogans during ongoing protests in the southern city of Basra on August 5, 2018. Photo: AFP/Haidar Mohammed Ali

AT Finance, France, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, South Asia, World

Deadly discontent plagues Iraq’s oil-rich south

by Omar al-Jaffal August 24, 2018February 18, 2020

An image grab from a July 05, 2014 propaganda video allegedly shows the leader of the Islamic State jihadist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, addressing Muslim worshipers at a mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Photo: AFP / Al-Furqan Media

France, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

IS leader makes call to arms after year of silence

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse August 23, 2018February 18, 2020

An Iraqi peddler displays Iranian currency for sale in the capital Baghdad, on August 9, 2018. Caught in the crossfire between its key allies Tehran and Washington, Iraq's economy could suffer the heaviest collateral damage from the US reimposing sanctions against Iran. AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE

European Union, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

Baghdad grapples with ‘curse’ of US sanctions on Iran

by Omar al-Jaffal August 17, 2018February 18, 2020

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (C) is welcomed by officials upon his arrival in Ankara, Turkey on August 14, 2018. The Iraqi leader over the weekend canceled a scheduled visit to Tehran after announcing his government would adhere to US sanctions on Iran. Photo: Anadolu Agency/Muhammed Selim Korkutata

Iran, Iraq, Middle East, World

Iraqi PM downplays sanctions on Tehran

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse August 14, 2018February 18, 2020

The Saudi Arabian frigate HMS Al-Dammam maneuvers into position, with its helicopter circling overhead during Exercise Eager Lion in 2014. Photo: US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jesse A. Hyatt/Wikipedia Commons

AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Middle East, Singapore, Syria, Taiwan, World

Did the Houthis sink a warship or hit an oil tanker?

by Stephen Bryen July 28, 2018February 18, 2020

Given the scale and duration of MENA’s refugee crisis, the focus should be shifted from temporary to semi-permanent solutions, Photo: iStock

China, European Union, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Syria, World

African, Middle Eastern refugee crises demand long-term solutions, not quick fixes

by Nasser Saidi July 14, 2018February 18, 2020

China's President Xi Jinping, right, and Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, center, arrive for the 8th Ministerial Meeting of China-Arab States Cooperation Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: AFP/ Wang Zhao

Beijing, China, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

China’s silky charming of Arabia

by Pepe Escobar July 11, 2018February 18, 2020