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Captagon Drug Networks Adapt and Survive in Middle East After
Syria’s transitional government is cracking down on the production of Captagon — an illicit synthetic stimulant that flourished under the sponsorship of the Bashar al-Assad regime until its fall in December. But production and trade of the drug are continuing, particularly in parts of Syria not yet under the control of the new administration.
Toxic Air, Silent Funds: Where’s the Environmental Support in Kurdistan
Rebin Fattah On a rough road stretching from the Degala district to the villages southwest of Koya district (70 km east of Erbil), hundreds of vehicles, including oil trucks, pass daily. These trucks carry oil extracted from the Taq Taq field in eastern Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Along both sides of the road, there are a few scattered trees and some houses. The residents suffer from clouds of smoke emitted by the oil fields, which pollute the air, soil, and even the water. The region encompassing the Taq Taq oil field—the first investment project contracted by the Kurdistan Regional Government…
Documents Found After the Fall of Assad Show Syrian Intelligence
A file discovered at General Intelligence Directorate headquarters details an operation to investigate SIRAJ, a Syrian journalist collective that is part of the OCCRP network.
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Emigration Depletes the Christian Presence in Iraq: Security, Economy, and
Ihab, 37, a Christian displaced person in Dohuk, didn’t need much time to realize the reality awaiting him when he returned to his hometown of Tel esqof in the Nineveh Plain in the summer of 2017, after it was liberated from ISIS. His house, which he had completed building just…
The other side of Kurdistan… 16 years of residents of
Every morning, before heading to his job as a middle school physics teacher, Farhad Abdullah (48 years old) places several large empty plastic containers in his car trunk and drives two kilometers to the location of an artesian well on the outskirts of his town, Darbandikhan, in the Sulaymaniyah governorate,…
In oil-rich Basra; two worlds, two classes
Corruption, poverty and unemployment grapple Basra, Iraq’s richest city, as thousands suffer to make ends meet.
Iraq’s ‘Development Road’ amid global trade projects
Iraq’s “Development Road” aims to connect Asia and Europe but faces challenges including competition from alternative routes, security risks, and the need for international cooperation.
Due to cancerous diseases, a civil movement is about to
Residents of the neighborhoods surrounding the “Samawa Cement” factory, which has failed to implement environmental standards, have been complaining for several years about the spread of many diseases as a result of dust and gas emissions, which poses a permanent threat to their lives, especially after the expansion of its…
Four years after the Tishreen massacres.. The killer is free
Four years after the October 2019 demonstrations, which began to end the corruption system that brought a quarter of the country’s population to the brink of poverty, those involved in the killings escaped punishment, the database of victims disappeared, and the wounded continued to suffer in silence. “He sat in…
confining weapons to the state… new era in Iraq or
Weapons spread in Iraq after the American invasion of the country and the collapse of the previous regime in April 2003, and when citizens, and later, party forces, seized the weapons stores, which began to enter every home, especially in areas with a tribal nature, Whose sons carried weapons, as…
Why Iraqi Arabs flock to Kurdistan: Security, freedom, and services
The influx of Arabs to the Kurdistan Region reflects a broader trend of seeking security, public services, and economic opportunities.
