Baghdad Investigative Team: On 10 January 2020, in Basra, Iraq, unidentified gunmen on a motorbike shot at journalist Ahmed Abdul Samad, a correspondent of the Dijlah satellite TV channel, killing him immediately with a fatal shot to the head. His colleague, photojournalist Safaa Ghali, was transferred to Basra General Hospital…

Nawzat ShamdeenL/Iraqi Journalist March  2021: As Pope Francis travels through Iraq, Mosul’s Christians hope his visit will draw attention to their precarious situation, which includes the dossier of some 6,000 stolen properties. Unlike most of his family members who remain in exile, 43-year-old Salam Boutros decided to return to Mosul,…

Saman Dawood/Iraqi Journalist February  2021: Finding the remains of the victims and reburying them is a positive step, yet “just the beginning.” There are dozens of mass graves in Sinjar. The village of Kocho near Mount Sinjar, located some 80 kilometer west of Mosul, had prepared the coffins to welcome…

Maisar Aladani April 14, 2021: The Yazidi Women Survivors Law is a victory, yet many question marks remain. Will the law be implemented or remain ink on paper? How will the land be distributed? And what to do with the children born as a result of rape? On August 10,…

Suicide, unemployment, domestic violence and the abandonment of children

Abdel-Muhaimen Bassil/ Iraqi Journalist July 2020: Marwan has been living with the chains under the strict censorship of his parents for nearly three years. He is imprisoned in a narrow basement under the house in the center of Mosul (405 Km north of Baghdad). Sometimes he cries, sometimes he laughs.…

In an attempt to address the conditions of thousands of displaced ISIS affiliated families; the government has resorted to adopting the concept of “Acquittal”, before allowing them to return, but Acquittal, which is supported by UN projects, faces Tribal rejection because of the concept of revenge.

Facts and photos from inside ‘TAMMUZ Nuclear Reactor’ … Radiation in three areas of Baghdad?!

Surges in the Death index…an Escape from Extortion and Tribal “Ceremonies”