Hundreds of protesters marched in cities around Iraq, demanding basic services such as water and electricity. Protests failed to materialize in Syria, despite a called “day of rage.”
Three bombings near mosques in central and northern Baghdad on Nov. 13 killed two people—hours after US Vice President Joe Biden arrived for meetings with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki
The powerful Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ended his self-imposed exile in Iran and returned to his stronghold hometown of Najaf in central Iraq this week.
More than 1,000 protesters took to the streets in Erbil, Iraq’s Kurdish regional capital, to condemn a new law requiring all public demonstrations to have government permits.
Spain opened an investigation against an Iraqi lieutenant general concerning an air-strike against Iranian exiles at Camp Ashraf in which 11 unarmed civilians were killed.
Iraqi Christians are fleeing to the autonomous Kurdish region and particularly the town of Ankawa, which has become a safe haven for Christians, thanks to its special status.
Gunmen stormed two homes in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing the two male heads of the households, the latest in a series of attacks targeting Christians.
Lawyers acting for more than 140 Iraqi civilians are challenging the British government’s refusal to hold a public investigation into the treatment of detainees in British-occupied areas of Iraq.
The Iraqi oil ministry’s auction of three natural gas fields is angrily opposed by all the governorates in which they are located, with provincial officials warning that they will refuse to cooperate.
UN Special Rapporteur on torture Manfred Nowak called for the Obama administration to launch an inquiry into the role of the US in human rights violations in Iraq following new Wikileaks revelations.
Anti-war groups have issued a statement denouncing the “Iraq Debacle,” and calling for withdrawal of all US troops and military contractors, and for reparations to help the Iraqis rebuild.
Iraq’s Oil Ministry said the agreement Germany’s RWE public utility signed with the Kurdistan Regional Government to supply gas for the Nabucco pipeline project is illegal.
