Iraq

Iraqi Kurdistan Offers Safe Haven for Fleeing Arabs

Families from Baghdad and other cities of Iraq head north to escape death squads and sectarian violence.

11 Nov 06

New textbooks highlight division within Armenia’s Yezidi community.

3 Nov 06

Homosexuals across the capital are being hunted down and murdered by Islamic militants and even the police.

3 Nov 06

Many regard it as evil, some as a golden cage, and others as part of their religious duty - the subject of marriage is hotly debated in Iraq.

1 Nov 06

Women and children increasingly falling victim to the capital’s kidnapping gangs.

13 Oct 06

A combination of war and UN sanctions has had a serious impact on women’s health.

10 Oct 06

Authorities provide women with their own petrol station to spare them the discomfort of queuing days for fuel.

4 Oct 06

Dreaming of travel and a better life away from poverty and war, some Iraqi women are agreeing to marry men they hardly know.

2 Oct 06

Some Shia politicians are pushing for a southern federal state, but not everyone is convinced.

29 Sep 06

Violence against women has become increasingly common in Iraq.

27 Sep 06

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