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Iraqi Press Monitor
Years active: 2005-2007
IWPR's Iraqi Press Monitor is a daily survey of the main stories in Iraq's newspapers. It features the top stories of the day. Stories are selected and summarised by Ali Kadhim Marzook in Baghdad and Mariwan Hama-Saeed in Sulaimaniyah.
Defence and Interior Ministries Should Have Technocrat
Al-Sabah al-Jadeed is an independent daily paper.
Basra Airport Closed
Al-Sabah al-Jadeed is an independent daily paper.
Saddam Must Attend Tribunal
Al-Bayan is issued four times weekly by the Islamic Dawa Party, chaired by Iraqi prime minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari.
No Oil from Kurdistan Without Baghdad's Approval
Al-Bayyna is a weekly paper issued by the Hezbollah movement in Iraq.
Muqtada in Syria
Al-Mashriq is published daily by Al-Mashriq Institution for Media and Cultural Investments.
Cartoon of the Day
Al-Sabah al-Jadeed
Cairo Reconciliation Conference
Al-Ittihad is published daily by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.
Opinion: The Bullet and the Word
Al-Mashriq is published daily by Al-Mashriq Institution for Media and Cultural Investments.
Opinion: Money and the Renaissance
Al-Adala is issued daily by the Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq.