Jurf Al-Sakhr is an agricultural district located 40 miles south of Baghdad in the province of Babylon. It is known for its strategic location, which looks out over the governorates of Babylon in the south and Anbar in the west, as well as Karbala, Najaf, and all the way to the Arar border crossing with …
Written by Arkan Radeef / Translated by Shermeen Yousif Repression by a certain entity is defined by the forceful persecution of a certain group or a group of people for political, religious, or ethnic reasons for the purpose of restricting and preventing the ability of this group or group from participating in political life or practicing certain religious …
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Iraq’s political authority is influenced by more than one leadership entity, one of which is the religious reference, represented by the reference of Ali Al-Sistani and all its religious institutions. The political leadership, as represented by the corrupt ruling parties, is divided between loyalty to Sistani and loyalty to Wilayat Al-Faqih. This loyalty ensures sectarian …
Written by Arkan Radeef / Translated by Shermeen Yousif The most dangerous people are those who lead religious or sectarian parties without being clergy and whose past is tainted with accusations and suspicions, including the most heinous types of murder, kidnapping, and sectarian incitement, as well as misusing public funds, corruption, violating the law, and …
The media is a means of conveying the news or the point of view or both from one party to the other, and its dangers have become overshadowed by its advantages. The media is a double-edged sword that may benefit or harm and may destroy or revive peace among people if used in the correct …
Protest and demonstration are fundamental human rights, allowing individuals to express their opinions. As long as these actions remain peaceful, they should not be restricted or denied. A true democracy cannot exist without opposition or the peaceful rotation of power. No individual, no matter their strength, can hold onto power forever. Unfortunately, the corrupt government …
It’s a spectacle that is both tragic and farcical—the ongoing corruption and moral decay among Iraqi political parties and their Iranian-backed militias. The damage they’ve inflicted on the country, with their roots steeped in the poisonous influence of Tehran, is not only alarming but also emblematic of the persistent failure of Iraq’s leadership to bring …
The pages of history are filled with oppressors’ attitudes and how countries and servants suffered misfortune until they believed no one could defeat them. Treachery and betrayal are two horrible traits that only the most disgusting, weak, and humiliating people have in common. Iraq is bought and sold by traitors and bastards, whose sons sell their …
Written by Arkan Radeef / Translated by Shermeen Yousif Iraq has experienced the most violent wave in its history to liquidate and attack Iraqi competencies of a secular civic character in Iraq, whose civilization has been perverted by the barbarism of militias and sectarian Shia and Sunni parties that have destroyed everything. When the Iraqi people had green hopes …
Today in Iraq, the turbaned cleric occupies multiple seats of power. He is simultaneously the head of a political movement, the leader of a parliamentary bloc, the architect of electoral lists, the overseer of cabinet formation, the commander of the armed forces, the planner of economic policy, the designer of school curricula, and a key …
Written by Arkan Radeef / Translated by Shermeen Yousif Today, Masrour Barzani, the youthful dictator, arrives in public to announce that the regional administration owes $27 million, although according to reports, this amount is insignificant in comparison to the fortune owned by the Barzani and Talabani families! Despite this, they are requesting that individuals clench their stomachs and …
Iraq transformed into mini-states and sects in the new era, consuming the state and all of its institutions, both small and large, leaving the central state without a framework. Iraq was divided into independent states, each of which imposed its own bloody laws and oppressive authoritarian measures on the homeland and its citizens. The destruction …