Zaid Al-Ali

Iraq ranks third in Arab world for solar panel imports from China in H1 2025 - Iraqi News Iraq ranked third in the Arab world for Chinese solar panel imports in H1 2025, bringing in 0.95 GW amid a push for new energy projects.

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Iraq starts work on $4bn seawater desalination plant

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Mass turtle deaths strike Iraq's marshes as drought tightens grip - Shafaq News Shafaq News – Dhi Qar A mass die-off of turtles has hit parts of Iraq’s marshes, where a severe drought is devastating one of the country's most fragile and biodiverse ecosystems. Raad al-Asadi, dir

Mass turtle deaths strike Iraq's marshes as drought tightens grip
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Fishermen revive floating reed platforms in Iraq’s southern marshes despite drought challenges en.964media.com/37473/

Iraq's water crisis deepens: Kurdistan’s iconic waterfall dries up - Shafaq News Shafaq News - Erbil The Gali Ali Beg waterfall, one of the Kurdistan Region’s best-known natural landmarks, has dried up completely for the first time in living memory, amid a severe water crisis

Iraq's water crisis deepens: Kurdistan’s iconic waterfall dries up
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true although this has already been going on for a while. read chapter. see for example chapter 8 of my book on iraq, published in 2014.

أزمة المحكمة الاتحادية العراقية تنذر بفراغ دستوري يسبق الانتخابات تُنذر أزمة المحكمة الاتحادية العراقية مع استقالة العديد من أعضائها، بفراغ دستوري، يسبق الانتخابات التشريعية، المقررة في 11 نوفمبر/تشرين الثاني المقبل.

أزمة المحكمة الاتحادية العراقية تنذر بفراغ دستوري يسبق الانتخابات edgs.co/n4ejn

Water crisis forces some Iraqi farmers to abandon their land STORY: Several farmers in Iraq's southern province of Najaf are walking away from their land and livelihoods as a severe water crisis in parts of the country has prompted authorities to ban summer far...

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Water levels plummet at drought-hit Iraqi reservoir Water levels at Iraq's vast Dukan Dam reservoir have plummeted as a result of dwindling rains and further damming upstream, hitting millions of inhabitants already impacted by drought with stricter wa...

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Kurdish tribes in northern Syria demand constitutional guarantees and decentralized governance Based on the decisions made at the recent "Rojava Unity and Common Stance Conference" held in Qamishlo, in the Cizirê Canton, a Kurdish delegation was formed to negotiate the political and cultural...

Kurdish tribes in northern Syria demand constitutional guarantees and decentralized governance anfenglish.com/rojava-syria...

This aged well

Intertwined processes in Syria and Turkey: Will the SDG lay down its arms?
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SDF’s Abdi: open to dialogue with Damascus over decentralization - Shafaq News Shafaq News/ On Friday, the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Mazloum Abdi, vowed that any integration of the SDF into the Syrian military must come as part of a comprehensive political

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Syria and Saudi Arabia agree to boost economic cooperation after Western sanctions eased DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria and Saudi Arabia said Saturday they aim to boost economic cooperation to for their mutual benefit and create jobs for Syrians after Western sanctions imposed on the war-to...

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Human Rights Watchdog Decries Kurdistan Salary Withholding as Constitutional Violation
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Shingal residents face water crisis amid delayed reconstruction
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Iraq’s Basra residents decry government inaction as water crisis deepens - Shafaq News Shafaq News/ Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Oil Minister, Hayan Abdul Ghani, announced on Friday that government agencies and affiliated companies have launched a large-scale oper

Iraq’s Basra residents decry government inaction as water crisis deepens
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Long-shuttered US ambassador's residence in Damascus is reopened as Washington mends ties with Syria DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An American flag was hoisted outside of the long-shuttered U.S. ambassador’s residence in Damascus on Thursday, in a sign of growing ties between Washington and the new Syrian g...

Long-shuttered US ambassador's residence in Damascus is reopened as Washington mends ties with Syria
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ENKS says joint Kurdish delegation to visit Damascus soon
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Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration delegation heads to Damascus to implement ceasefire deal The Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) is set to escalate its political engagement with the Syrian

Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration delegation heads to Damascus to implement ceasefire deal
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Make them pay: Iraq to consider taxing its highest polluters - Raseef22 How will Iraq address its environmental crisis by holding polluters accountable? A new proposal aims to enforce the 'Polluters Pay' principle, taxing high polluters like fossil fuel companies. This ...

Make them pay: Iraq to consider taxing its highest polluters
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Iraq losing $1mn daily due to dust storms Iraq is losing approximately $1mn per day due to dust and sandstorms that strike the country, according to a report by the Iraq Green Observatory, an ...

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Türkiye signals support for new political phase in Syria - Türkiye Today Türkiye affirms willingness to support Syria's post-conflict recovery and political transition under mutual agreements

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From the venice commission's report on Tunisia's 2014 Constitution

وصول أول دفعة من منحة القمح العراقية إلى سوريا عبر معبر البوكمال - S A N A دير الزور-سانا وصلت اليوم أولى دفعات منحة القمح المقدمة من الحكومة العراقية إلى الأراضي السورية عبر

SANA: Iraq delivers first shipment of wheat to Syria as part of campaign to provide 220,000 tons of wheat in goodwill gesture: www.sana.sy?p=2211747

Syria's Kurds demand 'democratic decentralised' Syria Syria's Kurdish parties on Saturday adopted a joint political vision calling for a "decentralised democratic" state in Syria with guarantees for Kurdish rights.

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The New Syria Is Run Like the Old A constitution by decree gives the president unchecked powers, risking what has been an impressive transition.

my latest on Syria

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Iraq sandstorm closes airports, puts 3,700 people in hospital A sandstorm swept through Iraq, filling the air with choking dust that closed airports and put more than 3,700 people in hospital with breathing difficulties, the health ministry said Tuesday.

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