Threats to infrastructure are a big reason people are leaving the Gulf right now. Yes, missile interceptors will eventually run out, but keep in mind that interruptions to water & power would be devastating. 99% of Qatar’s municipal water (what is used in homes) comes from desalination.

Oil prices

Iranian presidential palace was targeted.

Such reporting, even if only used for serving military and intelligence purposes, can have serious consequences as it puts Kurdish civilians, refugees, and political organizations under greater pressure and retaliation from Iran.

Spent hours talking to friends & Iraqi contacts who know far more a/b Iraq than I do. All of us are getting mixed messages. Neither federal Iraq nor KRI want to get involved in a regional conflict. KDP & PUK would be risking a lot to back this kind of plan. The Turkish reaction issue is huge.

During a cycling tournament in Erbil city in the Kurdistan Region, the rider who was in first place fell due to celebrating too early before crossing the finish line. He raised his hands in celebration, lost his balance, and fell, which led to his loss.

Erbil, Kurdistan Region

During a cycling tournament in Erbil city in the Kurdistan Region, the rider who was in first place fell due to celebrating too early before crossing the finish line. He raised his hands in celebration, lost his balance, and fell, which led to his loss.

Explosive-laden drone crashes in Erbil’s Rizgari sub-district hours before the arrival of the Iraqi federal delegation to investigate recent drone attacks on oil facilities.
#Kurdistan #Iraq

The IDF is claiming al-Jazeera journalist Hussam Shabat was a Hamas fighter, based on documentation that he underwent military training in 2019.
There are also accusations that he participated recently in fighting, without details so far.

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#العراق

🔻الإعلام والاتصالات تعلن تنظيم عمل المشاهير وصناع المحتوى وتحدد رسوم التسجيل
• أكثر من 5 ملايين متابع: 1,000,000 دينار سنويًا.
• من 3 إلى 5 ملايين متابع: 850,000 دينار سنويًا.
• من 1 إلى 3 ملايين متابع: 650,000 دينار سنويًا.
• من 500 ألف إلى مليون متابع: 450,000 دينار سنويًا.

For those still not seeing the genocide:

Israeli's Defence Minister said yesterday:

WARNING:
37 years ago today, Iraqi regime warplanes bombed the #Kurdistan Region's town of #Halabja with chemical weapons, killing more than 5000 civilians, and wounding 10,000. Many of the survivors are still largely impacted by the chemical attack.
#NeverForget
#HalabjaMemorialDay

A small house on a hill with two windows: one is pink, the other blue. It stands in the distance, in a forest, by night, under a dark sky.

The House

© Sonia C, Brussels, 2025

Surprised that Iraq is not on the list 😃

Sorry you missed it!
It’s a nice atmosphere here at the forum, though a calm but cold weather in Riyadh.

Also make sure to download the IGF app. Makes it easier to know about the parallel sessions and their timings.

#IGF
Internet Governance Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Best of luck!

Let’s catch up if you’re around

Early morning office view
7:00 AM
#Erbil #Kurdistan
The sky is not always blue
#BlueSky #Sunrise

Lessons learned from the Implementation of the Wadi El Ku Catchment Management Project (Phase 2) In response to Sudan’s challenges stemming from climate change, conflict, and fragility, UNEP and the European Union launched phase two of the Wadi El Ku Catchment Management Project (WEK 2). The firs...

Helpful analysis on how to deal with #watersecurity in #Sudan that is facing impacts from climate change, conflict en wider humanitarian problems linked with the war. Important for #UNEP to keep engaging solutions to mounting challenges
www.unep.org/resources/re...

Our paper on Late Chalcolithic Shakhi Kora was just published. A rather amazing site with an intriguing occupation history that suggests the development of local institutional households, an Uruk one, and then the rejection of this type of centralised organisation/power.
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Why does it have to be “the West” to decide which nation can have a state?
#Kurdish people have struggled for a very long time and have sacrificed hundreds of thousands for this cause. The West never supported Kurdish people’s quest for #independence.
#Kurdistan

Early morning office view
7:00 AM
#Erbil #Kurdistan
The sky is not always blue
#BlueSky #Sunrise

Choman, Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Lalish Temple in Shekhan, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

Balakayati in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Here's some photos of #Kurdistan for my first post

Happy to give you a tour around.

Always welcome to Kurdistan :)
Let’s meet if he’s around again.

All the best