Riyadhs soft power could sway Iraq away from Iranon August 30, 2017With the so-called Daesh on the brink of defeat in northern Iraq, the government in Baghdad is set to mark another victory: reconciliation with regional power Saudi Arabia. The oil-rich kingdom and dominant Sunni power has effectively been absent from Iraq since Riyadh cut ties with Baghdad after Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990. […]
Arab women exchanging ideas and finding voice for reformson August 23, 2017 THE changes were as radical as they were swift. On July 26, Tunisia voted to criminalise sexual harassment and discrimination against women. On August 1, Jordan’s Parliament voted to scrap a law that allowed rapists to escape punishment if they married their victims. Lebanon and Iraq now look to follow suit later this year […]