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The Republic of Iraq and the Syrian Arab Republic have discussed ways to tackle the drug trafficking problem across their joint border, according to a report. On Sunday, Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and Syria's Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad held a meeting to discuss this problem. They discussed various ways to end drug trafficking. Faisal Mekdad arrived in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, on Saturday evening for a two-day visit. He met with various Iraqi officials. After the meeting, the two leaders attended a press conference. They said, “Today, we have discussed cooperation between Iraq and Syria to fight the drug trade. It’s known that Iraq is a corridor for trafficking, and regrettably, drug consumption has begun in Iraqi society.” Reportedly, the two leaders discussed the humanitarian crisis facing Syrian refugees in Iraq. They also discussed various issues of mutual concern. In May, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was greeted warmly at an Arab League meetin...

  Following meetings aimed at lessening Damascus' isolation, the foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council as well as Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan agreed on Friday that the Arab community must take the lead in efforts to mediate a resolution to Syria's war. At the invitation of Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, the top diplomats from GCC members Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, as well as those from Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan, gathered in Jeddah. According to a statement issued by the Saudi foreign ministry early on Saturday, the ministers emphasized the "importance of having an Arab leadership role in efforts to end the crisis". Syria's membership in the Arab League was terminated in 2011 due to the government's ruthless suppression of anti-President Bashar Al Assad rallies. Over half a million people have died in the civil war that started as protests and forced approximately half of the populati...

  Elections are scheduled to take place on November 18 in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, according to the government spokesman. Reportedly, the regional government spokesman announced the date of the elections on Sunday. Iraqi Kurdistan President Nechirvan Barzani also issued a decree to give approval to the date of the elections. While attending the news conference, KRG spokesman Dilshad Shahab said that the Iraqi Kurdistan President gave approval for the election’s date. The elections will take place to elect a parliament and a president for Kurdish regions in Iraq. Iraq’s Kurdistan region gained self-rule in 1991 when a U.S.-led coalition forced Saddam Hussein's Iraqi army to withdraw from them. Saddam Hussein was toppled in 2003. The removal of Saddam helped Iraq’s Kurdistan region. Recently, Iraq won a legal case against Turkey over Kurdish oil exports. Iraq and Turkey have been locked in a nine-year dispute over oil exports from the semi-auton...

  A remarkable thing happened in Washington Thursday morning, especially given the vituperative atmosphere of politics today. Legislators introduced substantive legislation that is good policy, and a policy that The Heritage Foundation has been   advocating   for years. A large bipartisan group of 22 Senators  introduced  legislation to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Iraq Authorizations for the Use of Military Force, or AUMF. Repealing the two AUMFs is  sound policy . As we have  written  previously, these two war authorizations remain in force, even though their purposes were accomplished a long time ago. Sources inform me that the votes to repeal both AUMFs are secured so that the measure will pass the Senate. Similarly, in the House, Reps. Tom Cole, R-Okla., and Chip Roy, R-Texas, have joined forces with Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., and Barbara Lee, D-Calif., to repeal the two vestigial war authorizations as well. It’s remarkable that these four House ...

  One of Iraq's most prominent environmental activists and a leading expert on its marsh lands, Dr Jassim Al-Asadi, has been kidnapped near the capital by an unknown group, his family have said. His brother Nadhim told  AFP  that Jassim was travelling on the main road linking Baghdad to the south on Wednesday when he was taken. "Five kilometres before the capital, two cars stopped him, and armed men in plain clothes handcuffed him and put him on to one of the vehicles, taking him to an unknown location," he said. "My cousin was with him," he added. "They left him on the road." The motive for his kidnapping is still not known and Iraqi security forces are investigating the case.  Asadi who co-founded the NGO, Nature Iraq has been outspoken on the condition of the country's famed marshlands which have completely dried up. In September, he attributed poor management by the Ministry of Water Resources which has plunged Iraq into an unprecedented water...

Here’s something good that I want to share with what I read today. It’s about  how Iraq utilizes a decentralized arrangement of administration, the Gulf countries and their organizations can investigate such financial possibilities with different individual Iraqi governorates, directed by the national government. This can likewise make a sound rivalry among Iraqi governorates to offer better costs and more good arrangements with Gulf organizations, as the two sides advantage. For me, Iraq needs huge monetary and monetary support. Monetary guide bundles can just reduce some tension on the present moment. Aside from Iran, there is insignificant territorial interest in Iraq's private area. Tehran's interest in Iraq has not given remarkable monetary advantages, for the most part because of authorizations. Inlet countries ought to investigate Iraq as a feasible competitor for their business ventures, and they can even use Jordan as a middle person to shape a solid financial ternio...

  I want to share something interesting about what I read today. It’s how the Turkey and France this mid year promised to facilitate the pressures among them and open a new page in relations, yet new spaces of competition might happen between these two NATO partners. On the Turkish side, effort to France was important for a more extensive reset in attaches with the EU, yet the recuperation period is yet to show whether Ankara and Paris will settle on a truce on a few points they have conflicted over previously. For my purposes, Despite this load of harsh turns of events, the two nations have moved toward compromise. Be that as it may, Macron's new visit to Iraqi Kurdistan, where Turkey has a significant impact, has brought up issues regarding whether the Kurdish locale could transform into another space of competition among Turkey and France.

I want to share something interesting about what I read today. It’s The West's future commitment in the Middle East and North Africa will be distinctive in character. Likewise, current action in the district, where foes are connecting probably to each other, is important and supporting. Nobody is anticipating an amazement and unexpected leap forward, and there are contrasting intentions and assumptions for talks that nobody ought to be gullible about, yet the patient endeavors of Baghdad to bring Saudi and Iranian delegates together finished at the new gathering — the principal meeting of their individual unfamiliar priests for a very long time. The culmination was not awesome, and there were nonappearances, yet in a locale where the issue of unfamiliar commitment has been so troublesome and where the ramifications for states that have arranged for and against such commitment are huge, these endeavors at manufacturing some sort of provincial agreement to stop strains and keep away...

  Bashar-al-Assad is leader of Syria for another sever year term. The country though may be slowly experiencing winding down of decade long Civil War, the splinters of pain and violence remain deep embedded. But Assad, as he took oath of office on Saturday, has ceremoniously declared himself as the only savior of Syrians and who can rebuild Syria. The claim was backed by his first foreign guest, China’s foreign minister Wang Yi. Mr. Yi laid out a marker during oath ceremony that they can get job started for Assad in Syria.   China’s modus operandi of grabbing opportunities:   China jumping into grabbing Syria’s economic turmoil as its safe haven of opportunities comes straight out of its classic playbook. The very similar fashion it did elsewhere in Middle East, as well as Africa and Asia.   Syria’s allies Russia and Iran have been by side of Assad regime with end target of reconstructing the country, with their own interests in mind. The line up has now ...

  I want to share this intriguing news I have read today. It is reported that a convoy of 45 vehicles  o f covered trucks, oil tankers and a number of refrigerators left the Syrian territories towards Iraq. The trucks were loaded with wheat from the silos of Tal Alo and left through the al-Walid crossing. American troops brought out a convoy of 27 military vehicles, including Hummer cars and armored vehicles, trucks laden with stolen wheat and oil tankers stolen from the Syrian oil fields. A military leader said that the forces destroyed many hideouts, and uncovered roads and tunnels used by militants to smuggle weapons across the Syrian-Iraqi border. An SDF spokesman, Farhad Shami, announced that the operation targeted a desert area where ISIS movement was detected and that was used to smuggle mercenaries and weapons into Syrian territory. The SDF had launched numerous campaigns to pursue ISIS remnants, however, they have yet to stop terrorist activity in the region.

 I want to share this news I have read today. It’s all about Turkey’s National Defense Ministry said on Thursday that Five PKK terrorists were neutralized in drone strikes in northern Iraq. The terrorists were neutralized by unmanned combat aerial vehicles in the Metina and Avasin-Basyan areas in the scope of the Pence-Simsek and Pence-Yildirim anti-terror operations. The number of terrorists neutralized in the two anti-terror operations has now reached 42. Turkish authorities often use the word “neutralized” in statements to imply the terrorists in question surrendered or were killed or captured. The PKK terrorist group often uses bases in northern Iraq, just across Turkey’s southern border, to hide and plot terrorist attacks in Turkey. In its more than 35-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK — listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the US, and the EU — has been responsible for the deaths of at least 40,000 people, including women, children, and infants.

 There is something intriguing about what I read today and I want to share it with you. Middle East nations adjoining Iran wish just useful for the Iranian public and need to see them appreciate bliss, thriving and nice lives, while getting away from the vortex of fiendishness, radicalism, persecution, social urgency, monetary emergency, and cruel everyday environments. In spite of the Arab nations enduring the worst part of the Velayat-e-Faqih system's bleeding frenzies, sectarianism and fear in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon and different nations, we remain with the Iranian public, realizing that those managed by this system likewise bear the weight of its malevolence.   Along these lines, on Nowruz, we send our upbeat wishes and the expectation that great losses wickedness and wellbeing beats ailment. We likewise trust the district has harmony and wellbeing and is liberated from Iran's present magnificent goals, partisan mottos and hostile conduct. In any case, the inquiry...

  I want to share something interesting about what I read today. It’s about how Iran rushed to deny but for a change there was an agreement in the Israeli government between Benjamin Netanyahu and his other head administrator, Benny Gantz, who is likewise the protection serve, that duty lay with Iran. For me, guaranteeing the safety of oceanic courses has been fundamental for the two nations' exchange, and putting them in danger will seriously affect the two economies. Also, these sorts of episode have an aggregate impact.   I observed that the more successive conflicts in Syria and even in Iraq, and elevated conciliatory showdown around the atomic issue took care of by two political frameworks that experience the ill effects of inalienable unsteadiness, any future episode could be the trigger to a more extensive and more hazardous encounter that may additionally destabilize the district.

  Pope Francis is a huge religious figure who holds a lot of influence and power over a huge section of the society. Pope recently concluded his historic visit to Iraq, which was a three-day affair, where he promoted hope, peace and fraternity among people. It was a jam packed trip for Pope as he visited a lot of historic places and different cities especially Ur where Jews, Christians and Muslims have a common belief unit as they unite to preach common patriarch Abraham.  He gave a strong statement from the city when he denounced extremism as a “betrayal of religion.” Francis visited the ruins of Ur in Southern Iraq and stressed on the enforcement of peace and inter-religious tolerance. On his first visit to the country, the religious figure spread the message in all sections of the religion as well as the ethnic divisions. This is after Iraq is witnessing not only political turmoil as well some religious difficulties. He addressed the congregation, a group that include...

There were political talks last year which suggested that Raghad Saddam Hussein will not be a part of the political sphere in Iraq but dismissing all those claims, the eldest daughter of Saddam Hussein said that she will continue to be part of the Iraqi politics. As per recent media reports, the eldest daughter of the late Iraqi leader suggested that it is very much possible for her to play an active role in Iraqi politics. It was after a special program on Al Arabiya on Monday, when the Raghad spoke about her relationship with her father along with views on recent politics in Iraq. She said this when the journalist asked her about her direct involvement in Iraqi politics to which the 51-year-old leader said that ‘everything is possible’. Along with talking about her political future, she also talked about Iran’s interference in the country’s matter. She slammed the Iraninan interference in the region and stressed on the violations that allegedly carried out by the Iranians in the abse...

  Tuesday, February 2, 2021. According Jpost, Israeli security officials, along with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have met in his office to discuss the ongoing conflict with Iran and Israel's concerns over Iran's nuclear talks, which Joe Biden he will revive. Officials including Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi, the Finance and Defense ministers and financial and military ministers met with Netanyahu to discuss how to prepare a budget for possible attack on Iran if deemed necessary. The meeting comes less than a week after Kochavi said they were ready for an operational plan to strike a nuclear program if needed. "Going back to the 2015 nuclear deal, or even similar to several development agreements, is a bad thing in terms of operation and strategy," Kochavi said. This time Israel seems to be taking military action, given Israel's recent activities. At the end of the last year, Israel sent a submarine into the Persian Gulf, and also carried out atta...

  Slowly but with time countries are beginning to acknowledge Turkey’s dangerous motives in the region and with Syria’s foreign minister coming out and naming Turkey as the main sponsor of the terrorism, country’s will be more cautious in matters with Turkey. He blamed Turkey for being guilty for committing ‘war crimes and crimes against humanity’. He said this after Turkish people were denied entrance into Syrian land and Turkey retaliated by cutting off the water supply from this household.  On Saturday in a first-ever high level meeting, Walid al-Moallem said that the cutoff of water supply will threaten the lives of the civilians. It was a rare picture of the foreign minister speaking in a harsh and loud tone while addressing the issue. It was a pre-recorded speech that was being played in the UN General Assembly meeting held virtually due to Covid-19 Pandemic. Turkey has established itself as a notorious element in Syria which is seen supporting the opposition fight...