Reports 2020-09-06 Azeema’s dreams up in smoke with her home Kirkuk journalists get assaulted by security and their rights get trampled on by officials When covering events, journalists in Kirkuk are often subjected to assaults by security forces; they get beaten and their equipment gets destroyed.... A glimmer of joy for children at one of Shingal’s ruined villages “When we came back to Shingal after being displaced, we were living in uncertainty. But we pushed forward and managed to persevere,” said Rasho Sabri, a... Lack of Water threatens Kaka’i village under Covid-19 As temperatures soar up to 45 degrees (Celsius) in this part of Kirkuk Province, there is no drinking water at a Kaka’i village (Mateeq) in Daquq... ISIS demands Ezidi woman handover in exchange for releasing policeman ISIS demands to be handed over a 23-year-old Ezidi woman (whom they had kidnapped when she was underage and forcibly “married” to an ISIS Amir), in... No date set for establishing joint operation room in disputed areas There is still no date or location determined for the planned military joint operation room and four coordination centres to be used in coordination... COVID-19 induces unemployment rate up to %35 in Iraq Muhammad Samaan, head Kirkuk’s Retirement and Social Security Department, calls on those who have lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 outbreak to submit... 18-year-old dies of burn wounds Kirkuk Police detains "abusive" husband On 15 August, 18-year-old Sarab Muhammad died in a hospital from severe burn injuries. On the day she dies, Sarab calls her mother complaining about the... Life in Coronavirus times Kaka’i family can’t afford more than modest breakfast Payman’s family starts their day with a meagre meal of a bowl of yoghurt and some stale bread. Her four daughters hungrily eye the front door with... No airport in Kirkuk in the foreseeable future “It does not seem that we will see planes flying over this city. Where is that airport?” 38-year-old Saywan Mhedin told KirkukNow in despair about the... Remains of Kocho massacre victims still in Baghdad one year after exhumation The remains of villagers from Kocho massacred by ISIS in 2014, are still in Baghdad after more than a year has passed since they were sent for forensic... Two eyewitness accounts on what happened in Kocho in August 2014 On the commemoration day of the massacre of the Ezidis at the Kocho village in Shingal district (west of Mosul City), two witnesses convey part of the... Goodbye tent; hello ruins! After six years living in tents, Ayad Habib was granted permission by security forces to go back to his village located at the footsteps of Hamrin... ‹ 1 2 ... 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 ... 53 54 ›