Category Archives: General

The Shadow Minister for the Middle East, Ian Lucas, yesterday raised this in Commons Questions. Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab): Last week, I visited the Domiz camp in Iraq, where 150,000 fleeing Syrians have been given refuge and are being well … Continue reading →

By James Denselow. Speaking at a recent Chatham House event former US Secretary of State Madeline Albright was asked her predictions for the Middle East. Ignoring the continued flux of both the Arab Spring the bloody civil war in Syria … Continue reading →

MPs last week secured a Commons debate on the tenth anniversary of the Iraq invasion. Although there wasn’t a vote, it provided a useful barometer of how Iraq is seen in British politics and how it influences responses to new … Continue reading →

When commentators were vociferously claiming that Iraq had gone to hell in a handcart following the invasion of ten years ago, I took my wife and son to Iraq for a holiday. I know that most people would think it … Continue reading →

The Kurdistan Regional Government is very saddened to learn of the death of Richard Beeston, an outstanding journalist and loyal friend of the Kurdish people. A foreign correspondent and editor of 30 years, Richard was one of the first reporters … Continue reading →

The following letter appears in the Times. The world must condemn any chemical weapons attacks in Syria — the Kurdish people in Iraq know the effects only too well Sir, The Foreign Secretary must follow through on his statement that … Continue reading →

Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan is now once again increasingly known because Saddam Hussein committed his worst crime against humanity there. His forces rained down mustard gas and nerve agents on the town, murdered 5,000 people in minutes and permanently maimed … Continue reading →

The vast energy assets of my country, Iraq, were long abused to fund regional conflicts and instruments of internal repression. No one knows that better than the Kurds, who were the target of a brutal campaign of genocide that culminated … Continue reading →

The KRG High Representative to the UK, Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman reflects on Anfal Day. Iraqi Kurds today mark the genocide carried out by Saddam Hussein in which 182,000 perished over a few months in 1987-88. We are not a … Continue reading →

Clare Short Chair, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative 6 April 2013 Dear Clare I am writing on behalf of the APPG on the Kurdistan Region to ask you to take action in relation to the oddly censored section on the Kurdistan … Continue reading →