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Atlantic Council (blog)
March 20, 2018
... global centers of money laundering,” Robert Barrington, executive director of the anti-corruption non-governmental organization (NGO) Transparency International's UK branch, told Quartz, a digital news site. ... It was similarly smoky claims, he said, that led Britain and the United States to war with Iraq.
Lehigh University News
March 19, 2018
“I get strength from my role models,” said El-Hashemite, the granddaughter of King Faisal (I) Bin El-Sharif Hussein, the first king of modern Iraq. ... She is the founder and executive director of The Royal Academy of Science International Trust, a non-governmental organization that supports initiatives inÃÂ ...
Napa Valley Register
March 18, 2018
WOW is a great non-governmental organization, based in Switzerland. They are trying to provide some normalcy to the refugees. They provide meals for up to 800 a day, as well as a gym, a toddler play space, coffee and tea, a place to play games, a barber, tailor, and legal clinic. The German medical NGO,ÃÂ ...
Virginia Connection Newspapers
March 14, 2018
Responding to the deep concerns of her parents, who were in communication with their extended family in Baghdad, she helped to mobilize family and friends to found Kurdish AID (KAID), a registered 501(c)(3) non-governmental organization devoted to supporting Iraqi Kurds displaced by war. She saidÃÂ ...
Naharnet
March 13, 2018
The Lebanese government says as many as 1.5 million Syrians are in the country. In Jordan, where the UNHCR says it has registered 657,000 Syrians, the government says it is hosting 1.3 million. At least another 246,000 Syrians have taken refuge in Iraq and 126,000 in Egypt, the refugee agency says.
Dhaka Tribune
February 27, 2018
In its report, the IGC — an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization — blames Bangladesh's “contentious national politics” of playing a role ... helping to stabilize liberated areas in Iraq and Syria so the displaced can return to their homes and begin to rebuild their lives,” the statement added.
Reliefweb
February 14, 2018
Secretary-General's statement to Conference on Reconstruction in Iraq [as prepared for delivery] 14 February 2018 [EN/AR/KU] ... The United Nations, its governmental and non-governmental organization partners, and civil society have supported national efforts, reaching some two million people everyÃÂ ...
War on the Rocks
January 17, 2018
In contemporary Iraq, tribes and tribalism are most prominent in Sunni areas — Anbar, Salahadin, Kirkuk, Nineveh — and the southern, mainly Shia province of Basra. ..... Haider Al-Ibrahimi is executive director of Sanad for Peacebuilding Organization, a leading Iraqi non-governmental organization.
MassisPost
February 19, 2018
... non-governmental organization, in efforts to continue the work of tracking down and preventing the art smugglers, war profiteers and terrorists who today are continuing to steal countless cultural from artifacts from vulnerable war-torn countries, including Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and several African nationsÃÂ ...
The Sun Daily
February 16, 2018
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (R) attends a press conference with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Sabah (2nd-R) and Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari (2nd-L) at the conclusion of the Kuwait International Conference for Reconstruction of Iraq, at Bayan Palace in theÃÂ ...
UNC News
February 16, 2018
“Rye's amazing life journey began while he was an undergraduate at Carolina, when he co-founded an acclaimed non-governmental organization, Carolina for Kibera, dedicated to breaking cycles ... A former captain, Barcott served five years in the U.S. Marine Corps in Bosnia, the Horn of Africa and Iraq.
Consortium News
February 16, 2018
A report by the International Study Team, a Canadian non-governmental organization, says “because most of the 13 million Iraqi children are dependent on food distributed by the Government of Iraq, the disruption of this system by war would have a devastating impact on children who already have a highÃÂ ...
Reliefweb
February 15, 2018
I am delighted to be here with you today to discuss the reconstruction of Iraq, a country that has suffered so much and that has so much to contribute to ... The United Nations, its governmental and non-governmental organization partners, and civil society have supported national efforts, reaching some twoÃÂ ...
Reliefweb
February 15, 2018
I am delighted to be here with you today to discuss the reconstruction of Iraq, a country that has suffered so much and that has so much to contribute to the world. I thank the government of Kuwait for demonstrating, once again, its commitment to its neighbour. We are all grateful to the Amir for his role as aÃÂ ...
The Spectator
February 8, 2018
In 2003, John Austin, a former British Parliamentarian, wrote an article for the Palestinian non-governmental organization (NGO) Miftah citing conflicts from Kosovo to East Timor to Iraq to Rwanda. In each of those cases, the U.N. imposed enforcement measures such as arms embargos, and internationalÃÂ ...
NRT
January 19, 2018
SULAIMANI – With election season on the horizon, local non-governmental organization (NGOs) prepare to observe and ensure fair and honest elections. Tammuz Organization for Social Development, a Baghdad NGO, recently graduated a class of senior election observers and observation organizersÃÂ ...
Quartz
January 18, 2018
There is virtually no international funding allocated to clean it up, according to Wim Zwijnenburg, the lead researcher of a report on conflict pollution in Iraq published in November 2017 by PAX, a non-governmental organization focused on world peace. That means when a village or city is liberated fromÃÂ ...
War on the Rocks
January 17, 2018
With the military campaign against the self-proclaimed Islamic State (or ISIL) in Iraq over, attention has turned to addressing the grievances and factors that gave rise to the ..... Haider Al-Ibrahimi is executive director of Sanad for Peacebuilding Organization, a leading Iraqi non-governmental organization.
Voice of America
January 16, 2018
The findings are from Freedom House, an American-based non-governmental organization. Freedom House works in support of political freedom and democracy ... The Freedom House report also gave "not free" ratings to Afghanistan and Iraq. “It doesn't necessarily mean that the country is moving in theÃÂ ...
NRT
January 16, 2018
New Media organization, which works on the rights and freedom of journalists in Iraq, said several media stations were attacked, looted and burned in Kirkuk and Tuz Khurmatu. Besides activists ... New Media Organization was granted government permission in 2003 as a non-governmental organization.
Global Voices Online
January 9, 2018
This piece was originally published on January 8, 2018, on the website of Arseh Sevom, a non-governmental organization that promotes peace, democracy ... Ever since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, Iran — a Shiite state — has had its eyes on its Shiite-majority neighbor, intent on taking over the levers ofÃÂ ...
Global Voices Online
January 7, 2018
This piece was cross-posted on the website of Arseh Sevom website, a non-governmental organization that promotes peace, democracy, and human rights ... They feel threatened by Daesh (also known as ISIL or ISIS, the brutal militant group that has taken over areas of Iraq and Syria) and by Saudi Arabia.
Rudaw
December 25, 2017
The pan-Christian non-governmental organization Shlomoo, which painstakingly documented the 2014 displacement, has told Rudaw English about 400,000 Christians were estimated to live in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region before ISIS. Through the ISIS war, about 200,000 went to the Kurdistan RegionÃÂ ...
Newsweek
December 6, 2017
Many homes have been completely looted,” said Mark Lattimer, executive director of Minority Rights Group, a non-governmental organization that defends ethnic, religious, and linguistic minorities in more than 60 countries, including Iraq. “Other homes were completely blown up as ISIS retracted. ChristianÃÂ ...
Newsweek
November 15, 2017
The deadliest earthquake of 2017 struck Iran this week. The tremors ravaged the western Iranian province of Kermanshah, killing at least 500 people, injuring more than 8,000 and destroying more than 30,000 houses. But if you want to send aid to those affected in Iran, at least directly, you're out of luck.
The Spokesman-Review
September 29, 2017
IRBIL, Iraq – Iraq's military was preparing to take control of the international borders of the northern Kurdish region as a flight ban halted all international ... “Of course we don't want to leave,” said Joao Gabriel Villar, a Brazilian doctor working for a non-governmental organization that helps people displacedÃÂ ...
Kuwait News Agency
December 31, 1999
... and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah toured on Sunday Kuwait International Conference for the Reconstruction of Iraq (KICRI), ... on the preparation for the high-level meetings that will take place, including the vital supporting role of Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs).
CBC.ca
December 31, 1999
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the attack in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province. The assault started with a suicide bomber who detonated his explosives at the provincial offices of Save the Children, a non-governmental organization, said Attahullah Khogyani,ÃÂ ...
Japan Today
December 8, 2017
An actual registered non-governmental organization, the Institute benefits from the Department of State providing "a large part of funding and ... Peter Van Buren, a 24-year State Department veteran, is the author of "We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People.".
Edmonton Journal
December 1, 2017
... refugee boats making the perilous sea crossing, largely filled with people fleeing violence and persecution in countries such as Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. ... which means “My Friend” in Gaelic — a boat that belongs to Refugee Rescue, a non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Northern Ireland.
The Yale Politic
November 20, 2017
... by Congress, it is still a private, non-governmental organization, which, ... How do you reconcile the “controversies of war in Iraq” that you ...
Insider Monkey (blog)
November 17, 2017
... Harm Reduction International (HRI), non-governmental organization ... execution for drug-related crimes in North Korea, Libya, Sudan, Iraq, ...
Balkan Insight
November 17, 2017
... ago, under the auspices of a non-governmental organization called “A ... in the world – its military interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya ...
Newsweek
November 16, 2017
... border with Iraq, leaving hundreds killed and thousands homeless. ... be to send funds through a U.S.-based non-governmental organization.
Truthdig
November 6, 2017
In March alone, the Trump administration killed 1,000 civilians in Iraq and Syria, according to Airwars, a non-governmental organization that ...
Global Voices Online
November 5, 2017
... for Democratic Transition (CDT), a non-governmental organization, was ... known to have participated in conflicts in Syria, Ukraine, and Iraq.
Middle East Media Research Institute
November 4, 2017
... by the Indo-Arab League, a non-governmental organization, to express ... The conference was attended by delegates from Iraq, Syria, Saudi ...
Eurasia Review
November 3, 2017
In March alone, the Trump administration killed 1,000 civilians in Iraq and Syria, according to Airwars, a non-governmental organization that ...
HuffPost
November 1, 2017
In March alone, the Trump administration killed 1,000 civilians in Iraq and Syria, according to Airwars, a non-governmental organization that ...
ReliefWeb
October 28, 2017
... human rights discussions and non-governmental organization forums. .... The representative of Iraq called on the international community to ...
Novinite.com
October 28, 2017
... political prisoners listed by the non-governmental organization Foro Penal, ... to inhuman persecution and torture by the Islamic State in Iraq.
UN News Centre
October 19, 2017
... as well as non-governmental organization (NGO) staff, during the year ... concern the propaganda of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant ...
Newsweek
October 17, 2017
The event, organized by Japanese non-governmental organization ... such efforts could allow a Western invasion, as it did Iraq and Libya.
Washington Blade
October 12, 2017
... in 2003 during the Bush administration as the Iraq War deteriorated, ... and development work for a non-governmental organization in East ...
UNHCR
October 3, 2017
... persons in Myanmar, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon and Bangladesh. ... Qatar Charity is a non-governmental organization, established in ...
The Spokesman-Review
September 29, 2017
IRBIL, Iraq – Iraq's military was preparing to take control of the ... a Brazilian doctor working for a non-governmental organization that helps ...
The Republic
September 29, 2017
Earlier this week Iran closed its borders with Iraqi Kurdistan ... a Brazilian doctor working for a non-governmental organization that helps people ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
September 29, 2017
IRBIL, Iraq — A central government imposed ban on international flights ... a Brazilian doctor working for a non-governmental organization that ...
Center for Research on Globalization
September 28, 2017
Look at Iraq, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, Iran and Sudan – all ... entire non-governmental organization (NGO) sector internationally.”.
Weekly Observer
December 31, 1999
About one in five girls get married before leaving 18 in Iraq. The legal age of marriage is 18 years, but girls can get married even at 15 with the consent of their parents, according to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the non-governmental organization Girls Not Brides. At international levelÃÂ ...
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