The Resurgence of Muqtada al-Sadr

Edit Real Clear Politics 01 Apr 2016
A familiar face re-emerged on the Iraqi scene this week ... The Mahdi Army also morphed into a political force in the years that followed, and in 2014 the Sadrist Al-Ahrar bloc secured 34 seats in the Iraqi parliament ... The Sadrists waved Iraqi national flags, and called on the prime minister to make good on his promises to end corruption and improve basic services ... Behind the veneer of nationalism lies an implicit threat, however....

Asylum seekers 2015: Netherlands at EU average (CBS - Statistics Netherlands)

Edit Public Technologies 01 Apr 2016
(Source. CBS - Statistics Netherlands) ... Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis. Syrian nationals accounted for 29 percent of asylum seekers in the EU, 14 percent were Afghans and 10 percent were Iraqi nationals ... Eurostat020406080100First requests for asylum in EU countries by nationality, 2015%. Eritrea ... The different nationalities are not evenly distributed across the EU ... Eurostat0100200300400Asylum requests in the EU, by nationality, gender and age....

Iraqi money laundering syndicate based in Germany dismantled with support Europol and Eurojust (Europol - European Police Office)

Edit Public Technologies 31 Mar 2016
This criminal syndicate, composed mainly of Iraqi nationals, was responsible for collecting the proceeds of heroin sales throughout Europe (Spain, the Netherlands, Italy and the UK) and laundering these funds to the Middle East through Germany, with an estimated total amount of EUR 5 million already laundered ... Gabriele Launhardt, Deputy National Member for Germany at Eurojust, commented....

Arab Region Students Creatively Use Arts Degrees

Edit US News 29 Mar 2016
One Iraqi national is using his architecture degree to develop ports in his home country.​ ... ....

Teenager Kills 30 At Soccer Match

Edit Inquisitr 26 Mar 2016
One of the players that died in today's suicide bombing in a village outside the Iraqi capital of Baghdad ... Elizabeth Trudeau, spokesperson of the Department of State, reiterated the American government’s support to the Iraqi nation. “‘The United States remains committed in its support to the Iraqi people and the unity of Iraq.'”....

INTERPOL holds bioterrorism workshop (Interpol)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Mar 2016
(Source. Interpol) 25 March 2016 ... The workshop included representatives from the Iraqi National Monitoring Authority (INMA), Ministry of Defense, specialized CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives) teams, as well as science and technology and the health and agriculture sectors ... The workshop's intensive training will have equipped the Iraqi CBRNE team with skills to detect and respond to biological threats.'....

Mayor facing refugee trafficking charges released on bail

Edit Kathimerini 22 Mar 2016
The suspected masterminds of the gang, a 43-year-old Iraqi national and the former mayor’s 57-year-old pilot cousin, remain in custody. ....

Islamic State Losing Ground, But Not the War

Edit Voa News 20 Mar 2016
While Brussels was reeling from the bloodshed after Islamic State (IS) bombed civilians in the airport and a metro station, Iraqi forces were piling up body bags from multiple suicide bombings across central, western and northern Iraq ... But, he says, the Iraqi nationals that form the foundation of the militant network will not leave ... “They don’t speak to the Iraqis....

IOM Magnet II Assesses Impact on Sustainable Return and Reintegration of Iraqis to Kurdistan (IOM - International Organization for Migration)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Mar 2016
Iraq - The MAGNET II project, which facilitates the sustainable reintegration of Iraqi nationals who voluntarily returned from six European countries to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) through vocational training and job placements, came to a close this week with a final meeting in Brussels ... 'IOM saw a significant increase in the voluntary return of Iraqis in the last quarter of 2015....

Ex-mayor held for people smuggling

Edit Kathimerini 17 Mar 2016
Nine people, including a former mayor of Mesolongi, a pilot and two Iraqi nationals, were arrested on Wednesday for transporting stranded refugees from a flying club in western Greece to Italy on a light single engine aircraft....

Greek authorities break up refugee smuggling gang

Edit Kathimerini 16 Mar 2016
Seven Iraqi nationals, including minors, were also arrested ... ....

Emirati court tries seven people over 'Hezbollah link'

Edit Press TV 16 Mar 2016
Two Emirati nationals and five foreigners stood trial at the State Security Court in the capital, Abu Dhabi, on charges of forming a group linked to Hezbollah, the UAE-based Arabic-language daily newspaper al-Ittihad reported ... Three Lebanese citizens and an Iraqi national are also accused of being part of the ‘Hezbollah-linked group’....

Inside the Harrowing Night Hundreds of Refugees Tried to Escape Greece

Edit Time Magazine 16 Mar 2016
Around midnight on March 13, a young Syrian man named Abdo stepped into Tent No ... The organizers were mostly Syrian, but there were many Afghans, Iraqis and other nationalities among the marchers.] ... Against the objections of the United Nations and the European Union in February, several E.U ... Their national chiefs of police then decided to cooperate in restricting the inflow of migrants who try to pass through Greece into mainland Europe....
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