On the 5th April, the Iraqi Women’s League (IWL) President in Baghdad sent a letter to the Iraqi President Barham Saleh asking him to intervene to support Iraq’s 2 million divorced and widowed women and 4 million plus orphans – who are need of an urgent lifeline to see them through the period of lockdown. […]
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People in Iran suffer COVID-19 Pandemic at the same time as Islamist regime’s repression and US economic sanctions! The Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights (CODIR) has accused the Iranian regime of gross irresponsibility and negligence in its approach to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran. While there were widespread indications that the virus […]
The first measures taken against COVID-19 in the West Bank occurred in early March after the confirmation of seven cases in Bethlehem that were linked to a Greek tourist group. The Palestinian Authority (PA) declared a state of emergency and imposed a lockdown on the city, banning all entry and exit as well as enforcing […]
While the world struggles against coronavirus, some peoples and countries face a two-pronged crisis; one of contending with the coronavirus pandemic itself and then, if that were not enough, the issue of sanctions as well! This is the situation faced by Venezuela, Iran, Syria, and Cuba (a country which has been under sanctions for more […]
While the world has been rallied to the moral and humanitarian case to support the Rohingyas in their flight from ethnic cleansing by the Myanmar state and their plight in Bangladesh, let us not forget the geo-politics of their situation. Notwithstanding the grandstanding of the Security Council at the UN, it is the Chinese Belt […]
By Irakli Tusiashvili Looking at the Middle East, whether through Realist or Constructivist lenses, it is clear that the region remains one of the most contested places in the world. The ongoing strategic and ideological competition incorporates regional and external powers, competing for power and influence. This regional competition ranges from rivalry from […]