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On Friday, twin bomb attacks in a Shiite political rally killed 28 people in the city of Baghdad, as Iraq prepares for parliamentary elections on Wednesday next week. Campaigning for the polls has reached a fever pitch, as this would be the first time such a poll will be held after US troops withdrew from the country in 2011. Prime …

Prospective women lawmakers intend to bring women’s issues to the forefront during their campaign for the elections to be held later this month, as a genuine fear of women’s rights being completely eroded away in Iraq hangs in the air. A constitutional requirement in Iraq states one-fourth of MPs must be women; however, only one of the 31 cabinet positions …

On Wednesday, The US-based Committee to Protect Journalists said that Syria is one of the most dangerous countries for journalists in the world, as it published its annual impunity index, tracking unsolved killings of reporters. The New York-based watchdog reported “a rising number of journalists in Syria. “With unprecedented numbers of abductions and high rates of fatalities in combat and …