Sheri Laizer

An oil refinery in Iraqi Kurdistan. Photo: AFP Sheri Laizer | Exclusive to iKurd.net Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court has ruled...

Nadhim Zahawi: Who Really is The New UK Chancellor?

by Sheri Laizer

July 11, 2022

UK's Finance minister Nadhim Zahawi (R) sits next to Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he chairs a Cabinet meeting in...

Al Bairaq palace, AKA Project 2000 under US bombardment. Smoke billows from an explosion in Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's guest palace bombed during a coalition air raid on March 31, 2003. Photo: AFP

Iraq: Revenge and Corruption

by Sheri Laizer

May 30, 2022

Al Bairaq palace, AKA Project 2000 under US bombardment. Smoke billows from an explosion in Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's guest...

A U.S. Marine covers the face of a statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein with a U.S. flag in Baghdad, on April 9, 2003. Photo: Reuters

The 19th Anniversary of the U.S. Invasion of Iraq, 20 March 2022

by Sheri Laizer

March 20, 2022

A U.S. Marine covers the face of a statue of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein with a U.S. flag in Baghdad,...

Naked emperor carrying the dollar briefcase

Iraqi Kurdistan: The Emperors’ New Clothes

by Sheri Laizer

February 21, 2022

Naked emperor carrying the dollar briefcase. Photo: Creative Commons/Ekurd.net/wikipedia Sheri Laizer | Exclusive to iKurd.net The Kurdish nouveau riche set...

Tigris river level receding in full view of the Iraqi High Tribunal and US Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq

Iraq in the Shadow of Khomeinism – Part III: Iraq is NOT Iran!

by Sheri Laizer

December 24, 2021

Tigris river level receding in full view of the Iraqi High Tribunal and US Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq, October 2021. Photo:...

Viola von Cramon, the Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Iraq

Notes from EU election observation mission Iraq 2021 live briefing on election results in Iraq

by Sheri Laizer

October 12, 2021

The Chief Observer of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Iraq, Viola von Cramon, Baghdad, Iraq, October...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, (L), stands while the Shiite popular Mobilization Forces parade in Diyala, Iraq, June 26, 2021. Photo: AP

Iraq in the Shadow of Khomeinism – Part II: Iran’s Proxies Parade Their Power Over Iraq

by Sheri Laizer

July 5, 2021

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, (L), stands while the Shiite popular Mobilization Forces parade in Diyala, Iraq, June 26, 2021....

Massoud Barzani wearing Saudi-style Arab keffiyeh

Iraqi Kurdistan – “Sold Out!” – Part III

by Sheri Laizer

May 17, 2021

Massoud Barzani, the head of Iraqi Kurdistan-ruling Barzani clan, wearing Saudi-style Arab keffiyeh, 2021. Illustrative Photo: iKurd.net/AFP/Reuters. Sheri Laizer | Exclusive to...