IRAQ:
Bloated public sector salaries at the heart of Iraq’s economic woes, Associated Press, Oct. 23, 2020.
Finance Minister says Iraq’s leaders willing to make reforms, Associated Press, Oct. 15, 2020.
Iran-backed militias offer truce for US pull out from Iraq, Associated Press, Oct. 11, 2020.
In Iraq father faces militia power as he seeks missing son, Associated Press, Oct. 2, 2020.
US warns Iraq of Baghdad embassy closure if attacks continue, Associated Press. Sept. 28, 2020.
Record heat, politics inflame Iraq’s electricity shortages, Associated Press. Aug. 4, 2020.
Minister: Iraq to face severe shortages as river flows drop, Associated Press. July 17, 2020.
Iraq’s PM takes step against border corruption, Associated Press. July 11, 2020.
New mass grave unearthed in Iraq’s north from brutal IS rule, Associated Press. July 2, 2020.
Long-dreaded virus increase hits Iraq as virus cases soar, Associated Press. June 21, 2020.
Troubled Iran struggles to maintain sway over militia groups, Associated Press. June 11, 2020.
Iraqi doctor’s fight with virus lays bare a battered system, Associated Press. May 15, 2020.
Former Iraqi intelligence chief approved as new premier, Associated Press. May 7, 2020.
IS extremists step up as Iraq, Syria grapple with virus, Associated Press. May 3, 2020.
Mideast economies take a massive hit with oil price crash, Associated Press. April 27, 2020.
Iraq appoints third PM-designate after second withdraws, Associated Press. April 9, 2020.
Mideast burial traditions clash with fears of contagion, Associated Press. April 7, 2020.
Iran general visits Baghdad, tries to forge political unity, Associated Press. April 1, 2020.
With virus, cherished Mideast traditions come to a halt, Associated Press. March 28, 2020.
Iraq’s protesters struggle to keep waning movement alive, Associated Press. March 14, 2020.
One-two punch of new virus, falling oil prices threaten Iraq, Associated Press. March 20, 2020.
Iraqis wake up to snow in first time in over a decade, Associated Press. Feb. 11, 2020.
Iraqi officials: U.S. will grant Iraq vital sanctions waiver, Associated Press. Feb. 10, 2020.
Not a break but fissures in U.S.-Iraq military alliance, Associated Press. Feb. 6, 2020.
Iraqis worry US-Iran tensions are eclipsing their protests, Associated Press. Jan. 14, 2020.
Iraq protests take toll on economy, vulnerable suffer the most, Associated Press. Dec. 20, 2019.
No Christmas tinsel in Iraq, in solidarity with protesters, Associated Press. Dec. 11, 2019.
Iraq raises death toll to 25 killed in Baghdad bloodshed, Associated Press. Dec, 8, 2019.
Century ago and today, Baghdad street a frontline in revolt, Associated Press. Dec. 1, 2019.
Iraqi prime minister to resign in wake of deadly protests, Associated Press. Nov. 29, 2019.
‘Tuk Tuk’ a newspaper for the Iraqi protest movement, Associated Press. Nov. 20, 2019.
Iraq’s protests raise question: Where does the oil money go? Associated Press, Nov. 14, 2019.
Iraq braces for Syria fallout, Iraq Oil Report, Oct. 18, 2019.
Basra renews autonomy campaign, Iraq Oil Report, April 11, 2019.
Hadi al-Ameri appointed “czar” of Basra, Iraq Oil Report, April 11, 2019.
Q&A: Haidar al-Abadi, former prime minister of Iraq, Iraq Oil Report, March 19, 2019.
New Bashiqa drilling touches a political nerve, Iraq Oil Report, February 25, 2019.
Kirkuk oil smuggling rings thrive amidst corruption, Iraq Oil Report, January 31, 2019.
No ‘either or’: Iraq wants both Siemens and GE for fast track power boost, Iraq Oil Report, January 9, 2019.
Islamic State incursions highlight Iraq’s counter-insurgency challenges, Iraq Oil Report, November 15, 2018.
Adil Abd al-Mahdi takes power as government begins to form, Iraq Oil Report, October 25, 2018.
Iraq ramps up gas supply after years of delay, Iraq Oil Report, October 18, 2018.
Analysis: Salih’s victory shakes Kurdistan’s political landscape, Iraq Oil Report, October 5, 2018.
Before turbulent election day, Iraq ignored key warnings, Iraq Oil Report, July 26, 2018.
Supreme Court supports recount, raises new questions, Iraq Oil Report, June 22, 2018.
Election fraud veers toward constitutional crisis, Iraq Oil Report, June 7, 2018.
Cabinet orders election review amidst fraud charges, Iraq Oil Report, May 24, 2018.
Election day sees peaceful voting - and cynicism, Iraq Oil Report, May 13, 2018.
Insurgents use intimidation to amplify influence, Iraq Oil Report, April 24, 2018.
Fifteen years after Sadaam fell, where does Iraq stand now, The National, April 8, 2018.
Reconstruction hopes hinges on Kuwait conference, Iraq Oil Report, Feb. 12, 2018.
Battles erupt in Tuz Khurmatu as KRG-Baghdad crisis escalates, Iraq Oil Report, October 14, 2017. (With colleagues)
Q&A: Mohammed Zain Abedin, Hashid commander in Kirkuk, Iraq Oil Report, October 13, 2017.
Q&A: Wasta Rasool, Peshmerga commander in Kirkuk, Iraq Oil Report, October 13, 2017.
Hashed-Peshmurga battles near Kirkuk raise specter of war, Iraq Oil Report, October 12, 2017. (With colleagues)
Aid groups brace for surge of displaced Mosul residents, Al Jazeera English, February 20, 2017.
Iraq's growing mental health problem, IRIN, January 16, 2017. (contributed reporting from Kurdistan)
On the front lines of Canadian assistance in Iraq, OpenCanada, December 23, 2016.
Screening for the Islamic State in Iraq: an inexact science, IRIN, November 10, 2016. (العربية)
Someone is smuggling desperate civilians out of Mosul: It might be ISIS, Foreign Policy, December 8, 2016.
IRAQ ENERGY/ECONOMY:
Rumaila’s quest for water key to record production, Iraq Oil Report, May 7, 2019.
Oil Ministry bars Petrofac from gas project, Iraq Oil Report, April 17, 2019.
Oil sector weathers storm of protests, Iraq Oil Report, July 18, 2018.
Supreme court delays crucial oil rights ruling, Iraq Oil Report, June 28, 2018.
Discovered fields win the day in fifth bidding round, Iraq Oil Report, April 26, 2018.
IOCs scramble to analyze new contract model, Iraq Oil Report, March 29, 2018.
Q&A with SOMO Director General Alaa al-Yassiri, Iraq Oil Report, March 14, 2018.
ZhenHua expands China's role in Iraq's oil sector, Iraq Oil Report, March 13, 2018.
Kirkuk oil still hostage to political stalemate, Iraq Oil Report, March 1, 2018.
Iraq refineries resurgent, Iraq Oil Report, Feb. 20, 2018.
Iraq pushes electricity reform, prompting protests, Iraq Oil Report, Jan. 18, 2018.
Q&A with Iraqi Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luiebi, Iraq Oil Report, Nov. 30, 2017. (With colleagues)
No easy solution for stranded Kirkuk oil, Iraq Oil Report, Nov. 30, 2017. (With colleagues)
Kirkuk crisis redraws northern oil map, Iraq Oil Report, Oct. 17, 2017.
AFGHANISTAN:
SYRIA:
After chemical attack, medics in Syria are taking no chances, The Globe and Mail, April 17, 2017.
'They looked like they were drowning from the inside': Syrian residents recount gas attack, The Globe and Mail, April 5, 2017.
Aleppo doctor losing hope amid aerial onslaught, The Globe and Mail, December 15, 2016.
Medical apps proven indispensable for doctors in Syria, The Globe and Mail, October 2, 2016.
Letter from Aleppo: 'My city is not just a death toll', Al Jazeera English, September 29, 2016.
Doctors in Syrian city describe horrific conditions, dwindling supplies, The Globe and Mail, September 25, 2016.
Surveying the post-ISIS damage in Palmyra, Al Jazeera English, March 29, 2016.
Letter from Madaya: 'Why doesn't anyone care?' Al Jazeera English, January 31, 2016.
The sack of Palmyra: A modern history of destroying history, The Globe and Mail, October 1, 2015.
Areas near Zabadani come under fierce bombardment, The Daily Star, August 19, 2015.
Hezbollah resumes push for Zabadani as talks fail, The Daily Star, August 17, 2015.
Guns fall silent in Zabadani as truce takes hold, The Daily Star, August 13, 2015.
TURKEY:
Lost at sea: The search for missing refugees, Al Jazeera English, January 1, 2017.
GAZA AND THE WEST BANK:
Rebuilding Gaza, 'Green Cake' could be the phoenix rising from Gaza's ashes, Middle East Eye, January 3, 2017. (français)
'In a moment the mood can change': Observers keep watch as Hebron simmers, Middle East Eye, July 25, 2016.
Turkish aid flows into besieged Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera English, July 21, 2016.
BANGLADESH:
The trouble with Thengar Char, Foreign Affairs, February 23, 2017.
CANADA/REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT:
Refugees in Canada haunted by news of family left behind, The Globe and Mail, January 11, 2016.
Syrian refugee family stranded in Beirut to leave soon for Edmonton, The Globe and Mail, December 13, 2015. (contributed reporting from Beirut)
Syrian refugee family's delay a shock to Edmonton sponsors, The Globe and Mail, December 11, 2015. (contributed reporting from Beirut)
'What they're bringing' refugees stranded at airport, The Globe and Mail, December 11, 2015.
Military plane with 163 Syrian refugees now on way to Toronto, The Globe and Mail, December 10, 2015.
What Syrian refugees are bringing to Canada, The Globe and Mail, December 9, 2015.
Inside the labyrinthine process of helping refugees reach Canada, The Globe and Mail, December 8, 2015.
Syrian refugee plan 'can be done' says Canadian ambassador in Lebanon, The Globe and Mail, November 27, 2015.
Experienced IOM likely to assist Ottawa in transporting Syrian refugees, The Globe and Mail, November 26, 2015.
Path to Canada may run through Jordan for 25,000 Syrian refugees, The Globe and Mail, November 26, 2015. (contributed reporting from Beirut)
Syrian refugees to start arriving to Canada next week, The Globe and Mail, November 23, 2015. (contributed reporting from Beirut)
UN resettlement workers carry burden of weighing refugee distress, The Globe and Mail, November 12, 2015.
Three years after fleeing Syria, family of nine makes a home in Canada, The Globe and Mail, September 13, 2015.
4 million more: Europe's crisis pales in comparison to Syria's neighbours, The Globe and Mail, September 10, 2015.
LEBANON:
Weeks after blast, Lebanon patronage system immune to reform, Associated Press. Aug. 25, 2020.
Terror attacks test Lebanon's welcome for refugees, World Politics Review, August 2, 2016.
Punitive Saudi moves in Lebanon isolate Sunnis, benefitting Hezbollah, World Politics Review, March 14, 2016.
No jeans, no cigarettes on the bus from Beirut to Raqqa, Al Jazeera English, December 23, 2015.
Can Lebanon's new plan end stigma of HIV/AIDS? Al Jazeera English, December 2, 2015.
Lebanon's hostage families celebrate release of captives, The Daily Star, December 1, 2015.
The changing face of the 'Slum of the Slaves' The Daily Star, November 28, 2015.
Aid to Syrians: how far does it go? IRIN, November, 25, 2015. (العربية)
Burj al-Barajneh picks up the pieces after blast, The Daily Star, November 14, 2015.
At least 4 killed in Arsal blast, The Daily Star, November 6, 2015.
Refugees prepare for winter at feverish pace, The Daily Star, November 3, 2015.
Lebanese law forces Syrian refugees underground, IRIN, November 2, 2015. (العربية)
Ras Baalbek front eerily quiet for now, The Daily Star, October 1, 2015.
You Stink: A nascent civic movement takes place in Lebanon, The Globe and Mail, September 1, 2015.
Illegal flight sole recourse for Syria's Palestinians, The Daily Star, August 21, 2015.
Trial by fire: Can Lebanon's fragile stability hold? World Politics Review, June 18, 2015.
Arsal on edge after Nasrallah speech, The Daily Star, May 27, 2015.
Fighting threatens agriculture in Lebanon's Arsal, Al Jazeera English, May 24, 2015.
Refugees asked not to promise not to work, The Daily Star, March 17, 2015.
Shebaa, the town caught in the middle, The Daily Star, February 27, 2015.
Radical mosques pose challenge for Dar al-Fatwa, The Daily Star, February 21, 2015.
ISIS running sharia court in Arsal in a bid to win hearts and minds, The Daily Star, February 7, 2015.
Fear of blowback ruled at Roumieh Prison, The Daily Star, January 13, 2015.
Gun sales rise as threat of violence mounts, The Daily Star, December 12, 2014.
Syria conflict changes face of Tripoli port, The Daily Star, December 11, 2014.
Why are more Lebanese joining extremist groups? The Daily Star, October 10, 2014.
Border policies quietly changing for Syrian refugees, The Daily Star, October 2, 2014.
Lebanon refugee camp raids fuel resentment, Al Jazeera English, September 28, 2014.
Supply routes key difference between ISIS, Nusra demands, The Daily Star, September 25, 2014.
Discontent and anger in Sunni north, The Daily Star, September 12, 2014.
Lebanon mulls prisoner exchange deal, The Daily Star, September 1, 2014.
Clashes displace residents of Arsal, Al Jazeera English, August 4, 2014.
Lebanon wary of fighters returning from Syria, Al Jazeera English, July 21, 2014.
A wellspring of Lebanese jihadists, The Daily Star, July 1, 2014.
Hezbollah enters Tfail in search of rebel gunmen, The Daily Star, June 24, 2014.
Security raids follow Beirut hotel explosion, Al Jazeera English, June 21, 2014.
Porous border with Syria runs risk of ISIS: Machnouk, The Daily Star, June 19, 2014.
Arsal raids welcomed by locals, berated by Syrians, The Daily Star, June 17, 2014. (Includes videography)
Beirut roads paralyzed by Syrian voters headed to polls, The Daily Star, May 28, 2014.
General Security denies discrimination at border, The Daily Star, May 15, 2014.
Issue of formal camps for refugees raises anxieties in Chouf town, The Daily Star, April 29, 2014.
Jabal Mohsen leaderless and exposed locals say, The Daily Star, April 12, 2014.
Army hopefuls stunted by nepotism, The Daily Star, April 8, 2014.
Residency issues press on refugees, The Daily Star, April 4, 2014.
Syria conflict fallout batters east Lebanon, The Daily Star, March 17, 2014.
Arsal 'paying the cost of support for rebels', The Daily Star, March 13, 2014.
Syria sparks surge in human trafficking, The Daily Star, March 11, 2014.
Family of first female terror suspect stunned, The Daily Star, February 27, 2014.
Child trafficking arrests a drop in the ocean, The Daily Star, February 22, 2014.
Christian land issues raise decades-old anxieties, The Daily Star, February 15, 2014.
Al-Qaa local politics color ISIS threat, The Daily Star, February 8, 2014.
Refugees remember horrors of detention, The Daily Star, January 28, 2014.
Lebanese victims of Kabul attack remembered, The Daily Star, January 20, 2014.
State of Collapse, Maisonneuve Magazine, January 8, 2014.
Syria's war wounded find relief in Lebanon, The Daily Star, January 6, 2014.
Host program goes awry in Wadi Khaled, The Daily Star, November 10, 2013.
Inside Roumieh's walls prisoners run the show, The Daily Star, September 24, 2013.
Khandaq al-Ghamiq: a hub for old and new, The Daily Star, July 31, 2013.
Underage refugee marriages on the rise, The Daily Star, July 18, 2013.
Whether survival sex or prostitution Syria's poorest refugees face grim choices, The Daily Star, July 17, 2013.