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Dire lack of winter funding puts millions of refugees in Middle East at risk
Dwindling resources could severely jeopardize efforts to provide refugees and displaced persons across the Middle East with essential winter supplies such as thermal blankets and warm clothing, the United Nations refugee agency has warned....
Posted: Fri, Oct 13, 2017 1:15am PDT
The Shortwave Report 10/13/17 Listen Globally!
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Posted: Thu, Oct 12, 2017 5:01pm PDT
The Shortwave Report 09/22/17 Listen Globally!
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Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2017 4:39pm PDT
Securing the future with AMAR in Iraq
A new school, that is opening in Iraq, will provide a sanctuary for Iraqi children and will guarantee the provision of education, to many who have also lost parents in the recent conflict....
Posted: Sun, Aug 27, 2017 4:30am PDT
How Baghdad’s Youth Movement is Uniting A Divided Nation
At first glance, the story behind the Baghdad City of Peace Carnival sounds entirely improbable: a carnival with music, dancing, and colourful balloons in downtown Baghdad? Thousands of young people volunteering their time with hopes of improving their society?...
Posted: Fri, Aug 4, 2017 3:23am PDT
The Shortwave Report 07/21/17 Listen Globally!
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Spanish National Radio, NHK Japan, Radio Havana Cuba, and Sputnik Radio....
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2017 4:38pm PDT
War in Mosul draws to a brutal end
On 10 July, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi declared victory in Mosul, bringing about the end of a military operation that began last October....
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2017 2:42am PDT
Thousands of Mosul children in grave danger
Save the Children is providing clean water and other life-saving aid to thousands of people in camps such as Hamam al Alil and Jed'ah, but warns that the enormous needs are now likely to grow....
Posted: Sat, Jun 24, 2017 2:39pm PDT
#WITHREFUGEES: KHALIDA’S STORY
On Tuesday 20th June, the United Nations marked World Refugee Day across the globe, where the voices of those displaced by conflict were heard around the world. Across the world, 24 people had to flee their homes every single minute in 2016....
Posted: Fri, Jun 23, 2017 1:17am PDT
The Shortwave Report 06/16/17 Listen Globally!
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Radio Deutsche-Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, NHK Japan, and Sputnik Radio....
Posted: Thu, Jun 15, 2017 5:24pm PDT
The Shortwave Report 06/02/17 Listen Globally!
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Sputnik Radio, Radio Havana Cuba, Spanish National Radio, and NHK Japan....
Posted: Thu, Jun 1, 2017 4:59pm PDT
Chelsea Manning is Free
Chelsea Manning, who exposed American war crimes in Iraq, as she was required to do by the Nuremberg Principles when a member of the US military, is free. She was released at 2 a.m. Central Time from Fort Leavenworth military prison in Kansas....
Posted: Wed, May 17, 2017 7:37am PDT
The Jiyan Foundation, Supporting Survivors of ISIS Terror in Iraq
The Jiyan Foundation strives for a society where the dignity of the human person is protected, where adults and children enjoy the right to life and liberty, and where citizens are free from torture and terror....
Posted: Mon, May 15, 2017 1:33am PDT
Imprint of Hope Are Making Iraq Great and Beautiful
In addition to decorating the city’s walls, Imprint of Hope also paints orphanages, nurseries and public buildings, including a children’s cancer hospital....
Posted: Thu, Apr 13, 2017 2:45am PDT
Support AMAR by #EscapingDarkness
Overcoming the trauma of war, has become a top priority for a leading charity in Iraq, which is helping those caught up in the current conflict....
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2017 11:36pm PST
Building Football Dreams in Iraq
Football is playing a major role in helping young people in Iraq, overcome the trauma and terror of war....
Posted: Thu, Jan 5, 2017 2:58pm PST
The Genocide Against the Mandaeans of Iraq Continues
The Mandaean community of Iraq, is appealing for international solidarity, in its efforts to prevent its community from dying out in Iraq....
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2016 2:47pm PST
The Shortwave Report 10/28/16 Listen Globally!
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. NHK World Radio Japan, Sputnik Radio, Radio Havana Cuba, and Spanish National Radio....
Posted: Thu, Oct 27, 2016 5:24pm PDT
Mosul offensive stirs a cauldron of conflicts
Iraqi Army units and troops of the autonomous Kurdish Regional Government (KRG), backed by US and allied air power, special forces and “advisors,” continue to push toward the Islamic State (ISIS)-held northern city of Mosul and the estimated 1.5 million civilians trapped within its confines. In the past 24 hours, Kurdish forces claimed to have captured villages and towns to the city’s north and east, while Iraqi Army units advanced from the south...
Posted: Sat, Oct 22, 2016 3:31am PDT
Children fleeing ISIS-held area in Iraq face dire conditions
Children fleeing the jihadist-held Hawijah area in north Iraq are dying of thirst and being killed by makeshift bombs, Save the Children said on Thursday....
Posted: Fri, Oct 14, 2016 2:21am PDT