On December 27, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) amended the Iraq Stabilization and Insurgency Sanctions Regulations to implement Executive Order 13668 of May 27, 2014 (“Ending Immunities Granted to the Development Fund for
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Iraq Rejects Proposed Amendments To Personal Status Law
By Family Law
From Human Rights Watch:(Beirut) – Iraq's parliament has rejected proposed amendments to Iraq’s Personal Status Law (PSL) that would allow religious judges to impose discriminatory law on family matters, Human Rights Watch said today.The amendments would have covered areas including inheritance and divorce,…
Agenzia Fides – ASIA/IRAQ – US Congress approves draft law authorizing aid for “Christian militias” in the Middle East
Washington (Agenzia Fides) – From now on, the United States could channel direct aid to militias and armed self-defense groups organized by Christians in the Middle East, starting from the Nineveh Plain.via www.fides.orgwell, good
Agenzia Fides – ASIA/IRAQ – US Congress approves draft law authorizing aid for “Christian militias” in the Middle East
Washington (Agenzia Fides) – From now on, the United States could channel direct aid to militias and armed self-defense groups organized by Christians in the Middle East, starting from the Nineveh Plain.via www.fides.orgwell, good
U.S. Aid to Iraq Bypasses Christians, Critics Say
Despite rising complaints that the State Department under President Donald Trump is continuing the previous administration s policies of indifference toward Iraq s embattled Christian community, federal officials insist they have not abandoned religious minorities.via www.lifezette.com
U.S. Aid to Iraq Bypasses Christians, Critics Say
Despite rising complaints that the State Department under President Donald Trump is continuing the previous administration s policies of indifference toward Iraq s embattled Christian community, federal officials insist they have not abandoned religious minorities.via www.lifezette.com
Tax Court Broadens Foreign Earned Income Exclusion
The Tax Court’s recent decision in Linde v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2017-180, brought good news to taxpayers working outside the United States. In Linde, the Tax Court held that Linde, who worked for a government contractor in Iraq, could exclude…
DOJ seeking DC Circuit en banc review of panel ruling finding 30-year mandatory minimums unconstitutionally excessive for Blackwater contractors who killed Iraqis
Main September 26, 2017DOJ seeking DC Circuit en banc review of panel ruling finding 30-year mandatory minimums unconstitutionally excessive for Blackwater contractors who killed IraqisIn this post last month, I noted the remarkable split DC Circuit panel opinion in US…
Hezbollah Raging at US for Blocking ISIS Fighters Passage into Iraq | The Jewish Press | David Israel | 12 Elul 5777 September 3, 2017 | JewishPress.com
A convoy of 17 buses loaded with at least 300 armed ISIS fighters, their families and other civilians is stuck in the Syrian desert, unable to continue on its approved retreat into Iraq since the US-led coalition air forces have…
Hezbollah Raging at US for Blocking ISIS Fighters Passage into Iraq | The Jewish Press | David Israel | 12 Elul 5777 September 3, 2017 | JewishPress.com
A convoy of 17 buses loaded with at least 300 armed ISIS fighters, their families and other civilians is stuck in the Syrian desert, unable to continue on its approved retreat into Iraq since the US-led coalition air forces have…