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Dana Taib Menmy

Dana Taib Menmy

Dana Taib Menmy

Dana is an investigative journalist and The New Arab's Iraq reporter. His work has appeared in Al-Monitor, Al Jazeera English, Middle East Eye, The National, among many other outlets.

Areas of focus: analysis on Iraq's politics, security, economy, human rights, minorities, women and environment. 

Follow him on Twitter: @danataibmenmy

Some KDP officials have told local media that it is "highly impossible" for the elections to be conducted in the region without the KDP's participation.

01 April, 2024

Iraq's communications minister emphasised the need for responsible TikTok regulation despite its popular and widespread use.

28 March, 2024

Some Iraqi economists suggest that price hikes and new taxes are due to pressure from international bodies like the World Bank.

27 March, 2024

A former officer in the Iraqi interior ministry, Ahmed Hamdawi, 38, confessed on Iraqi state media television in June 2021 that he had killed Al-Hashimi.

27 March, 2024

Since 23 March 2023, oil exports from the Kurdistan region through the Iraq-Turkey pipeline have ceased after a ruling in favour of Baghdad by a Paris court.

26 March, 2024

Previous reports from Swedish media indicated that al-Shammari had been claiming child and housing support despite residing in Baghdad.

20 March, 2024

The KRG's finance ministry withheld the formal payroll for Kurdish security forces from the Iraqi federal government, citing concerns over "potential threats".

19 March, 2024

The KDP’s political bureau firmly expressed its stance against participating in an electoral process it views as fundamentally flawed and imposed.

19 March, 2024

Kurds in Iraqi Kurdistan marked the 36th anniversary of the Halabja gas attack, pressing for more support for survivors and compensation from Baghdad.

17 March, 2024

The erection of a statue of Saddam Hussein, the president of the former Iraqi regime, sparked a major outcry, resulting in its removal by Kurdish authorities.

14 March, 2024