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with Iraq, reports Bassel Oudat from Damascus Last year’s severe drought in northeastern Syria dried up the Khabur River which is the lifeline in that region, causing some 500,000 Syrians to migrate to other areas inside Syria. 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/author/khaled/" title="Posts by Khaled">Khaled</a> </div> <div class="storycontent"> <p>Shiites felt a Washington call to mount an insurrection against Saddam Hussein in March 1991 would be met by U.S. military support. They were wrong, and the acrimony lingers. Meanwhile, the already strained Shiite relationship with the Sunni power centers in Baghdad was fractured further by the 1999 assassination of Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad...<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/06/03/sadrs-political-role-in-iraq/" class="more-link">Read more »</a></p> </div> <p class="meta">Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/amil/" rel="tag">Amil</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ammar-al-hakim/" rel="tag">Ammar al-Hakim</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/basra/" rel="tag">Basra</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/hezbollah/" rel="tag">Hezbollah</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/history/" rel="tag">History</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/invasion-of-iraq/" rel="tag">invasion of iraq</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/muqtada-al-sadr/" rel="tag">Muqtada al-Sadr</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/parliamentary-election/" rel="tag">parliamentary election</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/parliamentary-elections/" rel="tag">parliamentary elections</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/political-alliances/" rel="tag">political alliances</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/political-vacuum/" rel="tag">political vacuum</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/provincial-elections/" rel="tag">provincial elections</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/reconciliation/" rel="tag">reconciliation</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sadrist-bloc/" rel="tag">Sadrist Bloc</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sadrist-movement/" rel="tag">Sadrist movement</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/sadrs/" rel="tag">Sadrs</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ultranationalism/" rel="tag">ultranationalism</a><br/> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/category/analysis-briefings-commentary/" title="View all posts in Analysis Briefings Commentary" rel="category tag">Analysis Briefings Commentary</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English Language Articles" rel="category tag">English Language Articles</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/category/features/" title="View all posts in Features" rel="category tag">Features</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/06/03/sadrs-political-role-in-iraq/#respond" title="Comment on Sadr’s Political Role in Iraq">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="posts"> <h2 id="post-10614"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/19/19th-may-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to 19th May-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">19th May-2010 Selected English Language Coverage</a></h2> <div class="meta"> <div class="date">May 19, 2010</div> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/author/saba-ali/" title="Posts by Saba Ali">Saba Ali</a> </div> <div class="storycontent"> <p>I have concentrated on social and economic issues in selecing articles from English language coverage of Irak. The UN via its World Food Programme hopes to kickstart the labour market as well as reduce food insecurity by running a cash-for-work programme. If the programme succeeds it will be expanded. As my colleague Diya al...<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/19/19th-may-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/" class="more-link">Read more »</a></p> </div> <p class="meta">Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-qaeda/" rel="tag">Al Qaeda</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/algeria/" rel="tag">Algeria</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/america/" rel="tag">America</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/analysis/" rel="tag">Analysis</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/autonomous-region/" rel="tag">autonomous region</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/baghdad/" rel="tag">Baghdad</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/basra/" rel="tag">Basra</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ceyhan/" rel="tag">ceyhan</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/china/" rel="tag">China</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/chinese-oil/" rel="tag">chinese oil</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/cnpc/" rel="tag">CNPC</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/collaborators/" rel="tag">collaborators</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/contingency-plans/" rel="tag">contingency plans</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/economic-issues/" rel="tag">economic issues</a>, <a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/who/" rel="tag">WHO</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/world-food-programme/" rel="tag">World Food Programme</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/xinhua/" rel="tag">Xinhua</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/xinhua-reports/" rel="tag">xinhua reports</a><br/> Posted in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/category/english-articles/" title="View all posts in English Language Articles" rel="category tag">English Language Articles</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/19/19th-may-2010-selected-english-language-coverage/#respond" title="Comment on 19th May-2010 Selected English Language Coverage">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="posts"> <h2 id="post-10499"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/14/red-cross-iraq-water-formerly-a-blessing-increasingly-a-problem/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Red Cross: Iraq : water formerly a blessing, increasingly a problem">Red Cross: Iraq : water formerly a blessing, increasingly a problem</a></h2> <div class="meta"> <div class="date">May 14, 2010</div> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/author/diya-al-din/" title="Posts by Diya al din">Diya al din</a> </div> <div class="storycontent"> <p>Millions of people in Iraq cannot get clean water or water in sufficient quantity. The ICRC is doing its best to improve access to safe water. This is an update on ICRC activities carried out in Iraq in March and April. The Tigris and the Euphrates, which supply the bulk of Iraq’s water, are slowly...<br/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/2010/05/14/red-cross-iraq-water-formerly-a-blessing-increasingly-a-problem/" class="more-link">Read more »</a></p> </div> <p class="meta">Tags: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/1990-1991-gulf-war/" rel="tag">1990-1991 Gulf War</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/agriculture/" rel="tag">Agriculture</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/agriculture-production/" rel="tag">agriculture production</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-rahma-idp-camp/" rel="tag">al Rahma IDP camp</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-sadr-teaching-hospital-najaf/" rel="tag">Al Sadr Teaching Hospital (Najaf)</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/al-wathba-water-treatment-plant/" rel="tag">Al Wathba water treatment plant</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/amil/" rel="tag">Amil</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/ashty-water-station/" rel="tag">Ashty water station</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/average-rainfall/" rel="tag">average rainfall</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/bala/" rel="tag">Bala</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/basra/" rel="tag">Basra</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100924053015/http://gorillasguides.com/tag/beiji-general-hospital/" rel="tag">Beiji General Hospital</a>, <a 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