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		<title>Analysis. US abandoning the SDF has impacted Kurds across the region</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The US is seen with growing suspicion within Kurdish communities and elites, which is changing political calculations.</p>
<p>L’article <a href="https://worldopinions.net/analysis-us-abandoning-the-sdf-has-impacted-kurds-across-the-region/10187/">Analysis. US abandoning the SDF has impacted Kurds across the region</a> est apparu en premier sur <a href="https://worldopinions.net">World Opinion | Alternative Média</a>.</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><em>The US is seen with growing suspicion within Kurdish communities and elites, which is changing political calculations.</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Last month during the violent clashes between Kurdish forces and the Syrian army, the United States delivered a devastating message to Syria’s Kurds: Their partnership with Washington had “<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/20/us-envoy-says-sdfs-role-in-syria-has-largely-expired-after-isil">expired</a>“. This was not merely a statement of shifting priorities – it was a clear signal that the US was siding with Damascus and abandoning the Kurds at their most vulnerable moment.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For the Kurds across the region watching events unfold, the implications were profound. The US is no longer perceived as a reliable partner or supporter of minorities.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This development is likely to have an impact not just on the Kurdish community in Syria but also those in Iraq, Turkiye and Iran.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="fears-of-repeat-marginalisation-in-syria">Fears of repeat marginalisation in Syria</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">US support for Damascus under interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa paves the way for a centralised Syrian state – an arrangement that Kurds throughout the region view with deep suspicion. Their wariness is rooted in bitter historical experience.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Centralised states in the Middle East have historically marginalised, excluded and assimilated Kurdish minorities. The prospect of such a system emerging in Syria, with US backing, represents a fundamental divergence from Kurdish hopes for the region’s future.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The approach the Assad regime to the Kurdish question was built on systematic denial. Kurds were not recognised as a distinct collective group within Syria’s national fabric; the state banned the public use of the Kurdish language and Kurdish names. Many Kurds were denied citizenship.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Al-Sharaa’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/17/syria-decree-grants-kurds-new-rights-formally-recognising-kurdish-language" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">presidential decree</a>&nbsp;of January 16 promised Kurds some rights while the January 30 agreement between Damascus and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) included limited recognition of Kurdish collective identity, including acknowledgment of “Kurdish regions” – terminology conspicuously absent from Syria’s political vocabulary and government documents in the past.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">These represent incremental gains, but they are unfolding within a transitional government structure that aims for centralisation as its ultimate objective. That is why Syrian Kurds remain suspicious of whether the promises made today will be upheld in the future.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While a consensus has emerged among the majority of Kurdish groups that armed resistance is not strategically viable at this stage, any future engagement with the US will be perceived with mistrust.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="possibility-of-renewed-shia-kurdish-alliance-in-iraq">Possibility of renewed Shia-Kurdish alliance in Iraq</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">After years of power rivalries between Shia and Kurdish parties in Iraq, both groups are now observing developments in Syria and potential changes in Iran with a shared sense of threat and common interests. If in 2003, their alliance was driven by a shared past – the suffering under Saddam Hussein’s regime – today it is being guided by a shared future shaped by fears of being marginalised in the region.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">At both the political and popular levels, Shia and Kurdish parties and communities have had much more in common over the past few weeks than in the past. This convergence is evident not only in elite political calculations but also in public sentiment across both communities.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For the first time in recent memory, both Kurdish elites and ordinary citizens&nbsp;in Iraq&nbsp;are no longer enthusiastic about regime change in Iran, a position that would have been unthinkable just a few weeks ago.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In addition, last month, Iraq’s Shia Coordination Framework, an alliance of its Shia political parties, nominated Nouri al-Maliki for prime&nbsp;<a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/24/iraq-shia-alliance-nominates-former-pm-nouri-al-maliki-as-its-candidate">minister</a>, the most powerful position in the Iraqi government. Remarkably, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), the dominant Kurdish political force, welcomed the&nbsp;nomination.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The KDP’s support for al-Maliki was not solely a reaction to anger over US policy in Syria. It was also rooted in Iraqi and Kurdish internal politics. The endorsement is part of an ongoing rivalry between the KDP and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) over Iraq’s presidency, an office reserved for the Kurds. The KDP needs allies in Baghdad to ensure its candidate, rather than the PUK’s, secures the position.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">However, Washington might see an alignment between the KDP-led Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq and an al-Maliki-led government or a similar government in Baghdad as not conducive to its interests in Iraq, especially its efforts to curb Iranian influence.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Before casting blame, Washington should ask itself why the Kurds feels compelled to adopt this position. The Kurdish stance cannot be fully understood without factoring US policy in Syria into the discussion. From a Kurdish perspective, the US has not been a neutral arbiter in Syria.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="the-peace-process-in-turkiye">The peace process in Turkiye</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Over the past year, many believed that the sustainability of Turkiye’s peace process with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) hinged on a resolution of the Kurdish question in Syria and the fate of the SDF.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The violent clashes between Damascus, backed by Ankara and Washington, and the SDF threatened to close the door on negotiations. Remarkably, however, not all avenues have been shut.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It now appears the two issues are being treated as separate files. Negotiations with the PKK are likely to continue within Turkiye’s borders, and crucially, PKK leaders have not translated their disappointment over the weakening of the SDF into a definitive rejection of talks with Ankara.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">What sustains this dynamic is that the SDF has not been entirely dismantled, leaving some breathing room for continued dialogue between Ankara and the PKK.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="the-iranian-kurds">The Iranian Kurds</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Iranian Kurds, although farther away from Syria, have also observed events there and made their conclusions. The abandonment of the SDF reveals the unpredictable nature of US support for the region’s minorities.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In light of this and given continuing US incitement against the Iranian regime, it is quite significant that the Iranian Kurds collectively and deliberately decided not to be at the forefront of the recent protests or allow themselves to be instrumentalised by Western media.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Kurdish community in Iran is not enthusiastic about a potential return of Reza Pahlavi, who clearly enjoys support from Washington, and the restoration of the shah’s legacy, which was also oppressive. Iranian opposition groups – many of them based in the West – have not offered a better prospect for the Kurdish question. There is widespread fear that the current regime could simply be replaced by another with no guarantee for Kurdish rights.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Some Iraq-based Iranian Kurdish armed groups did carry out attacks on Iranian positions near the Iran-Iraq border. But the main Iranian Kurdish armed actors chose not to engage directly or escalate militarily. Their calculations are based on the uncertainty about the endgame envisioned by Israel and the US and the reality that any escalation would provoke Iranian retaliation against Iraqi Kurds.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">With each abandonment of its Kurdish allies, the US further erodes the foundation of trust upon which its local partnerships rest. Iraqi and Syrian Kurds have learned to live with American unreliability, but this arrangement may not endure indefinitely. When it fractures, the consequences for US influence in the region could be profound.</p>



<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong><em>By Kamaran Palani &#8211; <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/2/3/us-abandoning-the-sdf-has-impacted-kurds-across-the-region" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Aljazeera </a></em></strong></p>
<p>L’article <a href="https://worldopinions.net/analysis-us-abandoning-the-sdf-has-impacted-kurds-across-the-region/10187/">Analysis. US abandoning the SDF has impacted Kurds across the region</a> est apparu en premier sur <a href="https://worldopinions.net">World Opinion | Alternative Média</a>.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Le gouvernement irakien a présenté à nouveau deux projets de loi qui, s’ils étaient adoptés par le Parlement, limiteraient gravement les droits à la liberté d’expression et de réunion pacifique de la population en Irak, ont déclaré Amnesty International et le Réseau irakien pour les médias sociaux (INSM) mardi 18 juillet.</p>
<p>L’article <a href="https://worldopinions.net/irak-deux-projets-de-loi-menacent-les-droits-a-la-liberte-dexpression-et-de-reunion-pacifique/9064/">Irak. Deux projets de loi menacent les droits à la liberté d’expression et de réunion pacifique</a> est apparu en premier sur <a href="https://worldopinions.net">World Opinion | Alternative Média</a>.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:17px"><strong>Le gouvernement irakien a présenté à nouveau deux projets de loi qui, s’ils étaient adoptés par le Parlement, limiteraient gravement les droits à la liberté d’expression et de réunion pacifique de la population en Irak, ont déclaré Amnesty International et le Réseau irakien pour les médias sociaux (INSM) mardi 18 juillet.</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">La nouvelle présentation de ces textes coïncide avec une série de procès visant des personnes critiques à l’égard de figures du gouvernement, ainsi qu’avec une campagne de lutte contre les « contenus indécents » sur Internet menée par le ministère de l’Intérieur. Entre janvier et juin 2023, les autorités ont jugé au moins 20 personnes qui n’avaient fait qu’exercer pacifiquement leur droit fondamental à la liberté d’expression. Six personnes ont été condamnées à des peines d’emprisonnement mais ont été libérées depuis.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">«&nbsp;Cette nouvelle tentative des autorités irakiennes pour réprimer la liberté d’expression révèle leur mépris flagrant à l’égard des sacrifices extraordinaires faits par la population au cours du soulèvement de 2019 pour obtenir plus de liberté. Le gouvernement irakien doit immédiatement retirer ces projets de loi répressifs et le Parlement ne doit adopter aucun texte qui restreindrait indûment les droits humains des Irakiens et des Irakiennes, a déclaré Bissan Fakih, chargé de campagne régional pour l’Irak et le Yémen à Amnesty International.</p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Le gouvernement irakien doit immédiatement retirer ces projets de loi répressifs et le Parlement ne doit adopter aucun texte qui restreindrait indûment les droits humains des Irakiens et des Irakiennes</p>
<cite>Bissan Fakih, chargé de campagne régional pour l’Irak et le Yémen à Amnesty International</cite></blockquote>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">«&nbsp;Le peuple d’Irak a le droit de critiquer ses responsables politiques et religieux et de manifester pacifiquement sans crainte d’être condamné à des peines d’emprisonnement et de lourdes amendes. Ces droits sont particulièrement importants au moment où des citoyen·ne·s cherchent à amener des représentant·e·s de l’État à rendre des comptes à la suite des allégations de corruption systémique et de violations des droits humains.&nbsp;»</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Le projet de Loi sur la liberté d’expression et de réunion pacifique permettrait aux autorités, sous couvert d’une loi adoptée démocratiquement, de poursuivre arbitrairement toute personne qui ferait des commentaires publics portant atteinte aux «&nbsp;bonnes mœurs&nbsp;» ou à «&nbsp;l’ordre public&nbsp;». Aux termes du projet de Loi sur la cybercriminalité, par ailleurs, les personnes diffusant sur Internet des contenus considérés selon une définition vague comme susceptibles de nuire aux «&nbsp;intérêts économiques, politiques, militaires ou sécuritaires supérieurs&nbsp;» du pays encourraient une peine pouvant aller jusqu’à la réclusion à perpétuité et une amende de 50&nbsp;millions de dinars irakiens (environ 38&nbsp;000&nbsp;dollars des États-Unis).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Lors d’entrevues avec une délégation d’Amnesty International à Bagdad en mai, des défenseur·e·s des droits humains et des militant·e·s ont exprimé leur crainte que ces textes ne donnent aux autorités les moyens de réprimer encore davantage la dissidence pacifique. Les réformes envisagées suscitent une vive inquiétude en raison de la récente série de procès liés à la liberté d’expression.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Le journaliste Haidar al&nbsp;Hamdani est actuellement jugé à la suite d’une plainte pour diffamation déposée contre lui par le gouverneur de Bassora, qu’il a accusé de corruption dans une vidéo publiée sur Facebook, où plus d’un million de personnes le suivent.</p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Je ne peux plus me moquer d’un parti, ni de l’État, ni d’une personnalité… ni même de l’état des routes, de l’eau, des écoles ou des ponts. Pourquoi ? Parce que tout cela appartient aux partis politiques</p>
<cite>Un humoriste irakien</cite></blockquote>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Un humoriste irakien poursuivi par un tribunal dans le cadre de la campagne contre les «&nbsp;contenus indécents&nbsp;» a déclaré à Amnesty International&nbsp;: «&nbsp;Je ne peux plus me moquer d’un parti, ni de l’État, ni d’une personnalité… ni même de l’état des routes, de l’eau, des écoles ou des ponts. Pourquoi&nbsp;? Parce que tout cela appartient aux partis politiques.&nbsp;»</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Réduction de la liberté d’expression et de réunion pacifique</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Le 9&nbsp;mai 2023, le Parlement a examiné en deuxième lecture le&nbsp;<a href="https://iq.parliament.iq/law/%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A9/?frm-page-357=1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">projet de Loi sur la liberté d’expression et de réunion pacifique</a>&nbsp;et Mohammed al&nbsp;Halbousi, le président du Parlement, pourrait demander un vote général sur ce texte d’un moment à l’autre.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Des amendements aux deux projets de loi sont discutés en privé par les parlementaires, selon des personnes ayant participé aux discussions qui ont vu des propositions de reformulation dans les documents soumis. Néanmoins, ces amendements n’ont pas été rendus publics et on ignore si le texte des projets de loi sera partagé avec le public avant un éventuel vote.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Hayder Hamzoz, directeur exécutif de l’INSM, a déclaré&nbsp;: «&nbsp;Il est inacceptable qu’aujourd’hui en Irak nous subissions un manque d’accès à l’information sur des projets de loi en cours d’examen par le Parlement. L’accès à l’information est un droit humain essentiel et l’une des clés de l’état de droit, car il donne aux citoyen·ne·s le pouvoir d’agir et leur permet de participer réellement à la vie politique et à la lutte contre la corruption.&nbsp;»</p>



<blockquote class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Il est inacceptable qu’aujourd’hui en Irak nous subissions un manque d’accès à l’information sur des projets de loi en cours d’examen par le Parlement. L’accès à l’information est un droit humain essentiel</p>
<cite>Hayder Hamzoz, directeur exécutif de l’INSM</cite></blockquote>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Le projet de loi relatif à la liberté d’expression interdit de porter atteinte «&nbsp;aux religions, aux convictions religieuses et aux sectes&nbsp;». Les personnes reconnues coupables d’«&nbsp;insulte publique à un rituel, à un symbole ou à une personne qui constitue un objet de sanctification, de culte ou de vénération d’une secte religieuse&nbsp;» risquent jusqu’à 10&nbsp;ans de prison et une amende maximale de 10&nbsp;millions de dinars irakiens (environ 7.600&nbsp;dollars des États-Unis).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Étant donné que des figures religieuses jouent un rôle de premier plan dans les principaux partis politiques du pays, le fait d’interdire de les critiquer limiterait gravement l’exercice du droit à la liberté d’expression. Selon le Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques (PIDCP), les restrictions qu’un État partie impose à l’exercice de la liberté d’expression ne peuvent pas compromettre ce droit lui-même. Le rapport entre le droit et la restriction et entre la norme et l’exception ne doit pas être inversé.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Le même projet de loi permettrait aux autorités d’interdire tout rassemblement si leur autorisation n’a pas été obtenue au moins cinq jours à l’avance. Le texte ne précise pas sur quels critères les autorités autoriseraient ou interdiraient les manifestations, ce qui leur donnerait de fait le pouvoir de toutes les interdire.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dans son&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ohchr.org/fr/documents/general-comments-and-recommendations/general-comment-no-37-article-21-right-peaceful" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Observation générale n°&nbsp;37</a>&nbsp;sur le droit de réunion pacifique (article&nbsp;21 du PIDCP), le Comité des droits de l’homme des Nations unies a souligné&nbsp;: «&nbsp;Devoir demander l’autorisation des autorités met à mal le principe selon lequel le droit de réunion pacifique est un droit fondamental&nbsp;», et «&nbsp;lorsqu’un régime d’autorisation continue d’exister dans le droit interne, il doit, dans la pratique, fonctionner comme un système de notification et l’autorisation doit être accordée automatiquement dès lors qu’aucune raison impérieuse ne s’y oppose.&nbsp;»</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">En Irak, les manifestant·e·s sont déjà confrontés à la répression des organes de sécurité et ce risque augmente lorsque les autorités considèrent une manifestation comme «&nbsp;non autorisée&nbsp;», car elles recourent régulièrement à la force pour disperser ce type de rassemblements. Amnesty International a révélé précédemment que, au cours des manifestations antigouvernementales qui se sont déroulées à travers le pays en 2019,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amnesty.org/fr/latest/news/2020/01/iraq-protest-death-toll-surges-as-security-forces-resume-brutal-repression/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">au moins 600&nbsp;manifestant·e·s ont été tués</a>&nbsp;et des milliers d’autres ont été blessés après que les forces de sécurité ont employé une force meurtrière.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Surveillance de la liberté d’expression en ligne</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Le gouvernement a de nouveau présenté au Parlement le projet de Loi sur la cybercriminalité en novembre 2022. Aux termes de ce texte formulé en termes vagues, toute personne reconnue coupable d’avoir «&nbsp;attisé les tensions ou les querelles interconfessionnelles&nbsp;» ou d’avoir «&nbsp;nui à l’indépendance, l’unité et la sécurité du pays ou à ses intérêts économiques, politiques, militaires ou sécuritaires supérieurs&nbsp;» encourrait une peine pouvant aller jusqu’à la réclusion à perpétuité et une amende de 50&nbsp;millions de dinars irakiens (environ 38&nbsp;000&nbsp;dollars des États-Unis).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">« En avril 2023, le gouvernement irakien a réaffirmé sa promesse à Amnesty International de garantir les liberté publiques, mais ses actions au Parlement ne sont pas à la hauteur », a déclaré Bissan Fakih.</p>



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					<description><![CDATA[<p>At least 30 people have been killed in clashes between Iraqi security forces and supporters of a powerful Shia cleric in the capital, Baghdad.</p>
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<p class="has-white-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph">At least 30 people have been killed in clashes between Iraqi security forces and supporters of a powerful Shia cleric in the capital, Baghdad.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Officials say dozens more were injured after protesters loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr stormed the presidential palace.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The violence began after Mr Sadr announced his retirement from politics.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">His bloc won most seats in parliament last October, but he has refused to negotiate with Iran-backed Shia groups to form a government.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">There has been a year of political instability as a result.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Street fighting erupted overnight, as fighters exchanged gunfire and tracer rounds illuminated the night sky in some of the worst violence to hit the Iraqi capital in recent years.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Much of the fighting has been concentrated around the city&rsquo;s Green Zone, an area that houses government buildings and foreign embassies. Dutch embassy staff were forced to move to the German mission due to the clashes.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Security officials said some of the violence was between the Peace Brigades, a militia loyal to Mr Sadr, and members of the Iraqi military. Videos shared on social media appeared to show some fighters using heavy weaponry, including rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs).</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Iran has closed its borders with Iraq amidst the fighting, and Kuwait has urged its citizens to leave the country immediately.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Medics said 15 supporters of Mr Sadr had been shot dead and about 350 other protesters injured, according to AFP news agency.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">A spokesperson for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he was alarmed by events and called for « immediate steps to de-escalate the situation ».</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraq&rsquo;s caretaker prime minister &#8211; and Sadr ally &#8211; has declared a nationwide curfew after unrest in several other cities.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">He has suspended cabinet meetings and has pleaded with the influential cleric to intervene and stop the violence.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For now, Mr Sadr has announced a hunger strike until the violence and use of weapons by all sides stopped.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In his statement on Monday, Mr Sadr said: « I had decided not to interfere in political affairs, but I now announce my final retirement and the closure of all [Sadrist] institutions. » Some religious sites linked to his movement will remain open.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mr Sadr, 48, has been a dominant figure in Iraqi public and political life for the past two decades. His Mehdi Army emerged as one of the most powerful militias which fought US and allied Iraqi government forces in the aftermath of the invasion which toppled former ruler Saddam Hussein.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">He later rebranded it as the Peace Brigades, and it remains one of the biggest militias which now form part of the Iraqi armed forces.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Mr Sadr, one of Iraq&rsquo;s most recognisable figures with his black turban, dark eyes and heavy set build, had championed ordinary Iraqis hit by high unemployment, continual power cuts and corruption.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">He is one of a few figures who could quickly mobilise hundreds of thousands of supporters on to the streets, and draw them down again. Hundreds have been camped outside parliament since storming it twice in July and August in protest at the deadlock.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Once an Iranian ally, Mr Sadr has distanced himself from Iraq&rsquo;s Shia neighbour and repositioned himself as a nationalist wanting to end US and Iranian influence over Iraq&rsquo;s internal affairs.</p>



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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Left physically bruised and in indescribable emotional pain, Azad and his wife, who asked not to be fully named, told Al Jazeera they had been treated like animals at the Belarus-Poland border and did not want to be subjected again to rounds of questions by reporters as soon as they returned to the place they so desperately wanted to leave.</p>
<p>L’article <a href="https://worldopinions.net/destitute-and-hopeless-iraqi-kurds-return-from-belarus/5163/">Destitute and hopeless: Iraqi Kurds return from Belarus</a> est apparu en premier sur <a href="https://worldopinions.net">World Opinion | Alternative Média</a>.</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Baghdad, Iraq –</strong>&nbsp;As the plane taxied on the runway of Erbil’s airport after a three-hour flight from the Belarusian capital Minsk, Azad looked out the window, clutching his wife’s hands.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“We’ll lower our hats, wear masks, and leave the airport as soon as possible,” Azad, a 28-year-old man from the Kurdish city of Duhok, recalled telling his wife after their failed attempt to enter the European Union from Belarus.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Left physically bruised and in indescribable emotional pain, Azad and his wife, who asked not to be fully named, told Al Jazeera they had been treated like animals at the Belarus-Poland border and did not want to be subjected again to rounds of questions by reporters as soon as they returned to the place they so desperately wanted to leave.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“For now, we’ll try not to think about our future too much because as soon as we start thinking, it’ll become clear that we don’t have one here in Kurdistan,” Azad told Al Jazeera while sitting in their house in Duhok. “But we both know we are probably stuck here for the rest of our lives.”</p>



<p class="has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><em>For many Iraqi families stuck at the Poland-Belarus border, waiting was simply not an option any more.</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Azad, along with some 430 other Iraqis, returned from Belarus to Iraq last Thursday on a government-mandated repatriation flight, as part of the Iraqi government’s bid to ease the tensions that have been flaring by the Belarus-Poland border for the past few months.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">While most of the refugees and asylum seekers decided to remain in Belarus with the growingly slim hope that they could someday cross into Poland, others “gave up their naive hope that they could succeed” and decided that they would return home, Azad said.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">‘Time to let go’</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Coming back to Iraq was not an easy decision to make. Just like many others who left for Belarus in the hope of entering the EU, Azad saved up, asked for financial support from his family, and nearly sold his house. When they heard the Iraqi government was offering repatriation flights from Minsk for those who wished to return voluntarily, their first reaction was an adamant “No”.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“I remember I told my wife in our tent at night that we didn’t spend all the money and waste all this energy so we would go back to Iraq,” Azad said. But then the next day, the usual clashes between the Belarusian border forces and their counterparts in Poland occurred.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Azad said they were being pushed by the Belarusian police to the other side of the border, while Polish police were then pushing them back.</p>



<p class="has-white-color has-black-background-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph">“Back and forth, back and forth, they were playing us like animals,” he said, becoming visibly upset. “That was the moment when we thought it was time to let go of this dream of moving to Europe.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">What was described by Azad is only a fraction of a political and humanitarian crisis that has been unfolding at the EU’s eastern frontier. So far, at least 11 people have died in this round of the border crisis, and many others are facing freezing temperatures and a dwindling supply of essentials.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Despite the Belarusian government’s effort to bus migrants and asylum seekers to warehouses for temporary shelter, it remains unclear how the government will resolve this crisis. Western politicians accuse Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of using migrants and asylum seekers as “weapons” for revenge against the EU’s sanctions on his government.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For many like Azad, waiting simply is not an option any more: they decided to go back home. Now back in Iraq, Azad said they were lucky he did not sell the house. But that is the last thing he owns now: He sold the sofas, the refrigerator, and even the coffee pot. Basically, anything that could be turned into cash to support their odyssey out of Iraq was fair game for sale.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Social media posts also revealed a grim picture of what awaits the returnees in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq. For example, one Kurdish family did not even have enough money for a taxi to take them from the airport to the internally displaced people’s (IDP) camp where they resided.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">‘Only choice I had’</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Even though the Kurdish region, home to the Iraqi Kurds and some Yazidis, enjoys relative security and prosperity compared with the rest of Iraq, people who live in the region face rising unemployment and endemic corruption. Ravaged by the armed group ISIL (ISIS), some parts of the Kurdish and Yazidi communities are still struggling to rebuild.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Employment opportunities are scarce and many young people like Azad are not seeing a future in the Kurdish region. “I tried and tried, but I simply couldn’t find a job, so leaving Erbil was the only choice I had,” said another young Kurdish man who is still in Belarus.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The regional government, in the face of the hardships that many of the people encounter in the region, insists the migrant crisis was stirred up by people smugglers. Yet many people who spoke with Al Jazeera said they voluntarily left their homes and went to Belarus with travel agency-arranged flights and visas.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For the 430 people who have returned from Europe to Iraq, their future now is even bleaker than when they decided to embark on this journey a few months ago. Without government support, many are facing more despair.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“I don’t expect the media to really care about us and I don’t think people could really understand what we are going through, but I’m glad that I have someone to talk to,” Azad said, standing up from the floor and ending the conversation.</p>



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<p class="has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph"> World Opinions &#8211; <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/11/23/destitute-and-hopeless-iraqi-kurds-return-from-belarus" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">AL JAZEERA</a></p>
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		<title>Le Premier ministre irakien indemne après une « tentative d&#8217;assassinat »</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Le Premier ministre irakien Moustafa al-Kazimi "n'a pas été blessé" lors d'une "tentative d'assassinat ratée" commise dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche au moyen d'un "drone piégé". L'attaque a visé sa résidence dans la zone verte à Bagdad, a indiqué son bureau.</p>
<p>L’article <a href="https://worldopinions.net/le-premier-ministre-irakien-indemne-apres-une-tentative-dassassinat/5090/">Le Premier ministre irakien indemne après une « tentative d&rsquo;assassinat »</a> est apparu en premier sur <a href="https://worldopinions.net">World Opinion | Alternative Média</a>.</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph">Le Premier ministre irakien Moustafa al-Kazimi « n&rsquo;a pas été blessé » lors d&rsquo;une « tentative d&rsquo;assassinat ratée » commise dans la nuit de samedi à dimanche au moyen d&rsquo;un « drone piégé ». L&rsquo;attaque a visé sa résidence dans la zone verte à Bagdad, a indiqué son bureau.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Cette attaque n&rsquo;a pas été revendiquée dans l&rsquo;immédiat et on ignorait si elle avait fait des blessés, ainsi que l&rsquo;étendue des dégâts matériels.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">« Je vais bien, Dieu soit loué, et j&rsquo;appelle au calme et à la retenue de la part de tous pour le bien de l&rsquo;Irak », a écrit Moustafa al-Kazimi sur Twitter. Selon son bureau, cette « tentative d&rsquo;assassinat ratée » a été perpétrée au moyen d' »un drone piégé qui a tenté de viser » sa résidence.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Un peu plus tôt, deux sources sécuritaires ont affirmé à l&rsquo;AFP qu&rsquo;une « roquette » s&rsquo;était abattue sur la maison de Moustafa al-Kazimi dans la Zone verte, un périmètre ultra-protégé situé en plein coeur de la capitale irakienne et qui abrite également l&rsquo;ambassade américaine.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Forces de sécurité déployées</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Après l&rsquo;attaque, les forces de sécurité ont été déployées en nombre à l&rsquo;intérieur de la Zone verte et aux abords, selon une source sécuritaire.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Les attaques à la roquette contre la Zone verte sont récurrentes. Le 31 octobre, trois roquettes sont tombées à Mansour, un quartier mitoyen, sans faire de blessés.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">L&rsquo;attaque de dimanche contre Moustafa al-Kazimi, qui est au pouvoir depuis mai 2020, survient au moment où l&rsquo;Irak est traversé par de fortes tensions politiques liées aux élections législatives anticipées du 10 octobre dernier.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Le Hachd al-Chaabi, une influente coalition d&rsquo;anciens paramilitaires pro-Iran, conteste avec véhémence les résultats du scrutin. Sa vitrine politique, l&rsquo;Alliance de la conquête, a vu son nombre de sièges fondre au Parlement, selon des résultats préliminaires.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Deux sit-ins</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Des heurts ont mis aux prises plusieurs centaines de partisans du Hachd avec les forces de sécurité à proximité de la Zone verte vendredi. Selon une source sécuritaire, un manifestant est mort, tandis qu&rsquo;une source au sein du Hachd al-Chaabi a évoqué « deux morts ».</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Les partisans du Hachd al-Chaabi ont lancé deux sit-ins à deux entrées différentes de la Zone verte en signe de protestation contre les élections, que la direction du Hachd qualifie de « fraude » et d' »escroquerie ».</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Selon les résultats préliminaires, le courant sadriste dirigé par l&rsquo;influent leader chiite Moqtada Sadr a remporté la première place aux législatives, avec plus de 70 sièges sur les 329 que compte le Parlement. Les résultats définitifs du scrutin devraient être publiés d&rsquo;ici quelques semaines.</p>



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					<description><![CDATA[<p>C'est une participation très faible qui a marqué ce dimanche d'élections législatives en Irak. Un scrutin, le cinquième depuis la chute de Saddam Hussein, qui était prévu pour 2022 mais qui a été avancé en raison des violents troubles qui ont agité le pays depuis la fin 2019.</p>
<p>L’article <a href="https://worldopinions.net/legislatives-anticipees-en-irak-les-jeunes-ont-boycotte-le-scrutin-video/4870/">Législatives anticipées en Irak : les jeunes ont boycotté le scrutin.. Vidéo</a> est apparu en premier sur <a href="https://worldopinions.net">World Opinion | Alternative Média</a>.</p>
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<p class="has-white-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>C&rsquo;est une participation très faible qui a marqué ce dimanche d&rsquo;élections législatives en Irak.</strong> Un scrutin, le cinquième depuis la chute de Saddam Hussein, qui était prévu pour 2022 mais qui a été avancé en raison des violents troubles qui ont agité le pays depuis la fin 2019.</p>



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<p class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Nombreux sont les jeunes qui pour protester contre la corruption endémique en Irak, ont appelé à boycotter le vote.</strong></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Viola von Cramon, cheffe des observateurs de l&rsquo;UE en Irak :&nbsp;<em>« Le taux de participation relativement faible de cette élection en dit long mais il ne m&rsquo;appartient pas aujourd&rsquo;hui de porter un jugement définitif et une évaluation à ce sujet. C&rsquo;est un signal politique clair et on ne peut qu&rsquo;espérer qu&rsquo;il sera entendu par les politiques et par l&rsquo;élite politique irakienne, c&rsquo;est tout ce que je peux dire pour le moment. »</em></p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">En octobre 2019, des dizaines de milliers de jeunes avaient commencé à manifester contre les dirigeants du pays, corrompus et incapables de redresser l&rsquo;économie du pays pétrolier, mais la répression, très dure, avait <strong>coûté la vie à 600 personnes, sans compter la série d&rsquo;assassinats ciblés qui avaient suivi la mobilisation.</strong></p>



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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Against the backdrop of the 9.0-magnitude man-made earthquake that was the disastrous US pullout from Afghanistan, two Christian leaders, Pastor Johnnie Moore and Juliana Taimoorazy, convened a news conference last week under the auspices of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. </p>
<p>L’article <a href="https://worldopinions.net/iraqs-assyrian-christians-yazidis-face-extinction-if-biden-pulls-us-troops-out/4704/">Iraq’s Assyrian Christians, Yazidis face extinction if Biden pulls US troops out</a> est apparu en premier sur <a href="https://worldopinions.net">World Opinion | Alternative Média</a>.</p>
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<p class="has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph">Against the backdrop of the 9.0-magnitude man-made earthquake that was the disastrous US pullout from Afghanistan, two Christian leaders, Pastor Johnnie Moore and Juliana Taimoorazy, convened a news conference last week under the auspices of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. With the participation of Jameel Chomer, country director of the Yazda organization, via Zoom from Iraq, we released an open letter to the president of the United States urging him not to repeat the Afghanistan humanitarian debacle in Iraq.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Signed by Chomer and Taimoorazy, founder and president of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council, it read in part:</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">“Mr. President, we urge you to resist pressure to withdraw all troops from Iraq. Recent blood-soaked history has shown that without such a presence, the history of Assyrians and Yazidis on their ancient lands would end.”</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Today, there are only a reported 2,500 US soldiers left in Iraq. But for the battered and depleted Assyrian Christians and the Yazidis, two minorities who live side-by-side peacefully, a total pullout by the US could mean the demise of two ancient peoples in the Nineveh plains.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The greatest disaster for both was the ascendancy of ISIS, the world’s most brutal terrorist groups. ISIS was able to fill a void left by the US; a void with beheadings, murders, pillaging and rapes. That void was created when, in 2011, then-President Obama decided to remove all 45,000 remaining US forces from Iraq. On November 29 of that year, then-Vice President Joe Biden declared during an official visit to Iraq: “We are embarking on a new … and a comprehensive relationship between the United States and Iraq as sovereign partners,” Biden made the remarks after meeting with then-Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other Iraqi officials.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Apparently, ISIS never got the memo.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The bottom line is that the US created a vacuum that enabled the terrorist group to plunder, pillage, murder and rape its way through Iraq.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Beyond the havoc and suffering it unleashed in Syria, in 2014, ISIS took the key Iraqi city of Mosul and seized towns and villages in the Nineveh plains. Thousands of Christians fled in front of the advancing ISIS forces, heading for refuge in Iraq’s northern Kurdish region or leaving the country altogether. ISIS went on to kill thousands of Iraqi citizens – irrespective of religion – over the next few years, destroying mosques, monasteries, shrines, churches, and tombs in Iraq and Syria, The Associated Press reported.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Meanwhile, ISIS fighters attacked the Iraqi town of Sinjar in August 2014 – home to the Yazidis. More than 30,000 Yazidi families were stranded in the Sinjar Mountains. A Yazidi lawmaker reported that 500 men have been killed, 70 children have died of thirst and women are being sold into slavery. The horrific suffering of that people was just beginning.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Throughout that period, the world also watched in horror as ISIS would broadcast the beheadings of American, British and Japanese journalists. ISIS would unleash deadly far-flung terrorist attacks from Paris and Nigeria.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Eventually, the US would rush back troops to Iraq to quell ISIS. And a semblance of stability eventually returned to the decimated areas.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Yet on July 27, Joe Biden, now president, announced the remaining symbolic US forces will be leaving Iraq again “for good.” If, G-d forbid, that happens, our friend Jameel Chomer faces the very real possibility of falling into the clutches of a rejuvenated ISIS. Why should we care? Jameel served as an interpreter and cultural advisor for the US army for almost six years in Iraq and has been desperately trying to get his family to the US for years. Sound familiar?</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We can only pray that President Biden and his military and foreign policy brain trust will reconsider such a move in the wake of the disaster now facing Afghans of all faiths and sects not aligned with the Taliban’s medieval brand of Islam.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If President Biden doesn’t cancel that move, two historic peoples – the Assyrian Christians and Yazidis – will be no more. And the keys to the Nineveh Plains will surely be scooped up by Iran as part of a long coveted strategic prize – unfettered access to the Mediterranean Sea and a new powerful front to threaten the very existence of another people, the nation of Israel.</p>



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<p class="has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph">By Abraham Cooper<a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/views/news/middle-east/2021/09/06/Iraq-s-Assyrian-Christians-Yazidis-face-extinction-if-Biden-pulls-US-troops-out" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> &#8211; Alarabiya</a></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>L'une des rencontres religieuses les plus importantes de l'histoire s'est déroulée samedi matin en Irak: le pape François, chef des 1,3 milliard de catholiques, a été reçu par le grand ayatollah Ali Sistani, plus haute autorité religieuse de nombreux musulmans chiites.</p>
<p>L’article <a href="https://worldopinions.net/a-najaf-en-irak-le-pape-rencontre-le-grand-ayatollah-chiite-ali-sistani/3275/">A Najaf en Irak, le pape rencontre le grand ayatollah chiite Ali Sistani</a> est apparu en premier sur <a href="https://worldopinions.net">World Opinion | Alternative Média</a>.</p>
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<h3 class="has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading"><strong>L&rsquo;une des rencontres religieuses les plus importantes de l&rsquo;histoire s&rsquo;est déroulée samedi matin en Irak: le pape François, chef des 1,3 milliard de catholiques, a été reçu par le grand ayatollah Ali Sistani, plus haute autorité religieuse de nombreux musulmans chiites.</strong></h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:17px">En venant dans la ville sainte chiite de Najaf, le pape argentine de 84 ans entendait tout à la fois tendre la main à l&rsquo;islam chiite et porter la cause des chrétiens d&rsquo;Irak, 1% de la population dans ce pays musulman, qui se disent régulièrement victimes de discrimination.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:17px">De nationalité iranienne, le grand ayatollah Sistani se pose depuis des décennies en garant de l&rsquo;indépendance de l&rsquo;Irak et dirige une école théologique qui prône le retrait des religieux de la politique, ils doivent seulement conseiller, au contraire de l&rsquo;école de Qom en Iran.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:17px">Le grand ayatollah a d&rsquo;ailleurs pesé de tout son poids pour faire tomber le gouvernement qu&rsquo;ont conspué durant des mois en 2019 de jeunes manifestants fatigués de voir leur pays s&rsquo;enfoncer dans la corruption et la gabegie.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:17px">C&rsquo;est la première fois dans l&rsquo;histoire que le chef des 1,3 milliard de catholiques du monde s&rsquo;entretient avec le grand ayatollah, qui vit dans sa modeste maison de la ville sainte de Najaf, à 200 km au sud de Bagdad.</p>



<h3 class="has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading">Entretien à huis clos</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:17px">Mais de cette rencontre au sommet n&rsquo;ont filtré que deux choses. Une photo des deux hommes: le grand ayatollah, turban noir des descendants du prophète Mahomet et tenue assortie, et à sa gauche le pape, tout de blanc vêtu et flanqué de cardinaux en chapes rouges et noires. Et, surtout, un communiqué du bureau du grand ayatollah.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:17px">L&rsquo;homme de 90 ans, longue barbe et carrure frêle, n&rsquo;est jamais apparu en public. Il répond par écrit aux questions qui lui sont adressées et il fait lire ses sermons chaque vendredi par des représentants.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:17px">Cette fois-ci toutefois, il a fait publier un communiqué, remerciant personnellement le pape François de sa venue à Najaf à l&rsquo;issue d&rsquo;un huis clos de 50 minutes entre les deux hommes.</p>



<h3 class="has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading">« Attention portée » aux chrétiens</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:17px">Le grand ayatollah a assuré au pape « l&rsquo;attention qu&rsquo;il porte au fait que les citoyens chrétiens vivent comme tous les Irakiens en paix et en sécurité, forts de tous leurs droits constitutionnels », indique le texte.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:17px">L&rsquo;ajout de cette étape au programme papal est une source de fierté pour de nombreux chiites dans un pays qui va depuis 40 ans de conflits en crises, en passant par une guerre civile meurtrière entre musulmans chiites et sunnites.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:17px">« Nous sommes fiers de ce que représente cette visite (&#8230;) elle va donner une autre dimension à la ville sainte », se félicite auprès de l&rsquo;AFP le dignitaire chiite Mohammed Ali Bahr al-Ouloum. A sa descente d&rsquo;avion, le souverain pontife est passé devant un immense appel au dialogue placardé sur l&rsquo;aéroport pour sa venue.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:17px">« Les hommes sont de deux sortes: soit vos frères dans la foi, soit vos égaux en humanité », assure la banderole, citant l&rsquo;imam Ali, gendre du prophète Mahomet et figure fondatrice du chiisme enterré dans la ville sainte.</p>



<h3 class="has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading">Visite sous haute sécurité</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:17px">La visite du pape, sous très haute sécurité, se déroule aussi sur fond de confinement total avec plus de 5000 contaminations par le Covid-19 chaque jour. Si le pape a été vacciné avant son voyage, le bureau du grand ayatollah n&rsquo;a pas fait état de telles mesures.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph" style="font-size:17px">Après Najaf, François a continué son parcours vers le sud, à Ur, ville antique où selon la tradition est né le patriarche Abraham. Là, il a prié avec des dignitaires chiites, sunnites, yazidis et sabéens. Il faut « cheminer du conflit à l&rsquo;unité » dans « tout le Moyen-Orient » et « en particulier en Syrie, martyrisée », a plaidé le pape François.</p>



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