Iraq starts work on $4bn seawater desalination plant www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...

Mass turtle deaths strike Iraq's marshes as drought tightens grip shafaq.com/en/society/M...

Fishermen revive floating reed platforms in Iraq’s southern marshes despite drought challenges en.964media.com/37473/

Iraq's water crisis deepens: Kurdistan’s iconic waterfall dries up shafaq.com/en/Kurdistan...

أزمة المحكمة الاتحادية العراقية تنذر بفراغ دستوري يسبق الانتخابات edgs.co/n4ejn

Preview of next week's issue! @zalali.bsky.social, Arcioni & Gover, Böckenförde, Gargarella, Hirschl, Suteu, Trochev & Juzgenbayev, Yeh & Chang, & @marie-joellez.bsky.social on state of field. Lady Hale & @cherylas1.bsky.social on judicial and constn'l work, and more! Follow at tinyurl.com/bde5t83x

Water levels plummet at drought-hit Iraqi reservoir f24.my/BGQ0.BS

Kurdish tribes in northern Syria demand constitutional guarantees and decentralized governance anfenglish.com/rojava-syria...

This aged well

Intertwined processes in Syria and Turkey: Will the SDG lay down its arms? www.birgun.net/haber/intert...

SDF’s Abdi: open to dialogue with Damascus over decentralization shafaq.com/en/Kurdistan...

Syria and Saudi Arabia agree to boost economic cooperation after Western sanctions eased ajc.com/news/2025/05...

Human Rights Watchdog Decries Kurdistan Salary Withholding as Constitutional Violation www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/843...

Shingal residents face water crisis amid delayed reconstruction www.rudaw.net/english/midd...

Iraq’s Basra residents decry government inaction as water crisis deepens shafaq.com/en/society/I...

Long-shuttered US ambassador's residence in Damascus is reopened as Washington mends ties with Syria www.ajc.com/news/2025/05...

ENKS says joint Kurdish delegation to visit Damascus soon www.rudaw.net/english/midd...

Kurdish-led Autonomous Administration delegation heads to Damascus to implement ceasefire deal medyanews.net/kurdish-led-...

Make them pay: Iraq to consider taxing its highest polluters raseef22.net/english/arti...

Türkiye signals support for new political phase in Syria - Türkiye Today www.turkiyetoday.com/region/turki...

From the venice commission's report on Tunisia's 2014 Constitution

SANA: Iraq delivers first shipment of wheat to Syria as part of campaign to provide 220,000 tons of wheat in goodwill gesture: www.sana.sy?p=2211747

Syria's Kurds demand 'democratic decentralised' Syria f24.my/B7du.BS

my latest on Syria foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/16/s...

Iraq sandstorm closes airports, puts 3,700 people in hospital f24.my/B5x4.BS

Erbil talks: Iraq’s al-Sudani, Kurdish PM seek constitutional solutions shafaq.com/en/Kurdistan...

Iraq to offer low-interest loans for solar panels www.rudaw.net/english/midd...

Can a constitutional declaration drafted in two weeks shape Syria’s future? Zaid Al-Ali, Visiting Fellow at Princeton unpacks the risks and potential of Syria’s new transitional framework in this in-depth conversation with ARI’s Nadim Houry. Full interview: lnkd.in/dTE-awqU @zalali.bsky.social

The interim authorities in Syria have adopted a new 'constitutional declaration', which is the equivalent of an interim constitution. This is another major step in the transition and is deserving of attention. I summarise its contents and offer some analysis in the thread below

Syria's interim constitution was just formally adopted. I'll be tweeting out the contents + analysis very shortly. Watch this space.

Oil producers welcome US-Iraq statements on oil exports resumption www.rudaw.net/english/busi...

No federalism for Syria, says constitution committee member www.rudaw.net/english/midd...

Meeting between Baghdad, Erbil, oil producers canceled: Source www.rudaw.net/english/busi...

Syria forms committee to draft transitional constitutional declaration www.newarab.com/news/syria-f...

Syrian national dialogue to begin on 25 February www.newarab.com/news/syrian-....

Damascus receives over 15,000 barrels of oil daily from Rojava: Official www.rudaw.net/english/midd...

UN Advisory Committee concludes second meeting in Tripoli lyo.ly/5p2z

Changes to Sudan's constitutional document seek to cement army control - Sudan's military-backed governments has made changes to the war-battered country's transitional constitution, cementing the army's control www.newarab.com/news/sudan-c...

Steep uphill battle: The many challenges in building Syria's new army www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...

“There was a great rejection of the issue of quotas, cantons, federalization or anything like this,” said Hassan al-Daghim, spokesperson for the syrian national dialogue preparatory committee. themedialine.org/top-stories/...

Syria’s national dialogue conference is in flux amid pressure for political transition wtop.com/world/2025/0...

It’s Time for Syria’s Kurds to Fold foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/20/i...

Turkey says Iraq yet to confirm resumption of Kurdistan oil exports www.rudaw.net/english/busi...

Türkiye says 'nothing yet' on oil flow resumption from Iraq www.dailysabah.com/business/ene...

Syrian National Dialogue committee holds first preparatory session www.newarab.com/news/syrian-...