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01.12.2023 Article

Sinjar after the IS terror: How is the Federal Foreign Office supporting Yazidis in Iraq?

The IS terrorist organisation left behind complete devastation in Iraq. Yazidis in particular suffered under the IS reign of terror. Hundreds of thousands of them are still in refugee camps in northern Iraq. How can Germany help these people to live in freedom and safety?

The Yazidis suffered mass persecution under the Islamic State (IS) terror Regime.

07.03.2023 Article

Between opportunities and challenges: Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock travels to Iraq

Nowhere in the Middle East do dangers and opportunities collide as they do in Iraq. On the one hand, there is the fight against terrorism, tensions between Shiites and Sunnis, the climate crisis. On the other, a cultural diversity, the cradle of civilisation, a young population and democracy.

Foreign Minister Baerbock with her iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein in Baghdad

05.10.2022 Article

Germany continues to stand shoulder to shoulder with Iraq in the fight against IS

IS remains a threat to many people in Iraq. In the fight against the terrorist organisation, the Cabinet initiated the extension of the counter-IS mandate yesterday. Why is this mandate still so important?

28.06.2021 Article

Fight against IS, Syria, G20: Foreign Minister Maas in Italy

Foreign Minister Maas is visiting Italy on 28 and 29 June. He has a full agenda: a meeting on Syria, and meetings of the Global Coalition against Daesh and the G20 Foreign and Development Ministers.

23.03.2021 Article

Partners in the fight against ISIS

Today (23 March) marks the second anniversary of the liberation of Baghuz, which is located on the Iraqi-Syrian border and was the last stronghold of the terrorist organisation Islamic State (ISIS).

20.11.2020 Article

“Music, martial arts, money and violence”: Study on international right-wing extremist and terrorist networks

Right-wing extremist organisations with a propensity to violence are increasingly networked internationally. A study commissioned by the Federal Foreign Office and carried out by the Counter Extremism Project examines how exactly these structures are spreading across borders.

The study “Violent Right-Wing Extremism and Terrorism – Transnational Connectivity, Definitions, Incidents, Structures and Countermeasures”

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Sinjar after the IS terror: How is the Federal Foreign Office supporting Yazidis in Iraq?

Between opportunities and challenges: Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock travels to Iraq

Germany continues to stand shoulder to shoulder with Iraq in the fight against IS

Fight against IS, Syria, G20: Foreign Minister Maas in Italy

Partners in the fight against ISIS

“Music, martial arts, money and violence”: Study on international right-wing extremist and terrorist networks

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Foreign Minister Baerbock on the discussion concerning deportations to Afghanistan

Federal Foreign Office on the publication of the OPCW IIT report on the use of chemical weapons in Marea, Syria, in September 2015

Statement by Foreign Minister Baerbock on her arrival in Baghdad

Statement by Foreign Minister Baerbock on the repatriation of seven children, four women and one adolescent from north-eastern Syria

Joint Statement on Syria

Joint Statement on the deployment of the Wagner group in Mali

Foreign Minister Maas on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001

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