Getting a bad press
The prospects for a free and independent press in Iraq may not be as good as they look (Guardian, 23 June 2003).

The media and the war 
A selection of articles and reports about media coverage of the 2003 war

A New Voice in the Middle East 
A provisional assessment of the needs of the Iraqi media. Joint study by the Baltic Media Centre, Index on Censorship, the Institute for War & Peace Reporting and International Media Support, May-June 2003. PDF format. 

State of the press in Iraq 
Report on the difficulties that Iraqi newspapers face, by Arab Press Freedom Watch. Also available in PDF format.

Prohibited media activity 
Order issued by Paul Bremer on behalf of the Coalition Provisional Authority, 2003

Arab Press Freedom Watch 
An Arab organisation which is currently trying to improve journalism standards in Iraq through training, etc.

International Press Institute
Press Freedom Review

Committee to Protect Journalists
annual review

Reporters Sans Frontieres
annual review (in French)

Numerous small newspapers have emerged in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein and the situation is constantly changing. The following are currently on-line (please contact us if you know of any ommissions). For a fuller list of newspapers, including those that are NOT on-line, click here.

Azzaman (Arabic)
Leading daily paper, recently transferred from London. Edited by Saad Bazzaz, a former Iraqi media chief who fell out with Saddam Hussein's regime in 1992

Alahali (Arabic)
"The first liberal newspaper of Iraq" 

Baghdad (Arabic) 
Newspaper of the Iraqi National Accord (INA), with regular updates.

Baghdad Bulletin (English)
Produced by British and American journalists.

Iraq Press (Arabic)
"Independent press agency of political, economic, cultural and social affairs." Also in English. 

Iraq Today (English) 
"Iraq's first independent English daily". Published by Iraq Institute for Democracy

al-Ittihad (Arabic)
Weekly newspaper of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).

al-Ittijah al-Akhar (Arabic)
Nationalist weekly linked to al-Watan party.

al-Jihad (Arabic)
Weekly newspaper of the Islamic Da'awa Party.

al-Muajaha (English)
Not exactly a newspaper but an open publishing forum for news/opinion about Iraq. Linked to indymedia.org 

al-Mutamar (Arabic)
Weekly newspaper of the Iraqi National Congress (INC).

Nidaa Arrafidain (Arabic)
Newspaper linked to the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI).

Regay (Kurdish)
Irregular publication of the Kurdistan Communist Party, Iraq (KCPI).  Also publishes Kaldu Ashur in Arabic for Assyrians.

ash-Shuyu'iya al-Umaliya (Arabic)
Weekly newspaper of the Workers' Communist Party of Iraq. Also some news in English.

al-Taakhi (Arabic)
Daily, apparently an Arabic version of KDP's Xebat.

Tariq ash-Sha'ab (Arabic)  
Weekly newspaper of the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP). 

Xebat (Kurdish)
Daily newspaper of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).