For sure! The desert and very marginal farmland in western Iraq (as well as in eastern Syria is about finished off this the ongoing (of about 2 decade) drought in the area.
It won't happen when US & Israel & Russia & Western countries forces are in the middle east. Don't get your hopes high yet if you care about middle east.
they need their own people to stigmatize the extremists that blow things up left and right, and let the country heal and move on already. It absolutely sucks that they cant get anything done because extremists resort to tearing it down
This is actually a smart infrastructure investment. Unlike so many vanity projects in the Middle-East. This should pay for itself quickly, and keep Iraq economy from relying on oil only.
True, but it is just a giant toll road, which would need to compete with other routes, there's always a fee somewhere, it will be a fee war at some point.
@@Drinkingyoursaltytearsallah Exactly. There's already a roadway which runs north-south. Why do you need to build another one? Why not make the existing one better? Smacks of corruption and waste.
The existimg north south road is 2 unseperated lanes with poor lighting and needs refurbishibg 20 years ago, its simply not worth saving @@BoxStudioExecutive
100% correct - a stable Iraq will do wonders for the whole middle east! I'm actually based in Iraq, been here on and off for over ten years, and there is a palpable sense that something positive is happening... so many challenges but there's a change in the atmosphere. And it feels good!
Who is paying for it..... Who is lending money to it..... Iraq will loose big time as many others have been doing by building harbors for money the do not have.....
Wish for Iraq to become a stable regional power! Developement and stability in the region is beneficial to everyone! Best of luck Iraq! Love from Iran!
هرگز این پروژه رو ایران نخواهد گذاشت ما 10 سال الکی نجنگیدیم که آخرش تورکیه بیاد ازش بخوره تنگه هرمز دست ماست و هیچکس حق نداره بدون اجازه ما ازش عبور کنه هند هم با ترکیه دشمنه چون ترکیه پاکستان رو حمایت میکنه به همین خاطر این پروژه رو بهش اهمیت نمیده هیچی این فقط یک پول هنگفت الکی بر سر مردم عراقه
I want the whole Middle East to flourish, Iraq has seen so much devastation, I hope Türkiye n Iraq resolves their issues n work for the betterment of their people n whole region in general.
I’m very, very happy to hear this. I’m Irish and have alway been interested in Middle East politics, geography and history. My soon to be wife is Egyptian. Total coincidence and lately I’ve been trying to learn Arabic. I’m very happy to see GOOD NEWS like this coming out of Iraq and I really hope the Middle Eastern nations keep pushing toward a more capitalist, market leaning environment and away from wars and conflicts. People can get along. We just need to create a good economy between east and west. China and the west with the Middle East as a strong anchor. It can work. We are all smart people.
I'm happy seeing many people in the comments root for them. Iraq has so much potential for it to languish in poverty like this. A richer Iraq will solve so many of the Middle East's problems.
@@mohanad_98c تضحك على منو يا خوي ؟ ال GPD مالتنا 5000 دولار حالك حال اي دولة طايح حظها.. بأوروبا اقل دولة 60 الف دولارد.. وبعضها يعبر ال100 مثل لوكسمبورغ .
"They lied to you when they said he was rich at that time. In the 1980s, the average income from GDP was $3,000 in our country. Do you consider that rich?"@@chrismcaulay7805
@@انسان-ك4ض انت واحد من الي يردون يرحون لجوء🤣🤣 لك بابا صندوق النقد الدولي اكد وصدر تقرير انو العراق بلد متوسط الدخل بالمرتبة 110 عالميا من ضمن 200 دولة وبأوروبا اكو ضرائب عالية كلش يعني الي يحصل 500 دولار بالعراق تعيشه اما الي يحصل 1000يورو بأوروبا ما تعيشه وبعدين شنو اقل دولة 60 الف دولار ترا كم دولة بس واكو دول اوروبية فقيرة احنا شعب اشتراكي فاشل هية گوة
I mean, infrastructure is the best way to speed up economic development since easier/faster/cheaper transport translates to cheaper goods and more business activity in general
I wish nothing but the best of luck in this endeavour! Cheers to those who developed this plan and created the needed compromises. The compromise has always been the barrier. well done.
Before anyone says anything to knock this, I want to say that our investments in our highway system in the USA have a phenomenal return on investment in terms of the commerce they enable. May this project may help bring peace and prosperity to Iraq.
I've checked the fragile states index which basically assesses the integrity of the government. The score is from 0 (no problems whatsoever) to 120 (failed state). Higher scores increase the liklihood of social unrest and coups. There isn't a specified point at which a civil war becomes likely but I would pay close attention to when a country is above 90 because that puts it closer to failed state status than even middle-of-the-road which is 60. It's not too surprising that Iraq has spent its entire time since 2006 (when the index started keeping track) above 90. That is until this year. In 2007, it peaked at 111.4, being only 8.6 points away from maximum instability. It decreased to 102.2 in 2014 before rebounding due to ISIS, reaching a peak of 105.4 in 2017. After 2017, ISIS ceased to be a significant threat and the country saw a decline in instability. In 2024, Iraq stands at 88.6 which is actually lower than Lebanon which stands at 92.7.
How can you rate a governments stability when it's been occupied by a hostile foreign nation for 20 years? You're just rating America's grip on power right?
@@philmusson1265kinda. But it sounds silly when you say neither east or west Germany had a government. What about post war Japan? When, in your estimation, did they stop being occupied and start to have their own government? See, sounds not quite right, doesn’t it?
How much do you want to bet that a natural gas pipeline will be buried between the new highway and the new railway? A gas pipeline from the Gulf States to Europe -- replacing the natural gas pipeline from Russia.
While many focus on the Development Road as just a transport link, it's actually much more. Yes, the initial $17 billion covers the port, roads, and railway, with companies like Daewoo Engineering and Construction involved, but the true scope goes beyond that. This project is designed to revolutionize Iraq's economy. It's about building new electricity grids, logistics hubs, and entire industrial cities along the route. By 2040, it aims to position Iraq as a key trade hub, creating jobs, boosting industries, and driving long-term economic growth-not just improving transportation.
Thank you for another fascinating piece of global news. I hope the project works out for the benefit of the Iraqi people. God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)
@@applecraft170 i'd love to see a historical proof on this claim of yours, unfortunately, you won't be able to, cuz kurdistan itself doesn't have any proof of its existence in history.
@@stevewright9779 It doesn't work like this.The IRGC is very strong and they are bloody fanatics. The armed forces are not a factor. The demography is fragmented, the Turks, Arabs and Farsi are shiite, Kurds, Baloch and Turkomans are sunnah, also the secular Iranians and devout twelvers hate each other. A Pahlavist secular Farsi is most probably also a racist fascist who hates all the other ethnic groups etc... so Iran is a boiling cauldron, nothing good comes out of this MENA region.
@@stevewright9779It's not a matter of regime but rather interests, Iran under the Shah was more open in its harassment of Iraq with taking lands forcefully from Iraq and destabilizing it. A different regime wouldn't change the goals since each regime thinks of its country's interests first. A regime change in Iran would affect Iraq the most in the region as it would take off the grip that Iran has on any development in Iraq, Iran thinks of Iraq as a bank that it uses to dodge sanctions and get US dollars and it's an important passage to their allies in Syria, in Iran's prospective Iraq is probably the only country that it can't afford to lose.
The idea behind their new port, which was introduced some 15 years ago when Iraq was at its weakest, is to landlock Iraq on its 58km2 coastline by building new port close to Iraq's coastline in order to connect it with Iraq via railway. So not only to landlock Iraq, but to to have finanicial and political influence over Iraq and to prohibit any attempt to build new port in the tight area by Iraq Some years ago it was leaked that previous decision-makers in Iraq received bribe from Kuwait in order to approve railway connection but luckily the approval never procceed although they received the bribe. This reminds me of the 90's when Kuwait declared financial war on Iraq, but this time politicans in Iraq seem to have learned the lesson by not using the force
The idea behind kuwaits new port, which was introduced some 15 years ago when Iraq was at its weakest, is to landlock Iraq on its 58km2 coastline by building new port close to Iraq's coastline in order to connect it with Iraq via railway. So not only to landlock Iraq, but to to have finanicial and political influence over Iraq and to prohibit any attempt to build new port in the tight area by Iraq Some years ago it was leaked that previous decision-makers in Iraq received bribe from Kuwait in order to approve railway connection but luckily the approval never procceed although they received the bribe. This reminds me of the 90's when Kuwait declared financial war on Iraq, but this time politicans in Iraq seem to have learned the lesson by not using the force
Tbh it never does with such multi-generational projects. All looks and feels the same for people until the better conditions of living feels just as a "standard" nobody is really thrilled about.
@@judekanjamala8643 All politicians are thieves and corrupt, we have seen many promises from them over the past 18 years, such as uninterrupted electricity, building the tallest tower in the world, high-speed internet, all of these projects and deals are stolen in the end, even the simplest ones like building flat roads for driving A country that can't even secure its borders and aviation wants to become the main road to the Middle East. Funny. The Iraqi citizens face very big problems such as unemployment, extreme heat and power outages.Unbreathable atmosphere and undriveable roads A big dream like the one in the video is a big leap for the necessities of life.
I agree with you 100% and I am very sad for my country Iraq and for the Iranian people as well because we are all harmed by Iranian policy and its militias spread throughout the region. I hope to see one day stability in the region and prosperity together without wars or hatred.
I honestly doubt this scheme will turn Iraq into an important corridor for trade, but it will nevertheless be an important tool for global connection for iraqi cities as well as good way to strenghten Iraq's ability to keep control of their lands
It makes it important enough to secure more independence and peace in its border, then things will role from there Iraq is known as the Germany of the Middle east, they are really industrious and smart population if given the chance will catapult the economy of the middle east I total and foster peace In general
@@awaf12we in iraq sadly still choose to vote for a corrupt government with a lot of inefficient bureaucracy and interventionism in market power. We can only expect that "bloom" when there's actually a single party here that is anti-big government so people could actually have a choice in a real change, but even then, Iran and the US exists, so, not much change will happen anyways
@@somebodyintheinternet5478 don't depend on iraqi government to save you Assume the worse from the government and try to independently build wealth I am iraqi living in US, US government isn't better US government controlled by Israel I don't have any rights
@@awaf12 God help you brother, the US is rn is a mess haha. Yeah, I pray one day that the governments won't intervene in our lives, as most of us are too much dependent in it here and they're using us like cattle, may Iraq one day feels liberty.
We need support , we need to support the army of iraq , we need fighters jet , air support system no one is allowing iraq to buy them , they want us weak so we can't defend ourselves from sunni countries around us turky jordan saudi syrian ..etc
@@snpdmz Like iran wasn't iraq's biggest enemy in the region. There is no sunni vs shia its not dark ages we live in. There are benefits and conflicts.
@@astrodas1910 iraq is shia country , iran is shia country , and no iran was the enemy of sunnie iraqi only, now iraq is shia country 30 million shia / 12 million sunnie only , things are changed now , iran helped iraq to defeat !S!S and !S!S is sunni ideology
@@snpdmzThat's a very shallow way of thinking. Ukraine and Russia share the exact same religion and similar language, did that stop them from going to war? Our connection to Iran with it being a Shiaa country is just a way for them to colonize your mind, if you care so much about religious divisions then go live in Iran, whether you like it or not Iraq is diverse and for Iraq to work we have to throw away sectarian divisions and focus on out nationality rather than competing with backward countries that still promote backward religious divisions that breed violence.
Iraq and Syria should cooperate and make Tigris and Euphrates navigable and construct a Chanel connecting Mediterranean with Euphrates if possible just like Denube river of Europe
Very interesting episode, I had to come back to your Chanel and watch a few videos to retrain my algorithm. I’ve been watching too much football 😂 keep up the good work brother. I’ve been following you for a few years now
@@applecraft170 you should understand Kurdistan will never get independent right now we are at level we hope these government people get changed because they're thieves since the day we rebelled against Iraq Regime especially PDK they just sell everything for there power and are getting there money cut because the greed they have for oil money if it wasn't for PDK we would have a better independent country by now so fuck independent I hope iraq stands on there feet so we can have money and a stable life
@@applecraft170Economical development is crucial to all populations regardless of ethnicities, poverty and injustice creates divisions and the opposite of it creates unity.
I remember being a kid going to one of those outdoor international supermarket. There was an elderly Iraqis couple selling spices, dried goods and some fruits. They were the most kindest folks around, and my family had to stop by their son's little restaurant shop set up right across from their stall. He made the best Quzi rice dish I've ever had. It was definitely worth the 4 hour trip.
as a Highway/Transport Engineer from Iraq, this project (on paper) is probably the best thing that would happen to Iraq since the Medieval golden age... this corridor is one of the reasons the British colonized Iraq, they tried to establish a route from their other colony in India to UK through Iraq, this corridor was famously known as "the orient express" however it is hard to be optimistic - Iraq is still extremely weak politically, and almost all countries involved, have interests, or competing with Iraq, can take advantage of this project on the behest of Iraq (Turkey for example who is the key partner, made some very difficult demands in exchange of their partnership, even though they would benefit from it too, which Iraq had to accept because very few countries are willing to partner with Iraq in better terms due to this political weakness) as well as many foreign interferences in the government - corruption is also extreme in Iraq, with almost all projects end up only on paper and their entire budgets disappear, not to mention Iraq does not have sorverienty in its economy since US and UK took over the oil fields and ALL of Iraq's income goes to US banks as a hostage.. and US controls the Iraqi money that Iraq can get based on the government performance if it is beneficial or not to the empire. - you perfectly mentioned why Iran don't want this to happen and it is 100% accurate, but failed to mention (as expected) why the US will also not allow it to happen, you briefly mentioned how the US and EU threw massive cheers for India- middle east because it involves both Saudi Arabia and their colony Israel, so it is purely about geo politics. The US had already began massive propaganda campaigns against the Faw port project because it involves China, and they successfully halted the project for few years, and they also threatens Iraq regularly to cut our oil money if Iraq doesn't comply to the US. - also, a lack of engineering expertise can turn this project into harm more than good with poor engineering judgment, even the most prestigious international engineering firms could very well perform poorly due to lack of any engineering standards and regulations, as well as corruption, corporations will want to maximize the profits first and foremost But there's nothing I wish more in my life from all my heart more than we can overcome these challenges, and see this project through to life as intended
I really love your videos since you analyze the topic in depth while neatly matching it with a smart choice of visual information. As your name is the Caspian sea, for its relative closeness, I would be very happy if you covered Georgia as I don't as many videos about it, much less videos that explore it in depths such as yours. If Georgia is too small a topic for you, feel free to cover all of the Caucasus. Much love and, I am just happy to be able to leave this comment here, if nothing else.
They should add support for solar panels at the top of the project (x meters above the ground). Then eventually slowly add solar panels, you might combine with Turkiye to sell them the electricity which will give Iraq more water from the dams/rivers
It's hard to imagine why anyone would decide to use this for the purpose of transporting goods from Asia to Europe. Trains and trucks just can't compete with container ships in terms of efficiency for longer trips, so its preferable to minimise their use. The prospect of saving a handful of days is pretty irrelevant in most supply chains and anything that needs to get somewhere fast will fly there.
"The prospect of saving a handful of days is pretty irrelevant" It is not. That is billions upon billions of USD we are talking about. Halting the Suez canal caused 9 billion USD worth of economic damage every single day.
@justsefa1843 Those billions are ofset by the cost of offloading ships, loading trucks and paying people to drive. Meanwhile just having the ships go through the canal is cheaper.
@@RK-cj4oc You have the cost of offloading ships anyways. If I want to send goods to Turkey from let's say Bangladesh, would it really be cheaper, if I take extra days to navigate around Suez? That is the question here. I dont think the people that made the project ignored the most basic question: How much profit can be made? If you want to send goods from the US to Europe, duh the port plays no role at all, but the targetted market is asia/south asia. I am not convinced that this is a useless and profitless project. Not to mention that saving days for a small cost increase is still much much more profitable than saving some money but increasing your delivery by days.
@@justsefa1843 Those were the costs of delays and the piling up backlogs and bottlenecks caused by the delays. A thing that needs to be somewhere on day X is ordered well in advance so that it will be where it needs to be on the said day. It doesn't matter how much time the thing spends sitting on a container ship as long as it arrives when it's supposed to arrive and this is the problem that this project suffers from.
Hi, great video. I would appreciate if you could make the lines thicker when you zoom out. It can make it hard to see for those of us with not the best vision using phones
That’s why a nation needs a proper military and rule of law to prevent it. But Iraq can’t even stand on 2 legs anymore, all these dictatorships with failed states under them trying to do mega projects like as if they are as developed as the West is what makes them always fail
@@meilinchan7314 A road running through Iraq from sea to Turkey already exists. I'm not sure what cost savings or benefits exist by building another road.
It was Erdogan who strongly opposed India Middle East Europe corridor and pushed idea of corridor to go through Iraq and Turkey no body should forget that if this project becomes reality %100 credit should go to Erdogan
This project was proposed by Iraq for decades, the problem was Iraq getting involved in constant wars. Erdogan opposed the Indian corridor because his country was purposely excluded from it, mainly because the US wanted to create more "apparent" common grounds for normalization between Isrsel and Saudi Arabia.
@@反ヨーロッパのサムライ So everything wrong iraq has done since independence didnt lead to gulf war and usa invading iraq again. And what iraq hasnt done since to improve itself is still western fault?
The best way for Iraq forward is to assimilate itself with its neighbouring countries, Syria faces similar issues, and Kuwait is a strategic territory which can can help Iraq and Syria navigate through their crises. Basically the Ottoman Empire. But western hegemony would not allow it, as they want the whole pie. But, i remain optimistic that they'll come crashing down, and Iraq will prosper once again, (and they'll achieve this without invading other countries, and sending the rebels to Guantanamo)
@@isaac4800 there's blatant misinformation and assumptions in every video. For example, the recent video about Iran. Go to the comments and it's Iranians clarifying how much the Islam religion doesn't matter to them. Meanwhile CR is stating the religion is what holds the country together. It's in every video. Every single video. He's just wrong very often. Didn't used to be as bad. But at least the last 2-4 years this channel's shown little to no integrity.
@@cellamuertWho told you that religion does not unite Iranians?! Forget about those Persians who hate Islam and Arabs, their number is in the millions, but the truth is that most Iranians are extremist Shiites! I have visited Iran more than once and I have friends from there. Iranians come by the millions to my city of Karbala (holy to the Shiites) in Iraq, crying and kissing the holy places! There is a liberal Iranian movement that wants freedom and Western values, but the number of Islamists is much greater than them, and the number of Islamists is much greater than the liberals.
Here's hoping it goes to plan. May well take decades, but the better and more stable they manage to make their various institutions the likelier further development and prosperity are to follow.
$17 billion dollars sounds like a modest sum for a super highway system with 1000 km of 8 lane high speed roads. That price can easily spike up for each bridge, interchange and a major chassis crossing bridge or tunnel can easily cost well over a billion dollars. $17 billion is pretty low balling optomistic. A ring road freeway around a major city can easily cost $20 billion dollars if not more and that's for only 200 km of 8 lane divided freeway roads with a bunch of interchanges.
@@MuhammedAL-Chad-nz4jx40 k in total, civilians and combatans alike. The authorities dont realease how many were fighters, they do say that 10 k kids are dead but u cant trust those nrs either since they want outrage. Its def thousands of kids tho.
Shirvan, I continue to be impressed by your research and appreciate the alternative, non-Western-centric viewpoint of Western Asia - I learn something interesting every episode. Thanks for your stellar work. (I'm still willing/eager to proofread your graphics for you. There are too many big boldface errors, and they impinge on your production values, which are otherwise outstanding.)
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I really hope this works out for them. It would so refreshing to have some good news from the middle east for once.
I have a feeling the West will get involved and something bad will happen
For sure the US will be there to ruin it
For sure!
The desert and very
marginal farmland in
western Iraq (as well
as in eastern Syria is
about finished off
this the ongoing (of
about 2 decade)
drought in the area.
It will fail because the dominant religion is not interested in peace with the West
It won't happen when US & Israel & Russia & Western countries forces are in the middle east. Don't get your hopes high yet if you care about middle east.
Fingers crossed this works out for Iraq. After all the shit that country has been through, they really need the win
So does eastern Turkey,
it has been a backwater
since, almost, forever.
Thank you for your kind wishes
You think The god chosen rats will allow it to succeed 🤦
@@here_we_go_again2571 happens when you bomb the place
they need their own people to stigmatize the extremists that blow things up left and right, and let the country heal and move on already. It absolutely sucks that they cant get anything done because extremists resort to tearing it down
This is actually a smart infrastructure investment. Unlike so many vanity projects in the Middle-East. This should pay for itself quickly, and keep Iraq economy from relying on oil only.
Dumb!
True, but it is just a giant toll road, which would need to compete with other routes, there's always a fee somewhere, it will be a fee war at some point.
@@Drinkingyoursaltytearsallahalways better than an actual war ffs
@@Drinkingyoursaltytearsallah Exactly. There's already a roadway which runs north-south. Why do you need to build another one? Why not make the existing one better? Smacks of corruption and waste.
The existimg north south road is 2 unseperated lanes with poor lighting and needs refurbishibg 20 years ago, its simply not worth saving @@BoxStudioExecutive
100% correct - a stable Iraq will do wonders for the whole middle east! I'm actually based in Iraq, been here on and off for over ten years, and there is a palpable sense that something positive is happening... so many challenges but there's a change in the atmosphere. And it feels good!
Are you an expat or a military personnel?
Big love from iraq 🇮🇶
as an Iraqi living in Canada it makes me happy to hear potential good future for my country 😊
😍❤️🇮🇶
Who is paying for it..... Who is lending money to it..... Iraq will loose big time as many others have been doing by building harbors for money the do not have.....
@@rvarsigfusson6163quit being a doomer
isnt canada "your" country?
Specially if Chine is loaning ..... That is a way to hell......
Wish for Iraq to become a stable regional power! Developement and stability in the region is beneficial to everyone! Best of luck Iraq! Love from Iran!
Thank you buddy ❤
هرگز این پروژه رو ایران نخواهد گذاشت
ما 10 سال الکی نجنگیدیم که آخرش تورکیه بیاد ازش بخوره
تنگه هرمز دست ماست و هیچکس حق نداره بدون اجازه ما ازش عبور کنه
هند هم با ترکیه دشمنه چون ترکیه پاکستان رو حمایت میکنه به همین خاطر این پروژه رو بهش اهمیت نمیده
هیچی این فقط یک پول هنگفت الکی بر سر مردم عراقه
Thanks you very much love back to Iran from Iraq 🇮🇶🤝🤍🇮🇷
Thank you brother
نحن فخورين لان في جانبنه جمهوريه اسلاميه
A global positive video from CaspianReport about Iraq!
Finally my country is getting the spotlight and we're moving on the right path ☀
I want the whole Middle East to flourish, Iraq has seen so much devastation, I hope Türkiye n Iraq resolves their issues n work for the betterment of their people n whole region in general.
They should add a bike lane as well.
The heat is unbearable. Nowadays easily reaches 50-52 degrees Celsius!
LOL, if you're in the desert on a bike that can reach the 50s, you have bigger problems.
It would certainly get them a lot of EU funding.
No a camel lane
😂
I’m very, very happy to hear this. I’m Irish and have alway been interested in Middle East politics, geography and history. My soon to be wife is Egyptian. Total coincidence and lately I’ve been trying to learn Arabic. I’m very happy to see GOOD NEWS like this coming out of Iraq and I really hope the Middle Eastern nations keep pushing toward a more capitalist, market leaning environment and away from wars and conflicts. People can get along. We just need to create a good economy between east and west. China and the west with the Middle East as a strong anchor. It can work. We are all smart people.
Iraq and the middle east were peaceful till the western powers came in and bombed it back to the stone age
This is absolutely the way to go!
I'm happy seeing many people in the comments root for them. Iraq has so much potential for it to languish in poverty like this. A richer Iraq will solve so many of the Middle East's problems.
العراق ليس فقير
المهاجرون العراقيون يكذبون بشأن وضع العراق حتى يحصلوا على اللجوء
maybe... but last time Iraq got rich, they started wars...
@@mohanad_98c
تضحك على منو يا خوي ؟ ال GPD مالتنا 5000 دولار حالك حال اي دولة طايح حظها..
بأوروبا اقل دولة 60 الف دولارد.. وبعضها يعبر ال100 مثل لوكسمبورغ .
"They lied to you when they said he was rich at that time. In the 1980s, the average income from GDP was $3,000 in our country. Do you consider that rich?"@@chrismcaulay7805
@@انسان-ك4ض
انت واحد من الي يردون يرحون لجوء🤣🤣
لك بابا صندوق النقد الدولي اكد وصدر تقرير انو العراق بلد متوسط الدخل
بالمرتبة 110 عالميا من ضمن 200 دولة
وبأوروبا اكو ضرائب عالية كلش يعني الي يحصل 500 دولار بالعراق تعيشه اما الي يحصل 1000يورو بأوروبا ما تعيشه
وبعدين شنو اقل دولة 60 الف دولار ترا كم دولة بس واكو دول اوروبية فقيرة
احنا شعب اشتراكي فاشل هية گوة
Let’s hope this will materialise, the people of Iraq deserve some peace and prosperity
The whole Middle East wishes the best for Iraq. I hope Iraq improves 🇯🇴❤️🇮🇶
Iraq needs this to happen. I really hope it comes to fruition so it can lift the country and restore its prosperity.
American dude here crossing my fingers for you guys! I wish the Iraqi people the best ❤
It's nice to hear good news in the middle east for once.
It wont happen, the roads will be targeted by kurds. Because they are trying bypass the kurds right of independent kurdistan.
Until tomorrow 😂 clown planet
never ever goes right in Iraq, don't expect much
@@NebulaAccountsadly. But I wish to see Iraq flip the page.
Blame the westerners for everything wrong in the Middle East.
I mean, infrastructure is the best way to speed up economic development since easier/faster/cheaper transport translates to cheaper goods and more business activity in general
Great insights! A peaceful and prosperous Iraq would do wonders to the entire Middle East!
Unfortunately this will never happen
@KidSto-dj4mc it is happening right now as we speak
@@KidSto-dj4mc no one knows if it will be finished, but planning and construction has in actuality started a while ago on the ground
@@GeN56YoS it'll never work
@@KidSto-dj4mc you're so sure it's like you're working on sabotaging it rn
Its beautiful to see Iraq doing something to take it self out of the mud. Even more so when so many regional players actively try to make it succeed.
Weighing in at over 4000 years old, ladies and gentlemen! The beast from the east!
Over 6000 years old 😇
Iraq is british build country
Alright jeez Mesopotamia
Turkey is a country made by the Iraqi Abbasids@@demirdemir2227
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Lines on maps are glorious
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lines is what maps are all about. Without lines it's just a piece of paper.
@@octavianova1300 , indeed, shots have been fired. 10:13
HOI4 player spotted.
I love all these comments thank you for wishing my homeland well may god protect iraq always🇮🇶❤️
This is great! I would love to see Iraq thrive and prosper. Everyone will be better off when they do.
I wish nothing but the best of luck in this endeavour!
Cheers to those who developed this plan and created the needed compromises.
The compromise has always been the barrier. well done.
Remember the Berlin-Baghdad railroad?
No, but I want to. Tell me more!
IMO that is why the US launched the war against iraq. It was to settle beef with anyone who sided with germany during WW2. which Iraq did side with
@@chimchim2_ Well, a long, long time ago in a galaxy far far away..
@@dingus6317 lmfao 😂🤣😂🤣😂
@@dingus6317 love that song by the way. One of his best.
Before anyone says anything to knock this, I want to say that our investments in our highway system in the USA have a phenomenal return on investment in terms of the commerce they enable. May this project may help bring peace and prosperity to Iraq.
I've checked the fragile states index which basically assesses the integrity of the government. The score is from 0 (no problems whatsoever) to 120 (failed state). Higher scores increase the liklihood of social unrest and coups. There isn't a specified point at which a civil war becomes likely but I would pay close attention to when a country is above 90 because that puts it closer to failed state status than even middle-of-the-road which is 60.
It's not too surprising that Iraq has spent its entire time since 2006 (when the index started keeping track) above 90. That is until this year. In 2007, it peaked at 111.4, being only 8.6 points away from maximum instability. It decreased to 102.2 in 2014 before rebounding due to ISIS, reaching a peak of 105.4 in 2017. After 2017, ISIS ceased to be a significant threat and the country saw a decline in instability. In 2024, Iraq stands at 88.6 which is actually lower than Lebanon which stands at 92.7.
Is there any country in the ME @ 60 or less?
How can you rate a governments stability when it's been occupied by a hostile foreign nation for 20 years? You're just rating America's grip on power right?
@@Drinkingyoursaltytearsallah A few. Oman, Jordan, UAE and Qatar from a quick scan of the list.
@@Drinkingyoursaltytearsallahyeah the uae sitting well with europeans states
@@philmusson1265kinda. But it sounds silly when you say neither east or west Germany had a government. What about post war Japan? When, in your estimation, did they stop being occupied and start to have their own government? See, sounds not quite right, doesn’t it?
My home Iraq, is the cradle of civilizations from which humanity began It contains two of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 🇮🇶
Greetings from Babylon 🇮🇶 , the city of knowledge and the world, to all parts of the world. I say to you, expect us.
How much do you want to bet that a natural gas pipeline will be buried between the new highway and the new railway?
A gas pipeline from the Gulf States to Europe -- replacing the natural gas pipeline from Russia.
While many focus on the Development Road as just a transport link, it's actually much more. Yes, the initial $17 billion covers the port, roads, and railway, with companies like Daewoo Engineering and Construction involved, but the true scope goes beyond that. This project is designed to revolutionize Iraq's economy. It's about building new electricity grids, logistics hubs, and entire industrial cities along the route. By 2040, it aims to position Iraq as a key trade hub, creating jobs, boosting industries, and driving long-term economic growth-not just improving transportation.
Best Wishes for Iraq
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Thank you sir
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1.5 million subs for this channel is totally unfair
They deserve atleast 25 mils
Finally some positive news from middle East
For the young people (im 50) . You really need to specify between the Iran Iraq war, the first Gulf War in 1991 and the second Gulf war in 2003.
I really hope this will work put for Iraq it really needs to see a light at the end of the tunel after 2 decades of bas economy and wars.
Thank you for another fascinating piece of global news. I hope the project works out for the benefit of the Iraqi people.
God be with you out there, everybody. ✝️ :)
Mesopotamia will retrieve its flourishing and glories
Proud to be Iraq 🇮🇶
Mesopotamia is kurdistan 😒
كوردستان داخل ايران العراق بلاد الرافدين @@applecraft170
@@applecraft170 What a funny joke 😂😂Iraq is Mesopotamia because two rivers flow through it, the Tigris and Euphrates Are you studying geography?
@@Hkdxcv are kidding me? Kurdistan have (dijla & furat)!! What do u mean? 🤣🤣
@@applecraft170 i'd love to see a historical proof on this claim of yours,
unfortunately, you won't be able to, cuz kurdistan itself doesn't have any proof of its existence in history.
Iraq was once the cornerstone of civilization, let's see if they can make their ancestors proud
Iraq is a country rich in oil and ports. Iraq is prosperous. Don't worry about the false flag.
Inshallahz
I sure wish it works out well. The main obstacle to this project is Iran. They'll fiercely oppose any project that risks weakening their hold on Iraq.
If the Iranians rebel and can overthrow the Ayatollah and the rest of his fanatics then Iran would most likely start to support this.
@@stevewright9779 It doesn't work like this.The IRGC is very strong and they are bloody fanatics. The armed forces are not a factor. The demography is fragmented, the Turks, Arabs and Farsi are shiite, Kurds, Baloch and Turkomans are sunnah, also the secular Iranians and devout twelvers hate each other. A Pahlavist secular Farsi is most probably also a racist fascist who hates all the other ethnic groups etc... so Iran is a boiling cauldron, nothing good comes out of this MENA region.
@@stevewright9779Onlar asla değişmez bu yüzyıllardır böyle batıdan sonra bu coğrafyanın en büyük düşmanı iran
Israel doesn't want stability in the region either.
@@stevewright9779It's not a matter of regime but rather interests, Iran under the Shah was more open in its harassment of Iraq with taking lands forcefully from Iraq and destabilizing it. A different regime wouldn't change the goals since each regime thinks of its country's interests first. A regime change in Iran would affect Iraq the most in the region as it would take off the grip that Iran has on any development in Iraq, Iran thinks of Iraq as a bank that it uses to dodge sanctions and get US dollars and it's an important passage to their allies in Syria, in Iran's prospective Iraq is probably the only country that it can't afford to lose.
Another fascinating video, thanks Shivan
All the best of luck for the future Iraq 👍
Iraq's projects are more useful than saudi Arabia's projects
You’re providing essential information in a easy comprehensible way.
I don't see any point in Kuwaiti Port. As their own rhetoric says, It would be a gigantic door without any freaking garage
The idea behind their new port, which was introduced some 15 years ago when Iraq was at its weakest, is to landlock Iraq on its 58km2 coastline by building new port close to Iraq's coastline in order to connect it with Iraq via railway. So not only to landlock Iraq, but to to have finanicial and political influence over Iraq and to prohibit any attempt to build new port in the tight area by Iraq
Some years ago it was leaked that previous decision-makers in Iraq received bribe from Kuwait in order to approve railway connection but luckily the approval never procceed although they received the bribe.
This reminds me of the 90's when Kuwait declared financial war on Iraq, but this time politicans in Iraq seem to have learned the lesson by not using the force
It's just pettiness lol
And they're probably betting on the US and Iran hindering the project.
Turkey is the ultimate geo-political rent seeker
If you got lemons you gotta make lemonade.
@@EternalKhann ya but you dont HAVE to piss in it
They say they are sorry for not swimming in crude oil like the rest of their neighbours
Pakistan as well, at least for last several decades.
It has been so since eastern Roman empire.
All roads lead to Iraq
That's right I don't really know if Iraq is lucky or unlucky
The idea behind kuwaits new port, which was introduced some 15 years ago when Iraq was at its weakest, is to landlock Iraq on its 58km2 coastline by building new port close to Iraq's coastline in order to connect it with Iraq via railway. So not only to landlock Iraq, but to to have finanicial and political influence over Iraq and to prohibit any attempt to build new port in the tight area by Iraq
Some years ago it was leaked that previous decision-makers in Iraq received bribe from Kuwait in order to approve railway connection but luckily the approval never procceed although they received the bribe.
This reminds me of the 90's when Kuwait declared financial war on Iraq, but this time politicans in Iraq seem to have learned the lesson by not using the force
As an Iraqi, I appreciate the optimism in this video. I have to say, it doesn't look so good from down here 😂
What issues do you see?
Tbh it never does with such multi-generational projects. All looks and feels the same for people until the better conditions of living feels just as a "standard" nobody is really thrilled about.
you still have islam, of course will never good
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All politicians are thieves and corrupt, we have seen many promises from them over the past 18 years, such as uninterrupted electricity, building the tallest tower in the world, high-speed internet, all of these projects and deals are stolen in the end, even the simplest ones like building flat roads for driving
A country that can't even secure its borders and aviation wants to become the main road to the Middle East. Funny.
The Iraqi citizens face very big problems such as unemployment, extreme heat and power outages.Unbreathable atmosphere and undriveable roads A big dream like the one in the video is a big leap for the necessities of life.
😂😂😂 I know how it is, as a Balkan guy. Here also everything looks good, but it is not 😂
So, once again Kuwait tries to spoil Iraq's plans.
Iraq deserves some good news for a change.
Another amazing video by Caspian Report. Love the videos, keep them going!
I can't get my positive comment through the censorship algorithm.
I have found it easier to make an unrelated comment and then edit it. Once it has gotten through I have found it usually stays
@@dingus6317 Yes, I should have known 🤦♂
It's getting insane
Iran is again not letting it's neighbours develop and live prosperously. Ayatollahs are the plague of the land.
Indeed!!!. As an Iranian I wholeheartedly agree!!!. I feel ashamed when these theocratic extremists destabilize our region!!.
@@ariaghorbani9375
خاک تو سر
این آیت الله ها برای تو و امثال تو نمیگذارند این پروژه ها رو
چون یا ما بازی یا بازی خراب
تمام
I agree with you 100% and I am very sad for my country Iraq and for the Iranian people as well because we are all harmed by Iranian policy and its militias spread throughout the region. I hope to see one day stability in the region and prosperity together without wars or hatred.
@@Yusuf_6iq 🤝
Great video. Thoroughly informative, and insightful in the different dimensions you've covered. Thank you Shivam!
I honestly doubt this scheme will turn Iraq into an important corridor for trade, but it will nevertheless be an important tool for global connection for iraqi cities as well as good way to strenghten Iraq's ability to keep control of their lands
It makes it important enough to secure more independence and peace in its border, then things will role from there
Iraq is known as the Germany of the Middle east, they are really industrious and smart population if given the chance will catapult the economy of the middle east I total and foster peace In general
@@awaf12we in iraq sadly still choose to vote for a corrupt government with a lot of inefficient bureaucracy and interventionism in market power. We can only expect that "bloom" when there's actually a single party here that is anti-big government so people could actually have a choice in a real change, but even then, Iran and the US exists, so, not much change will happen anyways
@@somebodyintheinternet5478 don't depend on iraqi government to save you
Assume the worse from the government and try to independently build wealth
I am iraqi living in US, US government isn't better
US government controlled by Israel I don't have any rights
@@awaf12 God help you brother, the US is rn is a mess haha.
Yeah, I pray one day that the governments won't intervene in our lives, as most of us are too much dependent in it here and they're using us like cattle, may Iraq one day feels liberty.
Iraq deserves to be strong and prosperous
The question is will they let it go through ?
We need support , we need to support the army of iraq , we need fighters jet , air support system no one is allowing iraq to buy them , they want us weak so we can't defend ourselves from sunni countries around us turky jordan saudi syrian ..etc
@@snpdmz Like iran wasn't iraq's biggest enemy in the region. There is no sunni vs shia its not dark ages we live in. There are benefits and conflicts.
@@astrodas1910 iraq is shia country , iran is shia country , and no iran was the enemy of sunnie iraqi only, now iraq is shia country 30 million shia / 12 million sunnie only , things are changed now , iran helped iraq to defeat !S!S and !S!S is sunni ideology
@@snpdmzThat's a very shallow way of thinking. Ukraine and Russia share the exact same religion and similar language, did that stop them from going to war? Our connection to Iran with it being a Shiaa country is just a way for them to colonize your mind, if you care so much about religious divisions then go live in Iran, whether you like it or not Iraq is diverse and for Iraq to work we have to throw away sectarian divisions and focus on out nationality rather than competing with backward countries that still promote backward religious divisions that breed violence.
Iraq and Syria should cooperate and make Tigris and Euphrates navigable and construct a Chanel connecting Mediterranean with Euphrates if possible just like Denube river of Europe
Not enough water there. Turkey diverts most of it for itself
Human nature = greed very sad@@shlomomarkman6374
Not to mention neither river comes closer than 200km to the Mediterranean at it's closest point
Yeah its a river made by snow and mountains capturing rain not connect to a sea besides the red sea
Well if it wasn't for turkey fuking up our rivers (which literally spawned human civilization) we could have done so much
Thanks for this video. Explains the situation well
I really hope this to go trough, this land has seen to much pain for the past 30 years
Very interesting episode, I had to come back to your Chanel and watch a few videos to retrain my algorithm. I’ve been watching too much football 😂 keep up the good work brother. I’ve been following you for a few years now
58km only! That's very little to work with. I suggest Iraq moving in on Kuwait once again.
هههههه نعم تلك كانت فكرتنا في البداية لا اعلم لدي شعور أنه عند انتهاء مشروع سوف نعود للتحرش بالكويت 😂😂
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We tried that and the world ganged up on us lol
Until oil becomes less valuable we can't do anything as Kuwait is under US protection
This sounds like an exciting project, I hope they can succeed. It's time we open a new chapter in Middle East history.
Maybe it's good for Turkey , but as far as Europe getting on board goes, i don't see it.
Iraq is the future of the ME.Good population,has water and agriculture.
@@Heegooat the water and food is reducing each year, i fear it will descend into islamist tribalism again...
yeah, Iraq and Turkey are way to anti european openly to rely on them for trade with east asia.
@@Heegooatiraq is literally in a water crisis lol
@@Heegooat sorry mate, don't see it happening
Every time I see Almaty I just remembered Battlefield 2 Modern Combat for Xbox 360 and how angry that game used to make me.
I'm from Kurdistan and i really hope this goes to plan to see a great iraq again and stable iraq
Bro if this happens the chance of independence will be decreased !!
@@applecraft170 you should understand Kurdistan will never get independent right now we are at level we hope these government people get changed because they're thieves since the day we rebelled against Iraq Regime especially PDK they just sell everything for there power and are getting there money cut because the greed they have for oil money if it wasn't for PDK we would have a better independent country by now so fuck independent I hope iraq stands on there feet so we can have money and a stable life
me too
@@applecraft170This is ultimately your choice our Kurdish brothers. We hope to be united with you as Iraqis. But we must respect your aspirations.
@@applecraft170Economical development is crucial to all populations regardless of ethnicities, poverty and injustice creates divisions and the opposite of it creates unity.
Those sound effects in the background when discussing infrastructure such as the dams are great
Thank You Caspian Report...
I remember being a kid going to one of those outdoor international supermarket. There was an elderly Iraqis couple selling spices, dried goods and some fruits. They were the most kindest folks around, and my family had to stop by their son's little restaurant shop set up right across from their stall. He made the best Quzi rice dish I've ever had. It was definitely worth the 4 hour trip.
as a Highway/Transport Engineer from Iraq, this project (on paper) is probably the best thing that would happen to Iraq since the Medieval golden age... this corridor is one of the reasons the British colonized Iraq, they tried to establish a route from their other colony in India to UK through Iraq, this corridor was famously known as "the orient express"
however it is hard to be optimistic
- Iraq is still extremely weak politically, and almost all countries involved, have interests, or competing with Iraq, can take advantage of this project on the behest of Iraq (Turkey for example who is the key partner, made some very difficult demands in exchange of their partnership, even though they would benefit from it too, which Iraq had to accept because very few countries are willing to partner with Iraq in better terms due to this political weakness) as well as many foreign interferences in the government
- corruption is also extreme in Iraq, with almost all projects end up only on paper and their entire budgets disappear, not to mention Iraq does not have sorverienty in its economy since US and UK took over the oil fields and ALL of Iraq's income goes to US banks as a hostage.. and US controls the Iraqi money that Iraq can get based on the government performance if it is beneficial or not to the empire.
- you perfectly mentioned why Iran don't want this to happen and it is 100% accurate, but failed to mention (as expected) why the US will also not allow it to happen, you briefly mentioned how the US and EU threw massive cheers for India- middle east because it involves both Saudi Arabia and their colony Israel, so it is purely about geo politics. The US had already began massive propaganda campaigns against the Faw port project because it involves China, and they successfully halted the project for few years, and they also threatens Iraq regularly to cut our oil money if Iraq doesn't comply to the US.
- also, a lack of engineering expertise can turn this project into harm more than good with poor engineering judgment, even the most prestigious international engineering firms could very well perform poorly due to lack of any engineering standards and regulations, as well as corruption, corporations will want to maximize the profits first and foremost
But there's nothing I wish more in my life from all my heart more than we can overcome these challenges, and see this project through to life as intended
I really love your videos since you analyze the topic in depth while neatly matching it with a smart choice of visual information. As your name is the Caspian sea, for its relative closeness, I would be very happy if you covered Georgia as I don't as many videos about it, much less videos that explore it in depths such as yours. If Georgia is too small a topic for you, feel free to cover all of the Caucasus. Much love and, I am just happy to be able to leave this comment here, if nothing else.
I'm an Iraqi and I'm confused😮 nice work by the way. 🎉
They should add support for solar panels at the top of the project (x meters above the ground). Then eventually slowly add solar panels, you might combine with Turkiye to sell them the electricity which will give Iraq more water from the dams/rivers
ماشاءلله لاتحسدونا تف تف فخر العرب ☝🏽🩵
كافي فكريات ترة بعدهم حتى ما بادين بيه
@@m.a4651 انت وين نايم ميناء الفاو راح يكتمل والنفق المغمور كذالك
والعمل جاري على السكك الحديده والطريق البري
Thank you to all people wishing my country a good luck on this.... Bless your day :)
It's hard to imagine why anyone would decide to use this for the purpose of transporting goods from Asia to Europe. Trains and trucks just can't compete with container ships in terms of efficiency for longer trips, so its preferable to minimise their use.
The prospect of saving a handful of days is pretty irrelevant in most supply chains and anything that needs to get somewhere fast will fly there.
Plus, it's not long til the northwest passage and arctic ocean become navigable making shorter/faster/safer routes around Canada a competitor
"The prospect of saving a handful of days is pretty irrelevant"
It is not. That is billions upon billions of USD we are talking about. Halting the Suez canal caused 9 billion USD worth of economic damage every single day.
@justsefa1843 Those billions are ofset by the cost of offloading ships, loading trucks and paying people to drive. Meanwhile just having the ships go through the canal is cheaper.
@@RK-cj4oc You have the cost of offloading ships anyways. If I want to send goods to Turkey from let's say Bangladesh, would it really be cheaper, if I take extra days to navigate around Suez? That is the question here. I dont think the people that made the project ignored the most basic question: How much profit can be made?
If you want to send goods from the US to Europe, duh the port plays no role at all, but the targetted market is asia/south asia. I am not convinced that this is a useless and profitless project. Not to mention that saving days for a small cost increase is still much much more profitable than saving some money but increasing your delivery by days.
@@justsefa1843 Those were the costs of delays and the piling up backlogs and bottlenecks caused by the delays.
A thing that needs to be somewhere on day X is ordered well in advance so that it will be where it needs to be on the said day. It doesn't matter how much time the thing spends sitting on a container ship as long as it arrives when it's supposed to arrive and this is the problem that this project suffers from.
Thank you for such an excellent work
Hi, great video. I would appreciate if you could make the lines thicker when you zoom out. It can make it hard to see for those of us with not the best vision using phones
Great video, I hope this national strategic project work out. Iraq need to free itself from Iran's influence
No roads can overcome corruption, you just get expensive tolled roads.
But if the cost savings or benefits outweigh the tolls and the corruption the roads can pay for themselves.
That’s why a nation needs a proper military and rule of law to prevent it. But Iraq can’t even stand on 2 legs anymore, all these dictatorships with failed states under them trying to do mega projects like as if they are as developed as the West is what makes them always fail
@@meilinchan7314 A road running through Iraq from sea to Turkey already exists. I'm not sure what cost savings or benefits exist by building another road.
Maybe a railroad would be a better option?
@@luddity This includes a railroad. It's a corridor for both trucks and trains.
Iraqis are the most generous people in the world, this exhausted country deserves the prosperity and happiness.
Your work is truly great
Thank you for your work.
It was Erdogan who strongly opposed India Middle East Europe corridor and pushed idea of corridor to go through Iraq and Turkey no body should forget that if this project becomes reality %100 credit should go to Erdogan
This project was proposed by Iraq for decades, the problem was Iraq getting involved in constant wars. Erdogan opposed the Indian corridor because his country was purposely excluded from it, mainly because the US wanted to create more "apparent" common grounds for normalization between Isrsel and Saudi Arabia.
Thanks!
Thank you for the support!
If America goes away, everything will be fixed in one day for sure …
if America leaves Iraq will fall in Iran arms even more
If the end goal is to ship product to europe , direct shipping is still and will still be cheaper.its a win win for Turkey
A richer prosperous Middle East means less Muslims in Europe. if only the western colonialists would understand that.
Iraqi and i agree ☝️
So you put all blame on the few colonial countries practices over 70years ago?
@@Finkaisar 2003 wasn't 70 years ago
@@反ヨーロッパのサムライ So everything wrong iraq has done since independence didnt lead to gulf war and usa invading iraq again. And what iraq hasnt done since to improve itself is still western fault?
@@反ヨーロッパのサムライso we are all responsible for that? Are u responsible for everything that arabs or middle eastern countries do?
Mubarak Port is a door without a warehouse, better a small door to a large warehouse than a larger door with a small shed.
The best way for Iraq forward is to assimilate itself with its neighbouring countries,
Syria faces similar issues, and Kuwait is a strategic territory which can can help Iraq and Syria navigate through their crises.
Basically the Ottoman Empire. But western hegemony would not allow it, as they want the whole pie.
But, i remain optimistic that they'll come crashing down, and Iraq will prosper once again, (and they'll achieve this without invading other countries, and sending the rebels to Guantanamo)
I wish nothing but good things for Iraq and all my Muslim brothers and sisters.
Thanks for that good work
Love this channel
this channel is the hottest of garbage. take nothing you hear as fact.
@@cellamuert i know we shouldnt take everything at face value, but caspian seems good enough. why do you say otherwise? I'm interested
@@isaac4800 there's blatant misinformation and assumptions in every video. For example, the recent video about Iran. Go to the comments and it's Iranians clarifying how much the Islam religion doesn't matter to them. Meanwhile CR is stating the religion is what holds the country together.
It's in every video. Every single video. He's just wrong very often. Didn't used to be as bad. But at least the last 2-4 years this channel's shown little to no integrity.
@@cellamuertWho told you that religion does not unite Iranians?! Forget about those Persians who hate Islam and Arabs, their number is in the millions, but the truth is that most Iranians are extremist Shiites! I have visited Iran more than once and I have friends from there. Iranians come by the millions to my city of Karbala (holy to the Shiites) in Iraq, crying and kissing the holy places! There is a liberal Iranian movement that wants freedom and Western values, but the number of Islamists is much greater than them, and the number of Islamists is much greater than the liberals.
Here's hoping it goes to plan. May well take decades, but the better and more stable they manage to make their various institutions the likelier further development and prosperity are to follow.
If not for the sanctions, Syria and Iraq could have been twin pillars of East-West economic corridor.
As an iraqi i tell you this project will never happen due to influence of other middle eastern countries
No it will. Turkey is securing, UAE, Qatar is funding. Thats enough.
1:30 "It traverses [...] Greece before landing in Europe" 😅
$17 billion dollars sounds like a modest sum for a super highway system with 1000 km of 8 lane high speed roads. That price can easily spike up for each bridge, interchange and a major chassis crossing bridge or tunnel can easily cost well over a billion dollars. $17 billion is pretty low balling optomistic. A ring road freeway around a major city can easily cost $20 billion dollars if not more and that's for only 200 km of 8 lane divided freeway roads with a bunch of interchanges.
It’s called the Gaza genocide not “conflict.” As a reputable journalist word choice can and should matter a lot.
Not a genocide when the population is growing.
@@ymtzlgn wtf man
@@ymtzlgn40,000 Dead Children Is A "growing population"?
I Hope Your Population "grows" Too avi...❤
@@MuhammedAL-Chad-nz4jx40 k in total, civilians and combatans alike. The authorities dont realease how many were fighters, they do say that 10 k kids are dead but u cant trust those nrs either since they want outrage.
Its def thousands of kids tho.
It is a conflict, u can say that many civilians are being killed if u wamt to.
Shirvan, I continue to be impressed by your research and appreciate the alternative, non-Western-centric viewpoint of Western Asia - I learn something interesting every episode. Thanks for your stellar work.
(I'm still willing/eager to proofread your graphics for you. There are too many big boldface errors, and they impinge on your production values, which are otherwise outstanding.)