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KDP’s Bashir Haddad is 2nd Deputy Speaker in Iraqi Parliament

The Iraqi parliament reconvened on Sunday and elected Bashir Haddad of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) as the second deputy to the speaker on Sunday. Haddad, a former MP in the Kurdistan Region Parliament, beat out Ahmad Rashid from the Kurdistan Islamic Group (Komal). He earned 185 votes of the ...

September 16, 2018

Middle East

Iraq Parliament Elects New Speaker

The Iraqi parliament elected Mohammad Al-Halbousi as a new speaker on Saturday, marking the first step towards establishing the new government four months after an inconclusive national election. Al-Halbousi tallied 169 votes to beat out Khalid al-Obaidi’s 89, local media reported. Al-Halbusi was governor of the province of Anbar, one ...

September 15, 2018

Middle East

Car Bomb Explosion in Iraq Kills 5 People, 32 More Injured

At least five people were killed and 32 more wounded in a car bomb explosion in northern Iraq, local media reported citing the Iraqi Health Ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday. According to the Al-Sumaria broadcaster, the blast hit a restaurant north of the city of Tikrit. Earlier in the day, ...

September 12, 2018

Middle East

Iraq’s PM Visits Basra, Rejects Attacks on Consulates, Diplomatic Missions

The Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi rejected, during a visit to Al-Basra province on Monday, the attacks on the consulates and the diplomatic missions in the entire country, stressing that providing the various services to the city requires restoring security across it. In this context, Al-Abadi confirmed reinforcing the military ...

September 10, 2018

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Deputy Head of Iraq’s Hashd Shaabi, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis

“US Threatened to Burn Basra If Abadi Wasn’t Given Another Term”

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Force who defeated ISIL Takfiri forces said on Saturday it had evidence showing US diplomatic missions in the Arab country have instigated the recent violence in the southern oil-rich city of Basra. Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of the volunteer force, which is also known as Hashd ...

September 9, 2018

Middle East

Iraq’s Hashd Shaabi Factions Say Ready to Prevent US-Saudi Conspiracy in Government Regard

The Iraqi Hashd Shabi factions warned against the US-Saudi conspiracy to form a weak cabinet which would be liable to the foreign wills and dictations in Iraq. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Hashd Shabi factions said they are ready to frustrate the foreign interventions, stressing that they “will ...

September 5, 2018

Middle East

Pompeo Talks to Abadi, Allawi amid Public Anger over US Meddling

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has spoken to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Vice President Ayad Allawi amid public frustration with Washington’s interference in Baghdad’s affairs. Iraq’s political parties are locked in talks to form a government following the May parliamentary elections which propelled anti-American blocs to victory ...

September 2, 2018

Middle East

A gunman of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) holds an ISIL flag and a weapon on a street in the city of Mosul, June 23, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

Iraq, Russia, Iran, Syria Military Chiefs Discuss Security, Intel Cooperation

Senior military commanders from Iraq, Russia, Iran and Syria have met in Baghdad and exchanged views on security and intelligence cooperation. The commanders from the four countries, which have joint operation rooms to coordinate the fight against the ISIL terror group, attended the conference on Saturday. The Iraqi Defense Ministry ...

September 2, 2018

Middle East

Suicide Attack Kills Two Policemen near Iraq’s Kirkuk

At least two policemen were killed and three wounded when a suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives at their checkpoint near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk Thursday, police sources said. Police said the attack took place in the town of Abbasi, around 65 km southwest of the ...

August 30, 2018

Middle East

Eight Killed in Car Bomb Attack on Iraqi Checkpoint

At least eight people were killed and 12 wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on a security checkpoint in western Iraq, the local mayor said Wednesday. The attacker drove a car rigged with explosives into the checkpoint in Qaim district, Mayor Ahmad al-Mehlawy told Reuters. Some of the wounded ...

August 29, 2018