The Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) said on Sunday that 44.5 percent of Iraqis cast their ballots in the first legislative elections in the country since the defeat of Islamic State last year. “Of all 24.5 million eligible voters, just 10,8 million voted in the parliamentary polls with a ...
The head of Gaza’s Hamas resistance movement left for Cairo Sunday, sources in the movement said, a day before major protests are expected over Washington’s Al-Quds embassy move. Ismail Haniyeh passed through the Rafah crossing early Sunday and is expected to meet the head of Egypt’s security services, the sources ...