Iraqi lawmakers on Thursday voted to approve a bill banning relations with ‘Israel’. In a statement, the Parliament’s media office said the assembly passed a bill “criminalizing the normalization of ties with the Zionist entity.” According to state news agency INA, the bill was passed unanimously during Thursday’s session. During ...
Iraq closed public buildings and temporarily shut airports Monday as another sandstorm — the ninth since mid-April — hit the country. More than 1,000 people were hospitalized across the nation with respiratory problems, health ministry spokesman Seif al-Badr told AFP. Flights were also grounded in neighboring Kuwait for a second ...
