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Iraq soldier killed in search for Turk abduction suspect
Sep 04, 2015 (AFP)
An Iraqi soldier was killed in clashes with gunmen as security forces searched for a suspect behind the kidnappings of 18 Turkish workers, the military said Fri...
Gunmen kidnap 18 Turks in Iraq capital
Sep 02, 2015 (AFP)
Gunmen kidnapped at least 18 Turkish employees of a company building a football stadium in Baghdad on Wednesday, officials said, but it was not immediately clea...
A year on, Yazidis so close yet so far from Iraq hub
Aug 31, 2015 (AFP)
Jihadists occupying the Iraqi town of Sinjar are so close that Kurdish fighters can watch them without binoculars and battles are often fought with hand grenade...
Thousands protest against corruption in Iraq capital
Aug 28, 2015 (AFP)
REThousands of Iraqis demonstrated against corruption in Baghdad's Tahrir Square on Friday, including supporters of powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Prot...
Iraq president says constitution should not be bypassed
Aug 26, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi President Fuad Masum said Wednesday Iraq's constitution should be amended rather than bypassed, in an apparent criticism of the premier's plan to abolish ...
Iraq parliament chief puts electricity minister on the spot
Aug 25, 2015 (AFP)
Iraq's parliament speaker threatened the electricity minister Tuesday with a vote of no confidence if he does not appear within four days to be quizzed over a p...
Top Shiite cleric plays major role in Iraq reform drive
Aug 24, 2015 (AFP)
As Iraq attempts to curb rampant corruption and streamline the government, the country's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, is playing a crucial...
'Legal vacuum' as Iraqi Kurd leader's term expires
Aug 20, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi Kurdistan president Massud Barzani's extended term expired on Thursday, leaving the autonomous region in a "legal vacuum" that Kurdish political parties a...
Iraq PM orders major cuts in guards for officials
Aug 20, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Thursday ordered major cuts in the number of guards for officials, the latest step in a reform drive to curb corruption and...
Iraq inquiry finds officials grossly mismanaged Mosul crisis
Aug 19, 2015 (AFP)
Top officials ignored ample warnings of an impending attack on Iraq's second city Mosul and grossly mismanaged the crisis that saw jihadists seize it, a parliam...
Iraq PM delays China trip over security, reform drive
Aug 18, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi postponed a planned visit to China due to security developments and the need to follow up on a wide-ranging reform drive, h...
Iraq lawmakers refer report on Mosul fall to judiciary
Aug 17, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi lawmakers voted Monday to refer to the judiciary a report holding top officials, including ex-premier Nuri al-Maliki, responsible for the fall of second c...
Iraq PM scraps third of cabinet posts in reform drive
Aug 16, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the removal of 11 of 33 cabinet posts Sunday, the first concrete step in a reform drive to curb corruption and st...
Iraq probe finds Maliki, others responsible for Mosul fall
Aug 16, 2015 (AFP)
An Iraqi parliamentary investigation found ex-premier Nuri al-Maliki and other officials responsible for jihadists overrunning second city Mosul, in a report be...
UK families threaten lawsuit over Iraq war inquiry delay
Aug 13, 2015 (AFP)
The families of British troops killed in the Iraq war vowed legal action Thursday against the long-delayed inquiry into the conflict unless it publishes its fin...
Iraq PM condemns US officer's remarks on partition
Aug 13, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office condemned Thursday outgoing US army chief General Raymond Odierno's "irresponsible" statement on the possibility t...
Departing US army chief says Iraq may have to be partitioned
Aug 12, 2015 (AFP)
The US Army's outgoing chief of staff warned Wednesday that reconciliation between Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq is becoming harder and that partitioning the count...
Bush, Clinton trade blame over Iraq war
Aug 11, 2015 (AFP)
A decade of anger over the Iraq war resurfaced in the 2016 US election race Tuesday, with Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton's campaigns trading blame about that coun...
Iraq parliament approves PM's anti-corruption plan
Aug 11, 2015 (AFP)
Iraq's parliament on Tuesday unanimously approved Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's reform programme aimed at curbing corruption and reducing government waste th...
Iraq PM rolls out sweeping reforms after protests
Aug 09, 2015 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday proposed scrapping top government posts and curbing privileges in an ambitious reform drive sparked by swelling p...
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