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Braving rockets, Iraq MPs elect president who names PM after year of deadlock
Oct 13, 2022 (AFP)
Abdul Latif Rashid, a 78-year-old Iraqi Kurd, was elected as head of state, replacing Barham Saleh, by the assembly in the capital's heavily fortified Green Zon...
Crisis-hit Iraq makes latest bid to elect president
Oct 13, 2022 (AFP)
Oil-rich Iraq has yet to form a new government after general elections more than a year ago that were brought forward by a wave of mass protests against endemic...
Political paralysis in Iraq hampers economic growth
Oct 08, 2022 (AFP)
Iraq has raked in huge revenues from oil exports this year, but the profits are locked up in the central bank's coffers, which have amassed a colossal $87 billi...
Thousands of Iraqis mark third anniversary of nationwide protests
Oct 01, 2022 (AFP)
The latest protests come as Iraq has been mired in political paralysis since elections in October last year that have failed to bring in a new president, prime ...
Rockets fired at Iraq's Green Zone as parliament sits
Sep 28, 2022 (AFP)
The parliament, at the centre of a months-long political paralysis, met for the first since deadly unrest in August to vote on the resignation of its speaker. "...
Iraq MPs to meet for first time since inter-Shiite bloodshed
Sep 26, 2022 (AFP)
Parliament said in a brief statement on Monday that votes on the resignation of the assembly's speaker, Mohammed al-Halbussi, and the appointment of a first dep...
21 million Shiites mark Arbaeen in Iraq's Karbala
Sep 17, 2022 (AFP)
Arbaeen marks the end of the 40-day mourning period for the 7th-century killing of Imam Hussein by the forces of the Caliph Yazid -- a formative event in Shiite...
Iraq ancient ruins open up to tourism after IS atrocities
Sep 11, 2022 (AFP)
Designated an endangered world heritage site by UNESCO, Hatra dates back to the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC. It is a two-hour drive from Mosul, the former "capital...
Iraq security official arrested over bribe: graft body
Sep 05, 2022 (AFP)
In a statement carried by state media, the Commission for Integrity said it arrested the director of the National Security department in Maysan who was caught a...
Iraq parliament staff resume work after weeks-long hiatus
Sep 04, 2022 (AFP)
The development came as speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi suggested an agenda for an upcoming national dialogue session following an 11-month political paralysis that...
4 dead as Shiite rivals clash in Iraq's Basra: security source
Sep 01, 2022 (AFP)
Two members of Saraya al-Salam -- an armed faction linked to powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr -- were killed when their vehicle came under fire from the Asai...
3 dead as Shiite rivals clash in Iraq's Basra: security source
Sep 01, 2022 (AFP)
Two members of Saraya al-Salam -- an armed faction linked to powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr -- were killed when their vehicle came under fire from the Asai...
Sadr locked into 'zero-sum' game for Iraq dominance, analysts say
Aug 31, 2022 (AFP)
"Sadr is looking to become the most powerful Shiite political player in Iraq," Renad Mansour of British think tank Chatham House told AFP. "That is his agenda, ...
Moqtada Sadr: Iraq's political, religious force; as political gridlock persists
Aug 31, 2022 (AFP)
On Monday, in a short message, he announced his "definitive retirement" from politics and the closure of all institutions linked to his movement. Shortly therea...
Iraq protesters disperse after Sadr demands end to deadly clashes
Aug 30, 2022 (AFP)
The clashes that erupted on Monday pitted Sadr loyalists against Shiite factions backed by neighbouring Iran -- violence that prompted Iraq's president to push ...
Shelling targets Baghdad's Green Zone amid deadly chaos after Sadr quits politics
Aug 30, 2022 (AFP)
Tensions have soared in Iraq amid a political crisis that has left the country without a new government, prime minister or president for months, and escalated s...
Protests erupt as Iraq Shiite cleric Sadr says quitting politics
Aug 29, 2022 (AFP)
Shortly after he made his surprise declaration, Sadr followers "entered the Republican Palace", a government building inside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone that...
Iraq's powerful Shiite cleric Sadr says quitting politics
Aug 29, 2022 (AFP)
"I've decided not to meddle in political affairs. I therefore announce now my definitive retirement," said Sadr, a longtime player in the war-torn country's pol...
Powerful Iraq Shiite cleric Sadr says quitting politics; Supporters storm Republican Palace
Aug 29, 2022 (AFP)
"I've decided not to meddle in political affairs. I therefore announce now my definitive retirement," said Sadr, a longtime player in the war-torn country's pol...
Australian embassy car hit by IED in Iraq, 'minor damage'
Aug 26, 2022 (AFP)
A multi-car Australian embassy convoy was travelling through the high security Green Zone when the device went off, an Iraqi security source said, declining to ...
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