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Iran allies round on surprise Iraq vote winner
May 16, 2018 (AFP)
The preacher, who was the bete noire of American forces during the US invasion, captured the most seats in parliament after his improbable alliance with Iraq's ...
Iraq rivals jostle for power after cleric Sadr's shock win
May 15, 2018 (AFP)
With the last ballots still being counted, however, Tehran and its local allies already appeared to be making a rival push to block the fiery preacher's route t...
As former US foe gains, Mattis 'stands with' Iraq election result
May 15, 2018 (AFP)
Sadr's gains have called into question the presence of US forces in Iraq, where more than 5,000 troops are indefinitely deployed to prevent a resurgence of the ...
Fiery cleric, paramilitary leader surge at Iraq elections
May 14, 2018 (AFP)
If confirmed, the outcome would throw open the race to become the next prime minister, as internationally favoured incumbent Haider al-Abadi lagged behind after...
After war against IS, Iraq fighters target election victory
May 08, 2018 (AFP)
Abdel Amir Najem was quick to sign up to fight when Iraq's top Shiite cleric Ayatollah Ali Sistani issued a call to arms back in 2014 to stop the rampaging jiha...
Iraq says election candidate killed in family dispute, after IS claim
May 07, 2018 (AFP)
Faruq Zarzur al-Juburi, 45, was shot dead at his home south of the city of Mosul at dawn, a local official told AFP, with the country on edge just days ahead of...
Iraq's displaced forgotten in elections
May 06, 2018 (AFP)
In "Camp Seven" in the western Anbar province not a single campaign poster can be seen appealing to those who have the right to cast their ballot at the parliam...
Iraq's top Shiite authority urges voters not to re-elect 'corrupt' MPs
May 04, 2018 (AFP)
Abdel Mehdi al-Karbalai, the representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, issued the call during weekly Friday prayers in the holy city of Karbala. He said Ir...
Iraq speaker seeks pardon for Saddam's defence minister
May 03, 2018 (AFP)
General Sultan Hashim Ahmad, 74, was sentenced to death in 2007 but the presidential council has refused to ratify his sentence. In a letter dated Thursday and ...
French IS wife goes on trial for terrorism in Iraq
May 02, 2018 (AFP)
The 27-year-old mother of four faces the death penalty over her alleged membership of the jihadist organisation. Arrested in the summer of 2017 in Mosul, IS's f...
In Mosul's ruins, Iraq election candidates vow bright future
May 02, 2018 (AFP)
But the scenes of devastation that surround them almost 10 months after the Islamic State group (IS) was forced from the country's second city belie the hopeful...
US returns 3,800 smuggled artifacts to Iraq
May 02, 2018 (AFP)
The items include cuneiform tablets, cylinder seals, and clay bullae. Many of the tablets come from the ancient city of Irisagrig and date back to 2100-1600 BCE...
Iraq communists march on May Day, confident ahead of polls
May 01, 2018 (AFP)
In a joyful procession, demonstrators also waved the blue flags of their electoral list and chanted slogans like "Listen to the will of the people: reform and t...
Iraq sentences 19 Russian women to life for joining IS: judiciary
Apr 29, 2018 (AFP)
The head of Baghdad's Central Criminal Court, which deals with terrorism cases, said the women were found guilty of "joining and supporting IS", according to an...
Iraqi PM takes election campaign to Kurdish capital
Apr 26, 2018 (AFP)
"Today we are all under the tent of Iraq, and whoever wants separation will be torn apart by hyenas," he said on arrival at the airport in Arbil where he was gr...
IS threatens Iraq polling stations ahead of vote
Apr 23, 2018 (AFP)
In a message posted to the Telegram messaging app on Sunday, IS spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir called on Sunni Iraqis to boycott the May 12 polls, the first si...
Three Shiites lead field for Iraq election
Apr 22, 2018 (AFP)
Since Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein was toppled in the US-led invasion of 2003, the constitution has vested key powers in the prime minister, a post reserved fo...
14 Saddam-era officials still jailed in Iraq
Apr 22, 2018 (AFP)
Of the list of 55 suspects most wanted by the coalition that invaded Iraq, six were executed, six were killed in combat, eight died in captivity, five are on th...
Iraq says it carried out air raid against IS in Syria
Apr 19, 2018 (AFP)
Abadi ordered the strike against the jihadists "because of the danger they pose to Iraqi territory," a statement said. A video released by the air force showed ...
UN Security Council postpones visit to Iraq
Apr 18, 2018 (AFP)
Iraq told the council in a letter this week that many officials will be busy with the election campaign, which kicked off on Saturday, and will not be able to m...
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