Iraq

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein says Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman has urged senior Iraqi authorities to arrange a face-to-face meeting between the top diplomats of Riyadh and Tehran, amid a diplomatic process between the two neighbors aimed at mending strained ties. Hussein told Iraq’s Kurdish-language Rudaw television …

The Federal Integrity Commission announced the implementation of (7) seizures of illegal exchange transactions and excessive maintenance work in Najaf Governorate, indicating that the total sums spent on it amounted to about one and a quarter billion dinars. The Media Center of the Commission stated in a statement that the …

The House of Representatives, in its third session of its first term for the second legislative year, within the fifth electoral session held today, Saturday, headed by Muhammad al-Halbousi, Speaker of the Council, and in the presence of 199 MPs, finished reading and discussing five draft laws. The media department …

The Prime Minister, Muhammad Al-Sudani, stressed the importance of exchanging experiences with Morocco in the file of combating extremism and terrorism. According to a statement by his media office, Al-Sudani received, today, Saturday, Morocco’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Cooperation, Nasser Bourita, and his accompanying delegation. The Moroccan minister …

The head of al-Fatah Alliance, Hadi Al-Amiri, condemned the Israeli aggressive actions against the Palestinian people. Al-Amiri said in a statement, “We express our strong condemnation of the aggressive actions that the Zionist occupation authorities have been committing against the brotherly Palestinian people,” stressing that “the Zionist entity and its …

Iraq’s military has proceeded with building a road that traverses a “hot territory” in Diyala in a bid to eradicate sleeping ISIS cells and repatriate the internally displaced citizens to their hometowns, a local official said on Saturday.

The Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammad Shia’a Al-Sudani, ended his one-day visit to France on Saturday. Al-Sudani’s media office stated that Iraq and France signed “the strategic partnership agreement,” which included more than 50 items for cooperation in various fields during the visit. The Iraqi and French officials also signed memorandums …

Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Hussein, and his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita, held a conference to announce the opening of the Moroccan embassy in Baghdad. Hussein called to strengthen the bilateral relations between the two countries and activate the joint 40 agreements for better-boosting ties. “After 25 years, the …

People have held monumental rallies across several Muslim countries throughout the world, condemning instances of desecration of the Holy Quran in Europe. Mass demonstrations erupted in the capital Baghdad and various Iraqi cities to renounce Paludan protest in Sweden on January 21 and a similar incident in the Netherlands last …

Iraq’s al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) on Saturday announced capturing the Islamic State’s top assassin in the so-called Wilayat of Northern Baghdad.

Iraq has sentenced 14 people to death for their role in the ISIS terrorist group massacre of hundreds of army cadets in 2014, judicial officials said Thursday. The massacre, one of the worst committed by ISIS in Iraq, saw the terrorists in June 2014 abduct up to 1,700 mainly Shia …

Six persons with links to the Islamic State extremist group have been apprehended in separate operations in Saladin, Iraq’s federal intelligence agency said in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, all of the arrestees joined the organization in 2014, but they served in different departments. “The first served …

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani will be heading to Paris, the French capital, on an official visit on Thursday, a source revealed on Tuesday. The source said that al-Sudani will be flanked by a high-level government delegation to discuss a spectrum of issues of mutual interest. On October 3, …

The President of the Republic, Abdul Latif Rashid, confirmed on Tuesday, that approving the general budget will be approved soon, while referring to the good relationship between the federal government and the Kurdistan region and a common desire to develop radical solutions to outstanding issues in accordance with the constitution …

The Minister of Oil stressed the importance of the oil exploration sector, in enhancing the oil reserves of the hydrocarbon wealth of Iraq. This came during his visit to the oil exploration company. Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs and Minister of Oil Hayan Abdul Ghani said that the seismic …

Today, Monday, the Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, confirmed that decisions have been taken against those who try to speculate and influence the market, indicating that we will not tolerate those who try to harm the citizen’s livelihood. Al-Sudani said in a speech on the occasion of the Iraqi Judiciary …

Dialogue is a form of “joint regional security” that can contribute to alleviating the inflammations in the Middle East, Iraq’s deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, Fuad Hussein, said on Saturday during a panel discussion on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Along with his …

Two members of the Islamic State terrorist group had been killed in an airstrike in Kirkuk, the Security Media Cell (SMC) said in a press release on Saturday. According to the press release, the two terrorists were first identified ten kilometers far from the location of the strike. The two …

In the most stunning final in the tournament’s history, Iraq won Gulfcup 2023 title by beating Oman 3-2. Romanian Kovacs Stefan officiated the final match. On Thursday, the final match took place at the Basra International Stadium, where thousands of fans had gathered since dawn. It is the first time …

Germany’s lower house has recognized as “genocide” the 2014 massacre by the armed group ISIL (ISIS) against the Yazidi minority group in Iraq and Syria. The move by parliamentarians on Thursday condemned “indescribable atrocities” and “tyrannical injustice” carried out by ISIL fighters “with the intention of completely wiping out the …