Iraq

A security source revealed that the Prime Minister, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, has assigned a new Chief of Staff to succeed Othman Al-Ghanmi, who became Minister of the Interior. Al- Kadhimi assigned Lieutenant General, Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah to head the Army Staff, the source, who requested …

Iraq has told OPEC it would start an urgent plan to cut its oil production gradually to fully comply with its quota, an OPEC delegate said on Saturday after the group demanded that Baghdad and other laggards adhere to a pact on output curbs. Iraq’s plan would include reaching a …

Iraq reported 1252 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Saturday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa 498 Baghdad / Al-Karkh 165 Baghdad / Medical City 2 Najaf 47 Basra 149 Sulaymaniyah 45 Erbil 29 Kerbala 34 Wasit …

Parliamentary sources said on Saturday that the leader of the “Al-Fateh” coalition, the Secretary-General of Badr Organization, has submitted a formal request to resign from the Iraqi parliament. Al-Amiri submitted a formal request to the parliament presidency to resign, without further details, the sources told Alghadeer News. This comes at …

The Iraqi Parliament voted on Saturday on the seven vacant portfolios in the government of Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi. “The Parliament voted on Ihsan Abd al-Jabbar Ismail as Minister of Oil and Fuad Mohammad Hussein Baki as the Minister of Foreign Affairs,” The media department of the parliament said in …

The spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Brigadier Yahya Rasoul, confirmed today, Saturday, that “the operations of the Iraqi heroes – the victory of sovereignty, have achieved their goals as planned.” Rasoul said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency “conscious”, seen by “Al-Ghadeer”, that “the operations …

The office of Iraq’s leading cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani sent a message on Saturday to the Iraqis, in which he called on them to adhere to the “strict” precautionary measures after the increasing number of cases of Corona pandemic in the country. “Respected Iraqis … in these difficult days …

The Parliamentary Finance Committee announced today, Friday, its position regarding the Iraqi government’s resort to external debt to fill the country’s budget deficit, considering the internal borrowing a better option. The committee’s chairman, Ahmed Al-Saffar said that, “cutting the salaries does not help Iraq dealing with its financial crisis,” noting …

On Friday, the Popular Mobilization Forces managed to kill an ISIS terrorist and wounded another while thwarting a terrorist attack to burn wheat plants and kill farmers west of the Sharqat district in Salah al-Din Governorate. A source in PMF said that today, a force from the 51st Brigade of …

The Iraqi ministry of health and Environment declared today, Friday, that 14 fatalities and 1006 new confirmed cases were registered. Those numbers are the highest since the outbreak of the virus in the country. The Ministry stated that 281901 tests were performed since the beginning of the outbreak, adding up …

The general manager of the Iraqi Ports Company said, “The incident of the sinking of the Iranian ship (Behbehan) at the entrance of Khor Abdullah, Basra has no effect on maritime traffic.” He added, “It is believed that the cause of the sinking of the vessel loaded with (ceramic) material …

Iranian Minister of energy, Reza Ardakyanian, announced on Thursday signing a two-year contract to export electricity to Iraq. The announcement took place during his official visit to Baghdad this Wednesday. In a statement reported by the official Iranian news agency, “IRNA”, Ardakyanian said that, “the previous contracts for exporting electricity …

An Iraqi legislator says the parliament will reject any negotiations between Baghdad and Washington aimed at prolonging US military presence in the country, emphasizing that the forthcoming talks should secure the exit of American troops. “The negotiations between Washington and Baghdad, which are to start in the middle of this …

Iraq reported 672 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Thursday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 233 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 60 cases, Medical City: 70 cases, Basra: 28 cases, Najaf: 18 cases, Sulaymaniyah: 57 cases, Erbil: …

Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed Al-Halbousi and the US ambassador to Baghdad Matthew Toller discussed ways to support the Iraqi government in several areas. Al-Halbousi’s office said in a statement, “Today, Thursday, the Speaker of the House of Representatives received Matthew Toller, the American ambassador to Iraq, and the meeting discussed …

The Iraqi parliament announced on Thursday, that its Speaker, Muhammad Al-Halbousi has received the names of the cabinet candidates for the vacant portfolios. The parliament didn’t mention the candidates or ministries’ names. It is noteworthy that 7 ministries in Mustafa Al-Kadhimi’s government are still vacant, namely (Oil, Foreign Affairs, Justice, …

Iraqi Minister of Water Resources, Mahdi Al-Hamdani, confirmed Thursday, that there are no fears of the collapse of the Mosul Dam while stressing that remediations are available and the sustainability is continuing. Al-Hamdani said, in an interview with the Iraqi News Agency, and seen by the “Al-Ghadeer” website, that “the …

Iranian Minister of Energy Reza Ardakanian announced on Wednesday that a two-year contract was signed with Iraq to export electricity. Elaborating on the achievements made during his visit to Iraq, Ardakanian said that all contracts for the export of electricity to Iraq have used to be one-year, but during this …

On Thursday Diyala operations for the PMF began carrying out an operation to raid the nests of the “ISIS” group in the Hamrin Mountains chain within the third day of Operation “Heroes of Iraq, Victory of Sovereignty.” The commander of the Diyala operations division in the PMF, Talib al-Moussawi, said …

A security source said, on Wednesday, that 10 members of the rapid response team on duty were injured in an explosion southwest of Kirkuk. The source said to Alghadeer News that, “At least 10 individuals were wounded by a bomb targeting a military convoy of the Rapid Response Forces in …