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Iran, Iraq Stress Continuation of Security Meetings

The Iranian ambassador to Baghdad Mohammad Kazem Al-e Sadegh met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia Al-Sudani on Saturday. During the meeting, the ambassador conveyed to the Iraqi prime minister the invitation of Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Raeisi to visit Iran. Al-Sudani and Al-e Sadegh also discussed and exchanged views on the ...

5 hours ago

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Iraqi Forces to Be Redeployed on Borders with Iran, Turkey: Baghdad

The Iraqi government took the decision to plan the redeployment of forces along the borders with Iran and Turkey as part of a series of decisions taken by Baghdad on Wednesday after two countries recently carried attacks on the locations of armed groups within Iraqi soil. The mulling of the ...

2 days ago

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Iraq’s PM Hosts Kurd Leader, Reaffirms Rejection of Using Iraqi Territories as Launchpad to Attack Any Neighboring Country

The Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia’ Al-Sudani hosted on Tuesday the Kurdish leader Nechirvan Barzani, reaffirming rejection of using the Iraqi territories as a launchpad to attack any of the neighboring countries. The meeting also underscored cooperation to maintain Iraq’s sovereignty and rejection of the repeated violations, stressing the government’s ...

4 days ago

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Iraq’s New Prime Minister Dismisses Senior Officials

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia Al-Sudani sacked a number of senior officials appointed by his predecessor, a few days after a vote of confidence in his cabinet. Al-Sudani’s cabinet was approved by lawmakers on Thursday, after a year of political stalemate. Sudani, citing the government’s “interim” status, reversed many appointments ...

3 weeks ago

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At Least 10 People Killed, Many Injured in Baghdad Explosion

At least 10 people have reportedly been killed and more than 20 others injured in back-to-back explosions in the eastern part of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad with a security official ruling out terrorism as the cause. The first blast took place in a garage near a football stadium and a ...

4 weeks ago

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Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani

Iraqi PM-designate Sudani Requests Parliament Session to Vote on Cabinet

Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani, Iraq’s prime minister-designate, on Tuesday asked the country’s parliamentary speaker to hold a session by the end of the week to vote on the ministerial candidates of his cabinet, two weeks after he was named into the position. Sudani was tasked with forming Iraq’s next government on ...

October 26, 2022

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Former head of IRGC's Al-Quds Force General Martyr Qassem Suleimani and Deputy Head of the Hashd Shaabi Committee Hajj Martyr Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis

Iraq… Had it Not Been for Iran? (Videos)

Ahmad Farhat, Translated and Edited by Mohammad Salami Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah warned during a speech on October 1, 2022, against the anti-Iran propaganda promoted in Iraq, underlining the Iranian support to Iraqis in their fight against ISIL terrorist group. The two civilizations of Iraq, Mesopotamia, and Iran, ...

October 24, 2022

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A handout picture released by the Iraqi Parliament, shows Iraq's Parliament Speaker Mohamed Al Halbousi heading a session during which as new president is due to be elected, in the capital Baghdad, on October 13, 2022. AFP

Iraq Elects President, Tasks PM-designate to Form New Government

Iraqi lawmakers on Thursday elected former minister Abdul Latif Rashid as the country’s next president, taking a key step toward ending a crippling political vacuum. Meanwhile, Mohammad Shia Al Sudani has been tasked by Iraq’s new president with forming the next government. Mr. Al Sudani has served as an MP ...

October 13, 2022

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Iraq’s PMU Headquarters Comes under Rocket Attack

Iraqi media reported on Tuesday morning that 3 explosions rocked the city of Basra in the south of the country. According to reports, these explosions targeted the headquarters of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization unit (PMU), also known as Hashd al-Shaabi, forces in Basra, and after that, intermittent gunfire was heard. “8 ...

October 4, 2022

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Iraq Says Ready to Host New Round of Iran-Saudi Talks

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein highlighted Baghdad’s efforts to mediate between Iran and Saudi Arabia, voicing his country’s readiness to host a fresh round of negotiations between Tehran and Riyadh. In a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian in New York on Saturday, Hussein pointed to the positive ...

September 26, 2022