Iraq will begin accepting presidential candidacy applications as early as Wednesday, according to a parliamentary statement. Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi announced in a statement that nominations would be accepted for a period
MoreOn Sunday, Kurdish politician Hoshyar Zebari’s bid for presidency was temporarily suspended by Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court. Complaints were received, according to the court, from four lawmakers about Zebari’s candidacy, who is
MoreAccording to a local security official on Sunday, a roadside bomb targeted a military convoy carrying logistics for the US-led coalition against the Daesh/ISIS terror group in southern Iraq. The official, who
MoreThe Turkish military carried out airstrikes targeting the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) terrorist group’s positions in northern Iraq and its Syrian branch, the People’s Protection Units (YPG), in northern Syria, Turkey’s National
MoreOn Monday, Iraq’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Halbousi confirmed that talks were underway between Shia, Sunni and Kurdish parliamentary groups to form a national unity government. Without providing further details, al-Halbousi said the
MoreAccording to a military statement, Iraqi forces killed nine Daesh\ISIS terrorists in an operation in eastern Iraq’s Diyala province. According to a statement by the Ministry of Defense Security Media Network, the
MoreOn Friday, a leading Turkmen politician urged representation for his ethnic group in Iraq’s top government structures. Minister for Component Affairs in northern Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Aiden Maarouf said that
MoreOn Saturday, Kuwait Airways announced that flights to Iraq had been temporarily stopped. The decision came a day after a rocket attack aiming Baghdad International Airport. According to the statement issued by
MoreAn Iraqi police officer said on Friday that six Katyusha rockets hit Baghdad International Airport. A police official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity as he is not authorized to speak
MoreThe UN Security Council, calling for all “perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of terrorism” to be brought to justice, unanimously condemned “in the strongest terms” a recent terrorist
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