Officials have stated that Iraqi legislators have failed to elect a new president for lack of a quorum for a third time, deepening the war-scarred country’s political crisis. The continued failure by
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A new Iraqi government should be formed by the country’s political parties if they can unite, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said on Sunday. A statement from al-Kadhimi’s office reads, “I call
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On Saturday, after dozens of lawmakers boycotted the voting session, the Iraqi parliament failed to elect the country’s president which was reported through a statement issued by the body, saying 126 out
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On Wednesday, the Al-Sadr party of Muqtada al-Sadr, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), and the Sunni Sovereignty Alliance announced an agreement on naming KDP nominee Reber Ahmed for the Iraqi presidency and
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On Monday, authorities stated they had discovered the remains of 143 unidentified people killed between 2014-2017 when the Daesh/ISIS terrorist group was in control of northern Iraq’s Nineveh province. A mass grave
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On Saturday, according to a security officer, Iraqi security forces launched a military operation to pursue Daesh/ISIS militants in the northern Salahuddin province. The officer in question said, on condition of anonymity,
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An area around Balad Air Base in Iraq’s northern Saladin province, where US and other foreign contracted personnel are located, has been struck by at least four Katyusha rockets. In a statement
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According to the military, eight militants from the Daesh/ISIS terrorist group were captured by Iraqi army forces on Wednesday. Iraqi military spokesperson Yehia Rasool said two militants were arrested in the capital
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On Monday, the Supreme Judicial Council of northern Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) called for a complaint to be filed with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on the Iranian missile attack
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Iran’s consul general in Erbil was summoned by Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) early on Tuesday over an Iranian missile attack on the city. The KRG’s Department of Foreign Relations said in
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