According to state media, an open sit-in protest started by supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr inside the parliament on Saturday after they breached the building in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone. Ibrahim
MoreOn Saturday, for the second time in a week, supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed the Iraqi parliament building in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone as they were protesting the nomination of
MoreClarifications on Tunisian measures against Ghannouchi sought by Inter-Parliamentary Union
A former parliamentarian said on Saturday that the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has asked for clarifications about the questioning of Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi by Tunisian authorities. The IPU’s Human Rights Committee requested
MoreThe final readings of a bill to dissolve the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, was passed by Israeli lawmakers on Thursday, paving the way for snap elections scheduled for November 1. With no opposition,
MoreOn Wednesday, Kuwait’s Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah dissolved the country’s parliament and called for early elections. In a televised statement, the crown prince said, “Based on our constitutional rights, we
MoreIn advance of early elections in October, the Knesset (Israel’s Parliament) voted on a bill to dissolve itself on Wednesday. 110 MPs voted in favor of the measure on Wednesday. Next week
MoreOn Monday, state media reported that a bill was agreed upon by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to be submitted next week for the dissolution of the
MoreIn an apparent bid to end eight months of political deadlock, lawmakers from Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s bloc resigned from Iraq’s parliament on Sunday. Over the failure to form a new government
MoreAccording to the official Iraqi news agency, due to the failure to form a new government in Iraq, Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Thursday called on his parliamentary bloc members to resign
MoreThe Israeli government has failed to adopt a law that would renew and protect the legal status of illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, a major setback for the weak
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