Iraq blames Iran for drastic decline in river flow
DARBANDIKHAN, Iraq: Iraqi officials warned Tuesday of a drastic drop in the flow of water in a river from Iran due to low rainfall and dam-building in the neighboring Islamic…
Iraq pledges to end harmful gas flaring by 2025
Iraq will stop flaring associated gas by 2025, the country’s deputy prime minister announced at the Middle East Green Initiative Summit. Speaking in Riyadh on Monday, Ali Allawi admitted his…
Iraqi voters turn their backs on Iran-backed armed groups
Armed factions backed by Iran have been decimated in Iraq’s parliamentary elections. Voters turned their backs on the previously powerful Fatah Alliance, reducing their number of seats in parliament from…
Moqtada Al-Sadr wins Iraq vote, former PM Al-Maliki close behind
Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr’s party was the biggest winner in an Iraqi election on Monday, increasing the number of seats he holds in parliament, according to initial results, officials…
UN launches initiative to repatriate citizens from Iraq and Syria
Iraq and the Netherlands joined the UN agencies responsible for children and counter-terrorism to launch a global framework to support UN member states willing to repatriate their citizens from Iraq…
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi wants Iraqis to achieve the change they want — through the ballot box
As the countdown begins to Iraq’s parliamentary elections on Oct. 10, some political parties are hoping that the voting-age population will overlook their history of broken promises and succumb to…
Iraqi leader Barham Salih tells UNGA: ‘Corruption and terrorism work in tandem’
Cooperation and solidarity is the world’s “only choice” in the fight against global terrorism, Iraqi President Barham Salih said. Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Salih told fellow world leaders…
Salih calls for respect for Iraqi sovereignty
WASHINGTON D.C.: Iraqi President Barham Salih said his country should not be used as a proxy by its more powerful neighbors Iran and Turkey to settle regional conflicts. Speaking at…
Church in former Daesh Iraqi stronghold gets new bell
MOSUL: A bell was inaugurated at a church in Mosul on Saturday to the cheers of Iraqi Christians, seven years after the Daesh group overran the northern city. Dozens of…
Iraq’s Sadr reverses vote boycott
Iraq’s populist Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr on Friday reversed his decision to boycott the October elections and said his movement would take part in order to help “end corruption.” A…