Braving rocket attack, Iraqi MPs elect Latif Rashid as new head of state
Issued on: 13/10/2022 - 18:28
Despite a rocket attack on Baghdad's Green Zone, Iraqi lawmakers Thursday elected a new…
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Iraqi MPs to meet in new bid to elect president, end deadlock
Issued on: 13/10/2022 - 10:34
Lawmakers in crisis-hit Iraq are set to meet Thursday for their fourth attempt this year to…
Iran closes borders with Iraq over unrest following Sadr resignation
Issued on: 30/08/2022 - 10:01
Fighting between rival Iraqi forces raged for a second day Tuesday as the death toll from…
Iraqi Shiite cleric Sadr announces ‘final withdrawal’ from politics
Issued on: 29/08/2022 - 14:02
Iraq's powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Monday he was quitting politics and…
Pro-Sadr demonstrators storm parliament in Iraq’s Green Zone
Issued on: 27/07/2022 - 19:36
Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Wednesday stormed parliament after…
Iraqi PM slams Turkey after Kurdistan strike kills 9 civilians
Issued on: 20/07/2022 - 19:35
Nine civilians, including at least two children, were killed in a park in Iraq's autonomous…
Iraq’s lawmakers set to elect president after months of political standstill
Issued on: 26/03/2022 - 12:01
Iraqi lawmakers on Saturday are scheduled once again to elect the country's president and try…
Iraq’s Sadr bloc confirmed as biggest winner of October parliamentary vote
Issued on: 30/11/2021 - 16:43
Iraq's Shiite Muslim firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr was Tuesday confirmed the biggest winner of last…
Iraqi PM safe after drone attack on his home
Issued on: 07/11/2021 - 06:57
A drone laden with explosives targeted the residence of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi in…
Iraq’s Sadr bloc expands influence but no party wins majority in elections
Issued on: 11/10/2021 - 21:32
An alliance of Iraqi candidates representing Shiite militias supported by neighboring Iran has emerged…