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Iraq’s Ambassador to Turkey Hisham Ali Akbar Ibrahim al-Alawi said “the Mosul campaign is to wrap up in three months” and the visit by Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to Baghdad during the weekend was “a success” and “provided the positive Read more
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has stressed that Iraq “will not accept anything other than the complete withdrawal of the Turkish troops from the Bashiqa base” before its relations with Ankara can go back to normality. Turkey claims that its forces Read more
U.S Defense Secretary Ash Carter has stated that the war against the Islamic State militants in Iraq could end before February despite the weather issues that have limited the sorties of warplanes. He said taking over the de facto ISIS Read more
The agreement between members of the Oil Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC members that was reached in Algiers last month is slowly nearing a deadlock after Iraq became one of the latest countries demanding to be exempted from it. Read more
Tension is mounting between Turkey and Iraq as the two countries’ leaders are exchanging jabs about the presence of Turkish troops in Iraq ahead of a planned operation to retake the city of Mosul. The verbal exchange climaxed Tuesday, with Read more
Tension between Baghdad and Ankara has increased after the Turkish parliament approved to prolong the presence of their forces in Iraqi-Kurdistan region. Meanwhile, the UN, through spokesperson Farhan Haq, encouraged the two parties to continue working on resolving “the matter Read more
Spokesman for the Iraqi Foreign Ministry Ahmad Jamal said Baghdad has requested Saudi Arabia to replace its Ambassador to Baghdad, Thamer al-Sabhan, for he has breached “the limits of diplomatic representation.” The spokesman reiterated however the government’s desire to continue Read more
Reacting to the Sunday suicide attack that killed more than 200 people in Baghdad, the Justice Ministry executed five prisoners on Monday as a show of solidarity with the grieved population. It is unclear if those executed played a role Read more
Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi sacked the chief of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service Zuhair al-Gharbawi and replaced him with Mustafa Kadhimi in an unexplained decision. The head of the state media was also relieved off his duties. Abadi also fired Read more
Muqtada al-Sadr and his supporters ended their sit-in protests in front of the Green Zone in Baghdad after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi submitted a list of cabinet nominees to the parliament. The prominent Shia cleric has however urged the protesters Read more