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Popular Iraqi Shiite leader Iraqi Muqtada al-Sadr has announced he will not take part in October general parliamentary elections as he distances himself from current Administration. “To save the country, I inform you that I will not take part in Read more
Iraq has arrested a senior army officer who allegedly stole the salaries of peers and fled to Turkey, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports, citing the Iraqi military. Spokesperson for the Iraqi Commander-in-Chief Yehia Rasool announced on Twitter the arrest of Read more
15 people were injured Wednesday in a bomb explosion inside a popular market in the Shia-majority Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, reports say. The blast, a security source in the Baghdad police department, indicated that an explosive device went off Read more
Member of the European Parliament representing the Czech Republic, Kateřina Konečná has taken a swipe at Europe and the U.S for interfering in internal affairs of Syria, Iraq and Libya, state-run Syrian news agency SANA reports. Konečná took aim at Read more
The UAE has asked Italy to withdraw its military jets and forces from a military base in the Gulf country by July 2, an Italian source told Reuters, in an apparent reaction to the European country’s opposition to a missile Read more
A farmer and his son died Sunday in a roadside bomb explosion in the southern part of Iraqi capital Baghdad, Xinhua news agency reports. The explosion, Chinese news agency notes citing a statement by the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC), Read more
Unidentified gunmen killed Monday in his car a senior officer of the Iraqi intelligence services, second such incident this year. Col. Nebras Farman was killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen on his car in the Shia-dominated eastern district of Read more
Kuwait Sunday agreed to end the decision not to issue family and business visas to Pakistanis, in place since 2011, Pakistan’s Interior minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said. The Gulf country in 2011 suspended issuance of family and business visas to Read more
Iraqi President Barham Salih has revealed he has introduced a bill in the parliament to recuperate nearly $150 billion he believes has been smuggled out of the country since 2003. Salih in a televised speech Saturday said Government and international Read more
Iran’s foreign ministry Monday summoned the Iraqi envoy to the Islamic Republic to protest against attacks against the Iranian consulate in Karbala, central Iraq. The Iraqi envoy, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports citing the foreign ministry was handed a “letter Read more