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Iraqi Politics
Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah vows to keep arms despite pressure to disarm
Iraq’s pro-Iran armed Shiite group Kataib Hezbollah, Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 22, 2024. Photo: Reuters BAGHDAD,— The Iraqi Shiite pro-Iran group...
Sadr orders Saraya al-Salam militias to integrate into Iraqi state
Iraqi populist Shiite leader Muqtada al Sadr, 2022. Photo: AFP BAGHDAD,— Influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced Wednesday that he...
Iraq seeks IMF, World Bank aid after Iran conflict: Reuters
International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, U.S., September 4, 2018. Photo: Reuters BAGHDAD,—...
Iraq’s new PM Ali al-Zaidi sworn in with partial cabinet
Iraq's new Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, left, was sworn in with partial cabinet, the parliament, Baghdad, Iraq, May 14, 2026....
US sanctions Iraq’s deputy oil minister, pro-Iran militias
Iraq's deputy oil minister Ali Maarij Al-Bahadly, April 2026. Photo: Bahadly's fb WASHINGTON,— The United States imposed sanctions on Iraq’s...
US wants Iraq’s next PM to take concrete action on pro-Iran militias
Iraqi PM-designate Ali al-Zaidi, center, Sulaimani city, Iraqi Kurdistan, May 2, 2026. Photo: Channel8.com WASHINGTON,— The United States is seeking...
KDP returns to Iraqi parliament, ends failed boycott
Iraqi PM-designate Ali al Zaidi, left, with Iraqi Kurdistan region president and KDP party Vice President Nechirvan Barzani, Baghdad, Iraq,...
It’s High Time for Baghdad to Make Some Hard Decisions
Hashim Finyan Rahim al-Saraji, who is also known as Abu Alaa al-Walae, commander of the pro-Iran Shiite Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada...
Iraq president asks PM-designate Ali al-Zaidi to form government
Iraqi President Nizar Amedi, 2nd left, appoints Ali al-Zaidi, 2nd from right, the candidate of the Shiite Coordination Framework, as...
Liberation begins when we stop singing their songs, write our own
Iraqi Arabs and Kurds, 2017. Photo: Radio Nawa/via iKurd.net True liberation begins the moment we stop singing their songs and...
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