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Iraqi Politics
PUK security forces say they foiled plan to kill Bafel Talabani
Bafel Jalal Talabani, the President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, August 2025. Photo: iKurd.net/Talabani's Press Office/PUK security forces video...
Iraq court voids law granting diplomatic passports to officials’ relatives
A diplomatic passport of Idris Nechirvan Barzani, who holds no official government position. He is the son of Iraqi Kurdistan...
The Arrest of Ajaj Hardan Ahmad al-Tikriti: Questions and concerns
Ajaj Hardan Ahmad al-Tikriti during a special forces training exercise in the 1980s, demonstrating survival skills by eating a snake...
Massoud Barzani authorized passport for Saddam Hussein’s son-in-law, Jamal Mustafa
A composite image showing Jamal Mustafa—Saddam Hussein’s son-in-law and husband of Hala Saddam (right), and Massoud Barzani in the background...
Kurdistan did not deliver any oil to Iraq, SOMO says
Ali Nazar Faeq, Director General of the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company (SOMO), 2025. Photo: ina.iq BAGHDAD,— Iraq’s national oil marketing...
Iraq considers law to ban dual nationals from senior government posts
Illustrative photo: iKurd.net/ai BAGHDAD,— A legislative proposal under review in Iraq’s Parliament seeks to amend the nationality law to bar...
Turkey seeks new Iraq deal over halted Kurdistan oil pipeline
An oil field in Iraqi Kurdistan, 2024. Photo: Rudaw ANKARA,— Turkey still wants to restart oil flows through a pipeline...
Iraq’s high court drops cases against Kurdistan-US energy deals
Masrour Barzani, the caretaker Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (center), looks on as two major energy agreements...
Kurdistan agreed to hand over oil to SOMO, Iraq government says
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al-Sudani (left) holds a cabinet meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 17, 2025. Photo: The...
Pro-Iran Shiite groups in Iraq demand US exit after Israeli strikes on Iran
Abdul Aziz al-Mohammadawi, also known as Abu Fadak, leader of Iraq’s pro-Iran Shiite group Kataeb Hezbollah, in 2021. Photo: SM...
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