Iraqi politicians fear attacks against candidates of Iraq Parliamentary elections due to fierce completion among political powers.
Fears were provoked by statements of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki who warned against candidates assassinations which would aim to confuse the electoral process ...
The disqualification of candidates from Iraqi Parliamentary elections by Justice and Accountability Commission was misguided, US ambassador to Baghdad Christopher Hill said on Monday.
"I don't think there is any person alive who would say that mistakes were not made early on," said Hill.
The US ...
US President Barack Obama and his Vice President Joseph Biden met in Washington Iraqi Vice President Tarek Al Hashemi, the White House said.
The meeting tackled recent developments in Iraq mainly upcoming elections. Al Hashemi was supposed to meet with US Vice President alone but President Obama ...
Pilgrims marking Imam Hussein (AS) Arbaeen were targeted by ongoing violence in Baghdad. A female suicide bomber wearing an explosives belt blew herself up amidst crowds of pilgrims in Bob Al Sham region. The blast hit crowds of pilgrims at a rest station where they stopped for food killing 46 and ...
Statements by Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul Mehdi in “Wa Lakum Al Qarar” program on Alsumaria which will be aired later on are subject to controversy in media.
Abdul Mehdi’s office issued a clarification on Sunday over his recent statements regarding Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki.
Calls ...
Crowds of pilgrims are pouring in to Karbala in commemoration of Imam Hussein Arbaeen (AS) amidst fears of attacks. Security was beefed up in protection of pilgrims while armored cars and ambulances accompanied convoys of pilgrims.
Sheikh Abdul Mehdi Al Karbalai had warned in his Friday sermon of ...
Baghdad Municipality plans to renovate the historic Al Rasheed Street as part of the largest Iraqi reconstruction project since 2003.
Al Rasheed Street in central Baghdad, once a commercial artery, has been damaged for nearly three decades of war and sanctions. The 7 billion dollar restoration ...
Kirkuk’s Tribal National Council related to the Arab Political Council called for an effective monitoring of Iraq Parliamentary elections by the United Nations, the European Union, the Arab League and the Islamic Conference Organization.
Tribal Council’s senior official Sheikh Khaled Al ...
Iraqi Parliament Speaker Iyad Al Samarraie sent a letter to Independent High Electoral Commission calling to hold measures against disqualified candidates until the specialized parliamentary elections gets to scrutinize the files of excluded according to the decision of Justice and Accountability ...
Iraqi MP Sami Al Askari ruled out any alliance with Sadrists.
Al Sadr Front combines between politics and armed operations, Al Askari said noting that this does not go along with the principles of State of Law Coalition headed by Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki, he added in an interview with ...
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