Iraq’s top Shi’ite Muslim cleric on Friday condemned deadly violence that killed protesters at sit-ins this week in the southern holy city of Najaf and said a new government must Continue Reading
Hind Al Soulia – Riyadh – Iraq’s political turmoil and the prospect – albeit still remote – of future US sanctions have triggered a warning from one of the country’s Continue Reading
Populist Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr urged his followers on Sunday to help security forces clear roads blocked during months of sit-in protests, calling for a return to normal life after Continue Reading
Iraq’s crude exports, excluding the semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region, fell 3.5% in January from the month before, according to government data. Separately, the country’s president named a new prime minister Continue Reading
A diplomatic balancing act has grown more challenging and risky in the month since Soleimani’s assassination. Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Massud Barzani (r), meets with Iranian Recent hostilities between Continue Reading
New Prime Minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi appealed to downtrodden Iraqis for their support on Saturday hours after his appointment by President Barham Salih, but protesters were already rejecting the head Continue Reading
The Al Ahdab oil field in Iraq has resumed oil production after a week’s suspension that followed protests from security guards at the field, Bloomberg reports . Production has resumed Continue Reading
Iraqi government security forces on Saturday took back ground from protesters in Baghdad and Basra, in an apparent bid to quell the demonstrations that have lasted for nearly four months Continue Reading
Iraqi security forces fired teargas and live bullets in clashes on Sunday with protesters angered by high-level corruption who resisted with stones and petrol bombs, Reuters witnesses and security sources Continue Reading
Iraqis flocked to join anti-government protests after an influential cleric withdrew his support and security forces moved to quash the four-month-old uprising. A wave of students headed to protest sites Continue Reading
