Iraq
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Baghdad to send 400 billion dinars to Kurdistan Region: Minister
The Federal government will send 400 billion Iraqi dinars ($274 million) to the Kurdistan Region for the months of November and December, a Kurdish official said.
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Institute says Kurdistan Region is no longer at top of America's Middle East policies
The Washington Think Tank for Middle East Policy believes that the Kurdistan Region of Iraq was once one of the bases for America's Middle East policy, but now it has been reduced to a part of Iraq's issues.
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Iraq, Turkey presidents discuss strengthening bilateral ties
Iraqi President Latif Rashid received a phone call from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the state news agency on Saturday reported.
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Germany extends its military mission across Iraq for extra year
The German Bundestag on Friday voted in favor of extending the country’s military mission in Iraq including the Kurdistan Region, extending it for an extra year.
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How can Iraq help 3.5 million citizens living in urban slums?
The Iraqi parliament this month is discussing a bill to find solutions to its expanding slum areas. However, several obstacles could hinder this bill from being passed into law amid an ongoing social and political crisis.
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Parties push parliament to give confidence to next Iraqi government shortly
The Iraqi Coalition of State Administration announced Tuesday they want parliament to convene shortly to give a confidence vote to the next proposed government.
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Iran, Iraq call for strengthening mutual ties
Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Baghdad Mohammad-Kazem Al Sadeq called for boosting mutual ties with Iraq in a meeting with the newly-elected Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid on Sunday.
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Iraqi President Rashid calls for political dialogue
Newly elected Iraqi President Latif Rashid sent out a message to the political parties on Saturday, calling to launch political dialogue.
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U.S., EU stress commitment to supporting new Iraqi government
The United States and European reaffirmed their commitment to support the new Iraqi government as the country marked the end of the long-standing deadlock on Thursday after the new President was named.
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Analyst believe problems are not over as Iraq elects new president
According to two analysts, the election of the new president and prime minister of Iraq, a year after the elections, cannot mean the end of the problems in the crisis-hit country.
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Bafel Talabani, Iraq’s PM-designate al-Sudani meet in Baghdad
President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Bafel Talabani met Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani on Friday in Baghdad.
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New Iraqi president vows to serve all Iraqis
Iraq’s newly elected president, Abdul Latif Rashid, said on Friday, October 14, in his first statement on taking office that he vows to become a president to all Iraqis equally.
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Rockets target Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone
Several rockets on Thursday targeted Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone where the parliament is situated resulting in a number of injuries, as the legislative chamber is in a meeting to elect the country’s next president.
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Iraq's commitment to OPEC oil reduction won't affect exports / Hassan Al-Saeed
Iraq's oil reduction per the recent OPEC+ agreement will not affect the country's revenues, according to Iraq's oil minister.
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Halbousi says talks started on forming new government in Baghdad
Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi said negotiations for the formation of the new Iraqi government have begun.
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Clashes rock Baghdad's Green Zone as Iraqi parliament re-elects speaker
As Iraqi lawmakers met on Wednesday in Baghdad's Green Zone to vote on the recent resignation of parliament speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi, clashes broke out between supporters of Iraqi populist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and security forces.
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Iraqi parliament renews confidence in parliament speaker
The State News Agency on Wednesday reported that the Iraqi council of representatives voted to renew the confidence in the parliament speaker after he submitted his resignation on Monday.
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Iraqi parliament to vote for resignation of Speaker al-Halbousi
The Speaker of the Iraqi parliament Monday has submitted his resignation paper to the legislative chamber amid a political deadlock prolonged for nearly a year, according to the state news agency.
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Coordination Framework agrees to hold early elections to ‘satisfy’ Sadrists
The Secretary-General of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq movement said that all rival forces of Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shiite coordination framework agreed to hold early elections.
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Iraq is going through one of most difficult crises after 2003: PM Kadhimi
The Iraqi Prime Minister said on Saturday, September 17, that the country is going through “one of the most difficult crises after 2003,” but still hoping to find solutions.
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Syrian, Iranian officials discuss ways to boost cooperation
Syria and Iran discussed cooperation in industrial sector, collaboration to resume joint industrial projects in Syria, and exchange of experiences to achieve their goals.
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Nouri Maliki says no early elections will be in Iraq
The Leader of the State of Law coalition, Nuri Al- Maliki, said that an early election would not be held until parliament resumes its sessions and a new government is formed.
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Party interventions should be prevented for Peshmerga unity and integrity: Nechivan Barzani
The Kurdistan Region president stated for the reforms and unity of the Peshmerga forces of the region, it is necessary for the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) to officially and regretlessly declare that they will not interfere in the affairs of the Peshmerga.
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Malla Bakhtiar says the PUK state has never been so bad
Malla Bakhtiar, one of the long-standing leaders of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), considered the current political situation of the party to be the worst situation after the Hakkari incident.
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Banning PKK and YPG is totally outdated, professor tells Kurdpress
Prof Birgit Ammann believes it has to be made clear that there is also a lot of serious critique against both the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the People's Defense Units (YPG) and their political environment- within and outside the Kurdish communities and that that the ban of both groups is totally outdated in Germany. A professor from the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, she also said it is virtually impossible and unnecessary to figure the number of the Kurds in the world because Kurds do not need a number to justify their claims.
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Mala Baxtiyar says PUK and KDP are responsible for election delay
Mala Baxtiyar, a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) High Political Council, told NRT the PUK and the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) are responsible for delaying parliamentary elections.
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PUK leadership council annuls joint chairmanship system
The leadership council of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) officially announced the dissolution of the joint leadership system of this party and announced Bafel Talabani as the leader of the party, the second ruling party of the Kurdistan Region.
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Barzani says former Turkish president wanted federation with Iraq’s Kurds / Amberin Zaman
In his memoir, Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani shares that Turkey's former President Turgut Ozal had once floated the idea of "annexing" Iraqi Kurdistan.
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Nouri al-Maliki says early election cannot take place before parliament resumes its sessions
Iraq’s former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said concerning calls for holding an early election on Monday that no election takes place unless the parliament resumes its sessions.
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Iraqi PM Kadhimi, parliament speaker al-Halbousi discuss political situation
The state news agency on Sunday reported that Iraqi Prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi met with the speaker of parliament Mohammed al-Halbousi.