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Powerful Iraqi cleric announces withdrawal from politics, sparking protests in Baghdad’s Green Zone
Middle East

Powerful Iraqi cleric announces withdrawal from politics, sparking protests in Baghdad’s Green Zone

(CNN) – Powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Monday that he was withdrawing from political life, triggering a…
Alleged Picasso painting worth ‘millions’ seized in drugs raid in Iraq
Art news

Alleged Picasso painting worth ‘millions’ seized in drugs raid in Iraq

A painting believed to be by Pablo Picasso and estimated to be worth millions of dollars has been found during…
Abul Gheit urges all Iraqi political powers to avoid escalation
Middle East

Abul Gheit urges all Iraqi political powers to avoid escalation

CAIRO, July 30 (MENA) – Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit called on all Iraqi powers to avoid sedition…
Iraqi protesters break into parliament denouncing the nomination of new premier
Middle East

Iraqi protesters break into parliament denouncing the nomination of new premier

Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) – Hundreds of angry protesters loyal to the powerful cleric Muqtada al-Sadr broke into Baghdad’s heavily protected…
Ancient fortress found by archaeologists may be a lost royal city
Archaeology

Ancient fortress found by archaeologists may be a lost royal city

(CNN) – A 2,000-year-old fortress built on a mountainside in what’s now Iraqi Kurdistan could be part of a lost…
Egypt to establish huge water plant on Iraq’s Euphrates River
Egypt

Egypt to establish huge water plant on Iraq’s Euphrates River

An Egyptian delegation visited Iraq to discuss the establishment of a huge water station on the Euphrates River, similar to…
Iraq’s most powerful politician has just caused a ‘tectonic shift’
Middle East

Iraq’s most powerful politician has just caused a ‘tectonic shift’

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) – After eight months of political paralysis, the kingmaker of Iraqi politics has ordered his bloc to…
Iraqi PM confers with Egypt, Jordan FMs on joint cooperation
Egypt

Iraqi PM confers with Egypt, Jordan FMs on joint cooperation

BAGHDAD, June 6 (MENA) – Iraqi Prime Minister Mostafa al-Kadhimi conferred on Monday with Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers Sameh…
Why Arabs aren’t laughing at George W. Bush’s gaffe on Ukraine and Iraq
Middle East

Why Arabs aren’t laughing at George W. Bush’s gaffe on Ukraine and Iraq

Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) – When pundits called former US President George W. Bush’s gaffe about Ukraine and Iraq a “Freudian…
The Middle East won’t rescue Europe if it turns off Russian oil
World

The Middle East won’t rescue Europe if it turns off Russian oil

Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN) – As Europe tries to stymie Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine by weaning itself off Russia’s…
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