Demonstrators loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr broke into the Green Zone for the second time this week. At least 125 people have been injured, including 100 civilians and 25 military personnel. Outgoing Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi urged protesters to be calm and patient. Baghdad: More than 100 people were injured in Baghdad clashes on Saturday after … Read more
BAGHDAD: Unknown gunmen detonated on Thursday 14 power transmission towers in the Salahudin province north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a provincial police source said. The attacks took place before dawn when the militants planted bombs in the towers and blew them up in different areas across the province, Colonel Mohammed al-Bazi told Xinhua. The … Read more
BAGHDAD: Iraq Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi launched investigations in two ministries into the complaints about officials’ misuse of state resources in their election campaigns for the upcoming parliamentary elections in October. A statement on Tuesday from al-Kadhimi’s media office said “there are complaints about the exploitation of state resources in election campaigns by ministers or … Read more
US President Joe Biden has announced the end of the war in Iraq. Biden met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the White House, who said relations with Iraq were entering a new phase. He said security cooperation between the United States and Iraq would continue, and that the Iraqi army would continue to … Read more
