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Iraq’s new PM moving government outside Baghdad Green Zone

Baghdad - Arab Today

Iraq’s new prime minister is moving his offices outside Baghdad’s highly secure Green Zone, saying he wants to bring his government closer to the people. Adel Abdul-Mahdi held his first news conference Thursday in a rehabilitated government compound opposite Baghdad’s iconic central railway station, in the city center. The US built a wall around the Green Zone in 2003 toRead more

Welcoming Iraq’s new appointments

Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid

According to the political norms of the new Iraqi system started being implemented since 2006, the majority of the parliament elected Dr. Barham Salih as president and Dr. Adel Abdul Mahdi as prime minister. The term of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s administration, which succeeded in saving the country from the dangerous conflict that threatened Iraq’s unity, has ended. Political quotasRead more

Sarraf, Abadi tackle means of bolstering military cooperation

Beirut - Arab Today

National Defense Minister, Yacoub Riad Al-Sarraf, currently on an official visit to Iraq, held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, over means of bolstering cooperation ties, notably at the military level. Minister Sarraf lauded the Iraqi troops' performance and their realized victories over Daesh Source: NNARead more

Iraqi, Kurdish PMs try to resolve bitter dispute

Baghdad- Arab Today

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi met Kurdish regional government counterpart Nechirvan Barzani for the first time on Saturday since the autonomous northern region's failed attempt to secede. Since Kurdish voters returned a resounding "yes" in a referendum on independence last September 25, the federal government in Baghdad has taken retaliatory measures. These include an air blockade of international flights toRead more

Baghdad twin suicide bombing kills 31

Baghdad - Arab Today

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called Monday for the elimination of jihadist "sleeper cells" after a twin suicide bombing killed 31 people in Baghdad in the second such attack in three days. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but most such attacks in Iraq are the work of the Islamic State jihadist group. The bombing comes after Abadi's governmentRead more

Iraq PM heads for May elections after defeating IS

Baghdad - Arab Today

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Sunday he would stand for re-election in May at the head of a new coalition, buoyed by victory over the Islamic State group. Abadi's newly created "Victory Alliance" will face the "State of Law" bloc of Nuri al-Maliki, his predecessor, key rival and Shiite Dawa party co-member who now holds the post of vice president. The 65-year-old AbadiRead more

Iraqi PM threatens corrupters again, and MPs demand actions

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has been calling on combating ISIS and expelling it militarily from the Iraqi territories during 2017, and now as the year is coming to an end he has started talking about fighting corruption in Iraq in 2018. He said that corruption in his country is caused by organized mafias and prominent figures as most MPs andRead more

Militants shelled anti-terror patrol in Kirkuk

Baghdad - Najla Al Taee

Two Iraqi intelligence officers were killed Wednesday in an armed attack in Kirkuk, a security source told Alsumaria News. “Unidentified gunmen opened fire at two intelligence agents on a road leading to Shoraw neighborhood in Kirkuk, killing them immediately,” the source said. “A security force carried the bodies to the forensic medicine department and a probe was launched into theRead more

Iraq faces 'new war' - on corruption

Baghdad - Arab Today

They have fled the country, their pockets full, or been released from prison under amnesties: despite Iraq's "war" on corruption, those guilty of embezzling state funds often evade justice. Even before he declared victory against the Islamic State group in early December after a three-year battle, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the country's next fight would be against graft, vowingRead more

Iraqi PM declares full liberation of iraq from IS

Baghdad - Arab Today

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Saturday officially declared full liberation of Iraq from the Islamic State (IS) militants after Iraqi forces recaptured all the areas once seized by the extremist group. "I announce to the Iraqi people and all the world that our forces have reached the last redoubts of Daesh (IS) and have raised the Iraqi flag overRead more