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Protesters storm Iraqi parliament building to protest Prime Minister appointment

Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad's parliament on Wednesday chanting anti-Iran curses in a demonstration against a nominee for prime minister by Iran-backed parties.The majority of the protesters were followers of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.The demonstrators, all of them men, were seen walking on tables of the parliament floor,…

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Zero Hour for Change in Iraq ... What Is the Purpose of Sadr Protests?

Thousands of supporters of influential Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed Iraq’s parliament and Baghdad’s Green Zone to protest against Mohammed al-Sudani's nomination of prime minister by the pro-Iran Coordination Framework.

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Sadr Followers Enter Iraqi Parliament in Show of Force

Hundreds of Iraqi protesters breached Baghdad’s parliament Wednesday chanting anti-Iran curses in a demonstration against a nominee for prime minister by Iran-backed parties. The majority of the protesters were followers of influential Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. The demonstrators, all of them men, were seen walking on tables of the parliament…

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Iraqi protesters storm the parliament in Baghdad’s Green Zone

The protesters are mostly supporters of Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr and oppose a rival bloc’s nomination for PM.

Al Jazeera

Riot police repel protesters at Baghdad's Green Zone

Riot police have used water cannons to repel demonstrators who pulled down cement blast walls at the gate of Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, home to government buildings and foreign embassies

The Independent UK

Deadlock gives Iraq record run without government, hampering reforms

Iraq marked its longest post-election deadlock on Wednesday as infighting among Shi'ite and Kurdish groups in particular prevents the formation of a government, hampering reforms needed as the country struggles to recover from decades of conflict.

Reuters

Iraq Mountain Rest Spot Bears Scars of Deadly Shelling

Abandoned sandals and upturned chairs attest to the panic that gripped this peaceful rest spot in Iraq's Kurdish mountains when deadly shelling slammed into it this week. Turkey denies that its forces were responsible for the artillery fire that killed nine people and wounded 23 on Wednesday. But both the…

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Iraq Submits Complaint to UN against Turkey after Attack

Iraq has filed a complaint to the UN Security Council, requesting an urgent session to discuss a deadly artillery attack this week that Baghdad blames on Turkey, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Wednesday’s attack on the district of Zakho in Iraq’s northern, semi-autonomous Kurdish region killed nine Iraqi tourists, including…

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Hundreds protest in Baghdad after deadly attack on tourist resort

Hundreds of people protested in Baghdad on Thursday after an attack in northern Iraq killed nine people including a newly wed husband and a 1-year-old, a strike that Iraq blamed on Turkish forces but which Ankara denied carrying out.

Reuters

Iraq accuses Turkey of deadly attack on tourists near Kurdish city

Turkey blames PKK after nine people killed at water park in area where there have been frequent clashes

The Guardian - UK

Turkey denies carrying out deadly strikes in northern Iraq

Turkey’s foreign minister is rejecting accusations that the Turkish military carried out deadly artillery strikes on tourists in northern Iraq

The Independent UK

Iraq declares day of mourning for victims of shelling blamed on Turkey

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi declared a day of national mourning Thursday after nine civilians were killed in a strike on a Kurdish hill village he blamed on neighbouring Turkey. Ankara has denied responsibility for the attack.

France 24

Iraq Files Complaint with Security Council over Turkish Artillery Strikes

At least nine civilians, including women and children, were killed, and 23 others were injured in a Turkish attack on the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. The victims of the Turkish artillery strikes included Iraqi tourists who had come to the hill village of Barakh in the Zakho district to…

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Six Iraq Police Killed in Attack Blamed on ISIS

Six Iraqi police were killed and seven wounded early Wednesday in an attack by militants on their position in a remote area north of Baghdad, a military source said. "Between 10 and 15 ISIS group militants attacked this federal police forward position around 12:30 am (2130 GMT Tuesday).

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Oil Dispute Sharpens Baghdad-Kurd Tensions amid Deadlock

Iraq's oil wealth is rekindling tensions between federal authorities and the autonomous Kurdish region, in a row that could compromise the lifeline industry and keep investors away, analysts say. The long-simmering dispute came to a head in February -- at a time of political deadlock in Baghdad -- when the…

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Saudi Arabia, Iraq Sign Electricity Interconnection Agreement

Saudi Arabia and Iraq signed the executive report on the principles of the electricity interconnection agreement between the two countries implementing the memorandum of understanding signed at the beginning of 2022. The electrical interconnection will link from Arar in northern Saudi Arabia to Yusufiya near Baghdad and have a capacity…

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Sadr Sets 11 Conditions for Government Formation, Seeks to Exclude Maliki

Hundreds of thousands of Sadr supporters gathered for Friday prayers in Baghdad amid failed attempts to form a new government. After the prayer, the leader of the Sadr movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, announced 11 conditions for the new cabinet signaling his approval for his opponents in the "Coordinating Framework" if they…

Reuters

Iraqi cleric Sadr's supporters throng Baghdad streets in show of strength

Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's followers thronged the streets of Baghdad on Friday, answering the populist leader's call to a mass prayer in a show of strength to his political rivals.

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Al Jazeera

Mass gathering in Iraq a potential sign of a summer of protests

Supporters of Shia religious leader Muqtada al-Sadr gathered in Baghdad weeks after he withdrew his bloc from parliament

The Independent UK

Iraqi cleric shows power as thousands attend mass prayer

Tens of thousands of Iraqis are attending a mass prayer in Baghdad called for by an influential Shiite cleric

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Sadr’s Supporters Throng Baghdad Streets in Show of Strength

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New Assassin’s Creed reportedly takes place in Baghdad

Insiders claim that Ubisoft's seminal action-adventure series is going in two different directions.

Salon

When did cooking become so cut-throat?

Our collective hunger for cooking as sport is an enduring mainstay, from Medieval Baghdad to modern cable TV

Reuters

Soaring food prices put damper on Eid al-Adha in Mideast

The Eid al-Adha festival should be the busiest time of the year for Mahmoud Abu Holy, a livestock merchant in the Gaza Strip. But soaring prices have driven away many of the people who would usually buy a sheep or goat to sacrifice on the Muslim holiday.

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Oil Minister Says Iraq to Act to Annul Kurdish Oil Deals

Iraq’s oil minister said on Thursday the government will take steps to enforce a recent court decision to annul oil contracts the semiautonomous northern Iraqi Kurdish region made with international companies. The minister, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail, told The Associated Press the deals, which circumvent the government in Baghdad, are illegal…

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