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Many in Middle East See Hypocrisy in Western Embrace of Ukraine

Within days of the Russian invasion, Western countries invoked international law, imposed crippling sanctions, began welcoming refugees with open arms and cheered on Ukraine's armed resistance. The response has elicited outrage across the Middle East, where many see a glaring double standard in how the West responds to international conflicts.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Trial Begins for ISIS Militant who Beheaded American Hostages in Iraq, Syria

An alleged member of a group of ISIS militants that beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, nicknamed "The Beatles" for their British accents, faces a US criminal trial beginning on Tuesday. El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, will stand trial in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, just outside Washington, on charges…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Many in Mideast see hypocrisy in Western embrace of Ukraine

Western countries have invoked international law within days of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

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U.S. trial begins for member of Islamic State 'Beatles' cell

An alleged member of a group of Islamic State militants that beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, nicknamed "The Beatles" for their British accents, faces a U.S. criminal trial beginning on Tuesday.

Reuters

‘Enforced disappearance’: Iraq’s jailing of Australian Robert Pether is arbitrary detention, UN finds

Pether and colleague Khalid Radwan sentenced to five years’ prison after business dispute with Central Bank of Iraq

The Guardian - AU

Regime change, the controversial strategy the US no longer wants

Washington (AFP) - The United States says it is not seeking a "regime change" in Russia, hasty clarification that shows the strategy once popular among neoconservatives has become a hot button issue after negative experiences in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya.

AFP

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi praises ‘fantastic ethos’ of grammar schools

The DNA of grammar schools should be spread throughout the system, he said

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Iran Struck Iraq Target over Gas Talks Involving Israel

A nascent plan for Iraq's Kurdistan region to supply gas to Turkey and Europe - with Israeli help - is part of what angered Iran into striking the Kurdish capital Erbil with ballistic missiles this month, Iraqi and Turkish officials say, according to an exclusive Reuters report. The March 13…

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Iraqi Kurdistan Has Energy Capacity to Help Europe, Says Iraqi Kurdish PM

The Kurdish region of northern Iraq has the capacity to make up for at least some of the energy shortfall in Europe, Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said on Monday. Barzani told an industry conference in Dubai that Kurdistan would soon become an important source of energy. "I am confident…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran struck Iraq target over gas talks involving Israel - officials

Reuters

Aboul Gheit to Asharq Al-Awsat: Iran Uses Arab Crises as Pressure Cards to Confront the West

Arab League Secretary General Ahmad Aboul Gheit said that the possible understanding between the United States and Iran in the ongoing nuclear negotiations in Vienna, “does not end” the Iranian nuclear threat, calling on Tehran to stop its “adventures” on Arab land, and to refrain from using Arab files to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq Building Syria Wall to Keep out ISIS Fighters

Iraq is building a concrete wall along part of its border with Syria to stop ISIS group militants from infiltrating, an Iraqi military source said Sunday. In the "first stage" of construction, a wall around "a dozen kilometers (seven miles) long and 3.5 meters (11 feet) high was built in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Skokie man charged after cops find over $100,000 in drugs, cash at home

Officers searched 26-year-old Said Mahdi’s home Friday and uncovered $42,150 in cash, along with cocaine, cannabis, opioid painkillers and Xanax. Mahdi emigrated from Iraq during the U.S. occupation of the country.

Chicago Sun-Times

In a 'dangerous' land: tourists trickle back to Iraq

Hilla (Iraq) (AFP) - An American tourist poses for a holiday snap in Iraq, in front of the blue-brick Ishtar Gate that was rebuilt at the ancient site of Babylon under dictator Saddam Hussein.

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Iraq parliament fails to elect new state president over lack of quorum

Iraq's parliament failed again on Saturday to vote for a president after Iran-backed groups boycotted the session, in a setback to an alliance led by cleric Moqtada al-Sadr which won the election and threatened to remove them from politics.

The Independent UK

Iraqi lawmakers fail to elect president for a second time

Iraqi lawmakers have failed to elect a head of state for a second time further deepening a political crisis

AFP

Iraq fails again to elect new president

Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqi lawmakers failed again on Saturday to elect a new president due to the lack of a quorum in parliament, keeping the country mired in political paralysis.

France 24

Iraq’s lawmakers delay presidential vote as political standstill continues

Iraq's parliament on Saturday postponed once again a session to elect the country's new president over a lack of quorum.

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Iraq Parliament Fails to Elect New State President over Lack of Quorum

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LGBTQ people in Iraq face violence by armed groups, police

LGBTQ people in Iraq live in constant fear amid rising violence against their community.

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Justice Ministers of Morocco, Iraq Discuss Judicial Agreement

Moroccan Minister of Justice Abdellatif Ouahbi has discussed with his Iraqi counterpart, Salar Abdul Sattar Mohammed, in Rabat signing a judicial agreement allowing Morocco to handle several cases of Moroccan ISIS members arrested in Iraq. The two countries were set to sign bilateral agreements, but Ouahbi announced at a press…

AFP

Iraq once more into presidential vote unknown

Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqi lawmakers on Saturday are scheduled once again to elect the country's president and try to overcome months of political paralysis, even as renewed boycott calls risk scuttling a vote.

AFP

Jordan king hosts UAE, Egypt, Iraq leaders

Amman (AFP) - Jordan's King Abdullah II hosted leaders from Egypt, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates on Friday for "consultative" talks, state media said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraqis Fear Unrest if Parliament Fails to Elect President on Saturday

Tensions have spiked in Iraq on the eve of a parliamentary session dedicated to elect a new president. Concerns have mounted that the failure to elect a president for a second time could lead to violence in a country that is sharply divided between rival camps, namely the Shiite Sadrist…

AAP

Socceroos wait to learn play-off opponents

Australia still don't know who their opponents will be in the World Cup Asian play-off tie after Iraq's win over UAE only raised more question marks.

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