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Iraqi protesters storm parliament for second time in a week

Supporters of Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr occupy parliament to prevent the nomination of a new PM.

Al Jazeera

Iraqi cleric Sadr’s supporters storm parliament for second time in a week

Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday stormed the parliament building inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone for the second time in a week, an AFP photographer said.

France 24

Sadr Supporters Hold New Protest in Baghdad

Thousands of supporters of cleric Moqtada Sadr protested Saturday three days after storming the Iraqi parliament. Brandishing Iraqi flags and portraits of Sadr, the protesters gathered at the end of a bridge leading to Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" district of government buildings and foreign embassies, an AFP correspondent reported.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Sir Christopher Meyer obituary

British ambassador to the US in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq who later served as chair of the Press Complaints Commission

The Guardian - UK

Martin Schram: Veterans become political pawns

It was four in the afternoon on March 10, 1991, when the first planned explosion of Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons went off at the U.S. weapons depot in Khamisiyah, Iraq, and the first gray-white smoke cloud that would come to be called The Plume wafted skyward and drifted over the…

Tribune News Service

New Book Explores Egyptian-Ottoman Campaign on Hejaz, Nejd

In his new book, Researcher Dr. Ismail al-Salamat, explores the campaign of Turkish commander Ahmed Tusun Pasha known as ‘Tusun Pasha’ (second son of Muhammad Ali of Egypt) in the Arabian Peninsula, mainly Hejaz and Nejd in 1811 AD. Few researches studied this campaign despite its significance in the political…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq’s political chaos: Why did protesters storm the parliament?

Iraq has been unable to form a government since it held parliamentary elections in October last year.

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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,…

Evening Standard

Hundreds storm parliament building with protesters pictured lounging on desks

Supporters were pictured dancing and singing in parliament, walking on tables and waving Iraqi flags, all while security forces inside the compound, which includes the US embassy, appeared to allow the protesters in

Daily Mirror

Iraq: Hundreds of Muqtada al-Sadr supporters storm parliament

Protesters walk on tables and sit in chairs of MPs

The Independent UK

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rocket Fire Targets Turkish Consulate in Iraq’s Mosul

Rockets hit the vicinity of the Turkish consulate in Iraq's main northern city of Mosul causing damage but no casualties, Iraqi and Turkish sources said Wednesday. The overnight fire came after deadly shelling blamed on the Turkish army killed nine civilians last week, prompting anti-Turkish protests in cities across Iraq.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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.

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Reuters

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

Turkey says its consulate in Iraq's Mosul attacked

Turkey's consulate general in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul was attacked early on Wednesday but there were no reported casualties, the Turkish foreign ministry said.

The Independent UK

Iraq court overturns verdict against Briton, orders release

The lawyer for a British geologist sentenced to 15 years in prison says an Iraqi court has overturned the conviction and he will soon be free

The Guardian - UK

Briton jailed in Iraq for smuggling antiquities to be freed, says lawyer

Family of retired geologist Jim Fitton, 66, ‘over the moon’ after court quashes 15-year jail sentence

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Iraq to Free Briton Jailed in Antiquities Case, Says Lawyer

An Iraqi court has overturned the conviction and 15-year sentence handed to a British pensioner last month for antiquities smuggling, the retiree's lawyer said Tuesday. The conviction of James Fitton has been "overturned today by the Court of Cassation and my client will soon be free", lawyer Thaer Saoud told…

WEKU

At 75, the CIA is back where it started - countering the Kremlin

As the CIA's marks its 75th anniversary, Russia's war in Ukraine is giving the spy agency a new direction after dark periods during the U.S. conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Wales Online

Retired British geologist Jim Fitton to be released from Iraqi jail after conviction quashed

His family are 'over the moon'

Daily Mirror

Brit facing death penalty for collecting artefacts to be FREED from Iraqi prison

Jim Fitton, 66, was jailed for 15 years after collecting artefacts souvenirs while visiting a site as part of an organised geology and archaeology tour in Iraq

The Independent UK

Jim Fitton: British geologist to be freed from Iraqi prison after smuggling conviction quashed

Briton, 66, had faced 15 years behind bars after collecting 12 stones and shards of broken bottery as souvenirs

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq Reveals Presence of Five Turkish Military Bases on its Soil

Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Army Abdel Emir Yarallah on Saturday exposed the extent of Turkey's military presence in Iraq, revealing that it is operating five bases in the country. Speaking at a special parliamentary session in wake of last week's Turkish strike on the northern Dohuk province, in…

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UN Security Council Condemns Attack on Iraq’s Dohuk, Erdogan Describes it as ‘Terrorist Act’

The United Nations Security Council condemned in the strongest terms on Monday the attack on a tourist resort in Iraq’s northern Dohuk province on July 20. The attack resulted in at least nine civilian deaths, including children. The members of the Security Council expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences to…

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