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Sudani Cancels Privileges of Iraqi Presidents, PMs, Speakers

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani issued a number of orders, including cancelling allocations to his office and the protection service provided to the former presidents, prime ministers and parliament speakers, in what seemed a shocking step to senior Iraqi officials. According to an informed Iraqi source, all former presidents…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Blaming Kurds for unrest, Iran threatens Iraq with offensive

Multiple Iraqi and Kurdish officials say a senior Iranian military official has threatened Iraq with an unprecedented ground military operation if Baghdad does not disarm Iranian Kurdish opposition groups and fortify its shared borders with Iran

The Independent UK

Scottish dad jailed in Iraq over 'Qatar Bank debt' has flight home delayed

Brian Glendinning, 43, from Fife was jailed in Baghdad two months ago over an unpaid debt and was expected to fly home on Friday only for his flight to be delayed.

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Return of Scot held in Iraqi jail over Qatar bank ‘debt’ is delayed

Brian Glendinning was expected to return to Scotland on Friday evening, but will now arrive on Saturday morning.

The Independent UK

Study finds new information on food culture in world’s first cities in 3500 BC

Beveled rim bowls were found to hold certain chemical compounds that helped scientists better understand food habits 5,500 years ago.

The Independent UK

Brit locked up for two months over unpaid Qatar debt has flight home delayed

Brian Glendinning was detained in Iraq on an Interpol Red Notice from Qatar over a debt owed to the gulf state's national bank. A mystery donor paid off what was owed

Daily Mirror

Analysis: Is Turkey set for a new military operation in Syria?

Sunday’s Istanbul bombing, which Turkey has blamed on the PKK, could lead to Ankara fulfilling its threat to attack.

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15 killed in Iraq after gas tank blast triggers building collapse

Sulaimaniyah (Iraq) (AFP) - Fifteen people died and around a dozen were injured in northern Iraq when a fuel tank exploded, causing a building to collapse, authorities said Friday as search operations ended.

AFP

Scots dad jailed in Iraq over 'Qatar Bank debt' has flight home delayed

Brian Glendinning, 43, from Fife was jailed in Baghdad two months ago over an unpaid debt.

Daily Record

At least 11 killed in northern Iraq gas tank explosion

Sulaimaniyah (Iraq) (AFP) - Rescuers searched for more victims on Friday after a fuel tank explosion that killed at least 11 people and caused a house to collapse in northern Iraq, according to local authorities.

AFP

Brian Glendinning: Father-of-three held in Iraqi jail over Qatar bank ‘debt’ to return to Scotland

Brian Glendinning, 43, will arrive in Edinburgh on Friday afternoon after a two-month ordeal in an Iraqi prison over an alleged debt.

Evening Standard

15 Killed in Iraq Gas Cylinder Blast

Fifteen people were killed in a gas cylinder explosion in a residential area in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniya, the civil defense said on Friday. A rescue operation lasting 17 hours had now ended, the civil defense added, according to Reuters. Earlier on Friday, Haval Abubaker, the governor of…

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Climate, politics double threat as Tigris-Euphrates shrivels

A combination of climate change and politics is threatening the Tigris-Euphrates river system, one of the world's most vulnerable watersheds

The Independent UK

Politics, climate conspire as Tigris and Euphrates dwindle

A combination of climate change and politics is threatening the Tigris-Euphrates river system, one of the world’s most vulnerable watersheds

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Father-of-three held in Iraqi jail over Qatar bank ‘debt’ to return to Scotland

Brian Glendinning, 43, will arrive in Edinburgh on Friday afternoon after a two-month ordeal in an Iraqi prison over an alleged debt.

Daily Record

Dad jailed in Iraq over 'Qatar Bank debt' to arrive back home in Scotland on Friday

Brian Glendinning, from Fife, will finally arrive back home after a gruelling two months in an Iraqi prison, where his lawyers claim he was wrongly detained.

The Independent UK

Father held in Iraqi jail over ‘debt’ to arrive back in Scotland on Friday

Brian Glendinning, 43, was arrested in Iraq in September over an alleged debt he owed to the Qatar National Bank.

France 24

Iraq's Basra under pressure from rural exodus due to desertification

Repeated droughts experienced by Iraq for the past three years are accentuating the rural exodus underway throughout the country. No longer able to work on their land due to rapid desertification, farmers are moving to the cities. In oil-rich Basra, the country's economic powerhouse, these farmers end up in slums,…

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudani Values Saudi Arabia’s Role in the Region

Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani praised Saudi Arabia’s leading role in the region, emphasizing the importance of developing relations between the two countries in various fields, including electrical interconnection. During a press conference following the weekly Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the Iraqi premier said that his country was “keen…

Al Jazeera

Zakhiku: The ancient city in Iraq revealed by severe drought

The ruins of a submerged city on the Tigris River that emerged this year belonged to a little-known empire.

Reuters

Turkey to pursue Syria targets after Iraq operation against Kurdish militants -official

Turkey plans to pursue targets in northern Syria after it completes a cross-border operation against outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in Iraq, a senior official said on Tuesday, after a deadly weekend bomb in Istanbul.

France 24

Iran launches missile attacks on Kurdish opposition group in Iraq

Missiles fired from Iran targeted bases of an exiled Iranian Kurdish opposition group in neighbouring Iraq on Monday, killing at least one person and wounding eight, local officials said. It was the latest in a series of such attacks in recent weeks.

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Renewed Iranian Strikes in Iraqi Kurdistan Leave Casualties

One person was killed and at least 8 others were wounded on Monday when Iranian rockets and drones hit the headquarters of Iranian Kurdish parties in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. An Iranian military source confirmed that "Iran has carried out attacks with drones and missiles targeting the…

AFP

Iran launches deadly missile, drone strikes on Kurdish groups in Iraq

Arbil (Iraq) (AFP) - Iran launched new cross-border missile and drone strikes Monday against Iraq-based Kurdish opposition groups it accuses of stoking unrest at home, killing at least one person according to local authorities.

Reuters

Iran targets "terrorist groups" in Iraq's Kurdistan - Fars

Iran's Revolutionary Guards targeted on Monday what the semi-official Fars news agency reported as "terrorist groups" in Iraq's Kurdistan region with missile and drone strikes.

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