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Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani defended the open-ended presence of US and other foreign troops in his country, in an interview published Sunday. "We think that we need the foreign forces," Sudani told The Wall Street Journal in his first US interview since taking office in October. US and…

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani says foreign forces still needed in training capacity to combat ISIL (ISIS).

Iraq's prime minister has ordered a crackdown on local businesses operating under the names of international brands without legal permission

Parties from the pro-Iran Coordination Framework have demanded that Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani kick off negotiations to amend the Strategic Framework Agreement for a Relationship of Friendship and Cooperation between Baghdad and Washington, trusted Iraqi sources revealed to Asharq Al-Awsat. The amendments would demand a ban on American…

Iraqi government request to transfer the files and data of the Accountability and Justice Commission to the judiciary in preparation for ending its work sparked a sharp political debate among the poles of the Shiite Coordination Framework. The Commission is an extension of an institutional body known as the “de-Baathification”…

Iraq's prime minister appealed to visiting Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni on Friday for closer economic ties with his oil-rich country suffering from power cuts and decaying infrastructure. Meloni, who leads the eurozone's third-largest economy, is on her first bilateral trip outside Europe.

Meloni, who is in Baghdad on her first bilateral trip outside Europe, hailed Italy’s support for Iraq.

Several factors have delayed a sixth round of direct bilateral talks, which could be held at level of foreign ministers.

Iran signalled its readiness for dialogue with regional states during a conference its arch foe Saudi Arabia attended in Jordan on Tuesday which yielded few signs of progress and no meeting between the two sides.