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Iraq's judiciary acquits powerful former speaker of forgery![]() ![]() Baghdad (AFP) April 27, 2025 Iraq's judiciary has acquitted the influential former parliament speaker, Mohammed al-Halbussi, after dismissing him in 2023 over accusations of forging a document, his office announced Sunday. Halbussi had been the highest-ranking Sunni official since he first became speaker of parliament in 2018 with the support of Iraq's powerful pro-Iran parties, and then in 2022 following early elections. But in November 2023, Iraq's Federal Supreme Court dismissed Halbussi after a lawmaker accused him of f ... read more |
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![]() Baghdad (AFP) April 23, 2025 France's Foreign Minister said on Wednesday that Iraq should not be pulled into conflicts in a turbulent Middle East during his first visit to the country, which has suffered from decades of instability. ... more ![]() ![]() Baghdad (AFP) April 8, 2025 The United Nations mission to Iraq called for an independent investigation Tuesday after a detainee died under "unclear circumstances" in a Baghdad detention centre. ... more ![]() ![]() Dohuk, Iraq (AFP) April 1, 2025 Two people were injured on Tuesday in a cleaver attack on an Assyrian Christian celebration in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, officials said, pointing to the Islamic State jihadist group. ... more ![]() ![]() Baghdad (AFP) Mar 14, 2025 Syria's interim foreign minister said in Baghdad on Friday his government was ready to "reinforce cooperation" with Iraq in the fight against remnants of the Islamic State group. ... more |
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![]() Baghdad (AFP) Dec 19, 2024 Iraq said it would begin repatriating on Thursday Syrian troops who fled a lightning offensive that precipitated the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad. ... more ![]() ![]() Paris (AFP) Dec 12, 2024 Rights organisations and activists on Thursday urged the Iraqi authorities to "immediately halt secret executions" and "torture" of prisoners on death row in the country. ... more ![]() ![]() Baghdad (AFP) Dec 9, 2024 Two Iraqi security officers were killed in a clash with militants in western Iraq, officials said on Monday. ... more ![]() ![]() Baghdad (AFP) Dec 5, 2024 Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr urged his country Thursday to stay out of the fighting in neighbouring Syria triggered by a lightning rebel offensive launched last week. ... more ![]() ![]() Beirut, Lebanon (AFP) Dec 5, 2024 Syrian rebel chief Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, whose fighters have launched a lightning offensive, on Thursday urged Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani of neighbouring Iraq to keep his country distant from Syria's war. ... more |
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Iraq PM denies wiretapping allegations as 'lie of the century'![]() ![]() Baghdad (AFP) Dec 5, 2024 Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Thursday denied allegations that members of his office were responsible for wiretapping the phones of MPs and other politicians - accusations that have sparked months of uproar. Corruption scandals frequently grip Iraq, with smear and disinformation campaigns often used to settle political scores. Sudani said the accusations were levelled at the government "in an immoral manner", adding the allegations "are baseless and I can say with absolute cer ... read more ![]() ![]() Baghdad (AFP) Dec 2, 2024 Iraq sent armoured vehicles on Monday to reinforce its long border with Syria, in a bid to ease concerns after a surprise offensive in the neighbouring country by Islamist-led insurgents. ... more |
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![]() Baghdad (AFP) Dec 1, 2024 Iraq's parliament postponed until Monday a vote on controversial legal amendments, including a reworked family law bill that had sparked civil outrage over fears of a resurgence in underage marriages. ... more ![]() ![]() Baghdad (AFP) Nov 25, 2024 An Iraqi court on Monday sentenced to prison former senior officials, a businessman and others for involvement in the theft of $2.5 billion in public funds - one of Iraq's biggest corruption cases. ... more ![]() ![]() Baghdad (AFP) Nov 25, 2024 Iraq's population has surpassed 45 million, more than a third of whom are under the age of 15, authorities said Monday after the first nationwide census in nearly four decades. ... more ![]() ![]() Baghdad (AFP) Nov 20, 2024 Iraq has accused Israel of attempting to legitimise an attack on its territory, after the Israeli foreign ministry protested to the United Nations about attacks by Iraqi militants. ... more ![]() ![]() Hassan Shami (AFP) Nov 20, 2024 A decade after Islamic State group extremists rampaged through northern Iraq, Moaz Fadhil and his eight children finally returned to their village after languishing for years in a displacement camp. ... more |
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