by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 5, 2017 | Middle East
Bagdad, Erbil- Ammar al-Hakim, leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), is carrying out local and regional visits – Hakim and his accompanying delegate arrived to Kurdistan on Saturday where he was received at the airport by Prime Minister of the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 7, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
Baghdad- A meeting was successfully held in Karbala after escalated conflicts among parties of the National Alliance, the largest bloc in the Iraqi parliament, mainly between Leader of Dawa Party, PM Haider al-Abadi and Leader of the Sadrist Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 23, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
Baghdad- Iraqi official told Asharq Al-Awsat that Iran has delegated the Commander of Iran’s al-Quds Force and the responsible for the Iraqi file, Brigade Qasem Soleimani, to Baghdad in line with the political and economic reforms that the Iraqi Prime Minister...
by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 30, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Shi’ite leader Moqtada Al-Sadr called on Baghdad to pursue a new regional foreign policy with the formation of a new government led by Prime Minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi. “We must open up to the other countries [in the region] to...
by Hamza Mustafa | Jul 15, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi lawmakers elected a new speaker of parliament on Tuesday, as Shi’a political parties prepared to nominate candidates to replace Nuri Al-Maliki as prime minister. Iraqi state TV showed footage of MPs congratulating Sunni MP Salim...
