Iraq’s Basra under pressure from rural exodus due to desertification
[ad_1] Issued on: 17/11/2022 – 15:14Modified: 17/11/2022 – 15:19 05:11 FOCUS © FRANCE 24 Repeated droughts experienced by Iraq for the past three years are accentuating the...
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New PM named in Iraq: Iraqis hope for change after year of political deadlock
[ad_1] Issued on: 26/10/2022 – 11:30Modified: 26/10/2022 – 11:48 After a year of political gridlock and instability, Iraq is finally on the verge of forming...
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Iraq gets new president and prime minister after year of deadlock
[ad_1] Issued on: 13/10/2022 – 18:28 Despite a rocket attack on Baghdad’s Green Zone, Iraqi lawmakers Thursday elected a new president who swiftly named a...
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Iraqi MPs to meet in new bid to elect president, end deadlock
[ad_1] Issued on: 13/10/2022 – 10:34 Lawmakers in crisis-hit Iraq are set to meet Thursday for their fourth attempt this year to elect a new...
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Death toll climbs in Iranian drone attack on Iraq’s Kurdish region
[ad_1] An Iranian drone bombing campaign targeting the bases of an Iranian-Kurdish opposition group in northern Iraq on Wednesday killed at least nine people and...
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Breakthrough between Iran and Saudi Arabia is possible, Iraqi foreign minister says
[ad_1] Issued on: 21/09/2022 – 14:06 In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Iraq’s Foreign inister Fuad Hussein said...
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How Britain’s power in the Middle East crumbled under Queen Elizabeth’s reign
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest...
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Moqtada al-Sadr’s moment? Iraqi cleric in show of force against Shiite rivals
[ad_1] Issued on: 30/08/2022 – 20:13 As quickly as Baghdad erupted, Moqtada al-Sadr’s supporters went home. All it took was a word from the leader...
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Who are the rival Shiite politicians vying to fill Iraq’s political vacuum?
[ad_1] Ten months after the October 2021 parliamentary elections, Iraq is still mired in a political impasse that turned deadly Monday after Moqtada al-Sadr announced his...
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Iraqi cleric Sadr calls for an end to protests over his resignation from politics
[ad_1] Issued on: 30/08/2022 – 10:01 Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on his followers to stop protesting Tuesday after violent clashes between rival Shiite Muslim...
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Deadly clashes in Baghdad after Sadr announces plans to resign
[ad_1] Eight supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr were killed and 85 others wounded Monday after clashes broke out in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, medics...
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Iraq political crisis deepens: Sadr supporters demand dissolution of parliament
[ad_1] Issued on: 23/08/2022 – 18:49Modified: 23/08/2022 – 20:15 Iraq’s judiciary suspended work on August 23 after supporters of powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr camped...