August 29th, 2018 | 0 commentsThe Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture yesterday accused the Iranian government of exerting political pressure on it without logical justification. A spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture, Hamid Al-Nayef, said yesterday that most of the Iranian statements issued in recent days, including President Hassan Rouhani’s position on wildfir...
August 29th, 2018 | 0 commentsThe Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter Daesh, Brett H. McGurk, has started, Tuesday, a round of talks with Iraqi leaders to accelerate the formation of the new government. Talks come days before the first session of the new parliament which is scheduled for September 3, during which a president and two vice pre...
August 13th, 2018 | 0 commentsPrime Minister Nechirvan Barzani chaired the 49th regular session of the Council of Ministers on Tuesday. It was also attended by Deputy Prime Minister Qubad Talabani. Prime Minister Barzani briefed the Council about his recent visit to Baghdad and meeting with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. He said, they agreed to continue dialogue and...
August 8th, 2018 | 0 commentsThe Iraqi Independent High Elections Commission yesterday announced that it has completed the manual recount of votes from the parliamentary elections held on 12 May. The state television reported that the commission has officially announced the completion of the recount and that it has decided not to recount votes from Rusafa district wh...
August 8th, 2018 | 0 commentsIraq does not agree with US sanctions against Iran but will abide by them to protect its own interests, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday. “As a matter of principle, we are against sanctions in the region. Blockade and sanctions destroy societies and do not weaken regimes,” he said at a news conference. “We consider them (san...
August 6th, 2018 | 0 commentsIraq’s election commission ignored an anti-corruption body’s warnings about the credibility of electronic vote-counting machines used in May’s parliamentary election, according to investigators and a document seen by Reuters. The devices, provided by South Korean company Miru Systems under a deal with the Independent High Elections Commis...
August 1st, 2018 | 0 commentsThe US Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh, Brett McGurk, and the outgoing Iraqi Parliament Speaker, Salim Al-Jubouri, have discussed efforts to form the new government. In remarks to the Anadolu Agency, Al-Jubouri’s adviser Abdul-Malik Al-Hosseini said: “The former parliament speaker met on Sunday in Baghd...
August 1st, 2018 | 0 commentsMuqtada al-Sadr’s Sairoon bloc has reached an understanding with a handful of political parties regarding the formation of a majority bloc in parliament which would then be tasked with drawing up a new government, a Sairoon spokesman said Tuesday. “The alliance has come to an understanding on the formation of a majority bloc in parliament...
July 25th, 2018 | 0 commentsIraq’s Ministry of Oil has announced final oil exports for June of 105,640,161 barrels, giving an average for the month of 3.521 million barrels per day (bpd), an increase from the 3.490 bpd exported in May. These exports were entirely from the southern terminals, with no exports registered from Kirkuk via Ceyhan. Revenues for the month w...
July 25th, 2018 | 0 commentsCombined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve and its partners have accelerated offensive activity against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria targets in designated parts of Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported. Between July 16-22, coalition military forces conducted 24 strikes, consis...
