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Ramzi Neman, Special Representative in Iraq, World Bank: These commitments are a bit shy. Iraq is a middle income country and I think that that they have resources that are generated that could be enough in really guiding the process forward. Simona Foltyn: For Iraq’s farmers, time is running ...
... to end this decades-long conflict. But with none on the horizon, Turkey's fight against the PKK in Iraq has opened the door to long-term Turkish military presence and perhaps wider conflict for an already destabilized region. For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Simona Foltyn in Northern Iraq.
... the one hand, the fighters here claimed to report to Iraq's prime minister. Abu Al Fadhil (through translator): Our responsibility is to control the Iraqi territories and the Iraqi borders, as assigned by the Iraqi government, because we are operating under the Iraqi flag. Simona Foltyn: But there were ...
Between 2009-2014, Iraqi and Kurdish forces conducted joint security in the northern provinces of Ninevah, Kirkuk and Diyala. But the collapse of the Iraqi army during the IS onslaught of 2014 ended the arrangement. Kurdish authorities managed to solidify control over Kirkuk and other disputed areas during this time ...
“As honored as you are, it's gotta be tough to be here today,” Biden told Cashe's family. Cashe is the first Black service member to receive the Medal of Honor for military actions since Vietnam, according to the White House. He was on patrol in Iraq in ...
... York approved the forfeiture of the tablet in July this year. On Tuesday, the tablet was handed over to Iraqi authorities in a ceremony at Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the presence of UNESCO officials as well as Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein and Hassan Nadhem, Iraq’s ...
BAGHDAD (AP) — The final results announced by Iraq’s electoral commission on Tuesday confirmed Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as the biggest winner in last month's vote, securing 73 out of Parliament’s 329 seats. A Sunni party headed by Parliament Speaker Mohamed al-Halbousi came in second with ...
... United Nations election monitoring mission, for the alleged fraud. As the country waits for final results, these men too wait for further instructions. On Monday, Iraq's Election Commission finalized the manual recount to address complaints filed by losing parties. No major discrepancies were found, meaning that the preliminary results ...
Al-Kadhimi, 54, was Iraq’s former intelligence chief before becoming prime minister in May last year. He is considered by the militias to be close to the U.S., and has tried to balance between Iraq’s alliances with both the U.S. and Iran. Prior to the elections ...
... U.S. "had a lot of successes" because "Iraq's terrible dictator is gone." Saddam was captured by U.S. forces while hiding in northern Iraq in December 2003 and later executed by the Iraqi government. But the insurgency that emerged from the U.S. occupation grew into deadly sectarian ...
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