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 ...
... Iraqis called to boycott the vote. Only 80 out of the 3, 200 candidates who ran in the election represented the protest movement. Turnout hit a record low at 41 percent, allowing established political parties to secure a comfortable victory. For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Simona Foltyn in Iraq.
... immune to reforms and that the election would only bring back the same faces and parties responsible for the corruption and mismanagement that has plagued Iraq for decades. The problems have left the country with crumbling infrastructure, growing poverty and rising unemployment rates. Under Iraq's laws, the party that ...
... fanned out and deployed outside polling stations, some of which were ringed by barbed wire. Voters were patted down and searched. As a security precaution, Iraq closed its airspace and land border crossings and scrambled its air force from Saturday night until early Monday morning. In another first, Sunday’s ...
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