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Iraqi lawmaker: 100+ laws on shelf in Parliament
Shafaq News
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2025-07-02T12:55:05+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s Parliament has stalled more than 100 draft laws, a member of the Parliamentary Legal Committee revealed on Wednesday. Abdul Karim Abtan told Shafaq News that...
UPDATE: Kurdish PKK announces plans to surrender fighters' weapons in northern Iraq
BNE Intellinews
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The Kurdistan Workers' Party announced on July 3 that its fighters in northern Iraq will begin surrendering weapons in the first concrete step toward disarmament as part of peace efforts, IQ News reported. The PKK has long held bases in the...
'The President’s Cake': Hasan Hadi on Iraq, sanctions and his Cannes-winning debut
Middle East Eye
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July 4, 2025
For Iraqi director Hasan Hadi, winning the Camera d’Or for best first feature at last month’s Cannes Film Festival was not just an acknowledgement of a gifted Arab talent, it was a historic event that put Iraqi cinema on the world film map. His...
Drone downed near Iraqi Kurdistan airport where US-led coalition troops are based
The Times of Israel
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July 4, 2025
ERBIL, Iraq — A drone was intercepted late on Thursday near Erbil airport, which houses US-led anti-jihadist coalition troops in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, Kurdish security forces said. “At 21:58 (1858 GMT) an explosive-packed drone was...
Booby-trapped drone shot down near airport in N. Iraq
Xinhua News Agency
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BAGHDAD, July 4 (Xinhua) -- A booby-trapped drone was shot down Thursday night near Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, said local authorities. A drone was shot down at 9:58 p.m. local time (1858 GMT)...
Beyond candidates: Al-Nasr Coalition demands electoral overhaul in Iraq
Shafaq News
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2025-07-04T10:59:13+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News - Baghdad On Friday, Al-Nasr (Victory) Coalition, led by former Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, urged Iraqi authorities to reform the electoral process and bar corrupt...
Commander Stresses Non-Lethal Targeting in Eastern Baghdad
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
As the nature of the war on terror in Iraq has changed, so have the targets sought by coalition and Iraqi forces. When Operation Iraqi Freedom began, typical targets were military formations and vehicles of the former Iraqi army, Republican Guard...
US designates 12 tankers and Iraqi terminal in first Iran sanctions since bombing nuclear sites
Lloyd's List
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THE US sanctioned an Iraqi oil terminal and more than 30 individuals, entities and “shadow fleet” tankers on Thursday as the “maximum pressure” sanctions campaign on Iran resumed for the first time since Washington bombed the Islamic Republic’s...
Iraq Power Grid Suffers Capacity Cut as Iran Gas Supply Slumps
Rigzone
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July 2, 2025
Iraq’s electricity grid lost around 15% of its generation capacity after gas supplies from neighboring Iran were more than halved on Tuesday, highlighting the country’s vulnerability to energy shocks despite its oil wealth. Iranian gas deliveries...
Iraq’s Turkmen Front urges al-Sudani to reshape Kirkuk government
Shafaq News
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2025-07-02T16:53:02+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Kirkuk On Wednesday, the Turkmen Front urged the Iraqi government to oversee a reshuffle of Kirkuk’s local government to secure Turkmen participation in the province’s...
Officials Continue to Note Progress Amid Violence in Iraq
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.23.2006 Courtesy Story The idea that progress and violence co-exist in Iraq is fast becoming a mantra for officials both in Baghdad and here. Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., commander of Multinational Force Iraq, made...
U.S. Ambassador: Success In Iraq Can Be Achieved
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.23.2006 Courtesy Story Success can be achieved in Iraq, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said today, as the U.S. and its allies adapt tactics while continuing to work with the new Iraqi government to suppress violence and...
Ambassador Khalilzad: U.S. Goals For Iraq Remain Unchanged
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.23.2006 Courtesy Story The road has been rough in Iraq's journey toward becoming a responsible member of the world community, but the country will reach its destination, the senior U.S. diplomat to Iraq said today....
U.S. Soldier Missing in Iraq; Officials Announce Casualties
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.22.2006 Courtesy Story A Multinational Division Baghdad soldier was listed as “duty status-whereabouts unknown" today in Baghdad, military officials reported, and military officials have announced recent casualties...
Spokesman Puts Building Iraqi Government in Perspective
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.23.2006 Courtesy Story Building a nation is tough business, and people tend to lose their frames of reference about the process, a Pentagon spokesman said here today. People forget that the Iraqi government has been in...
Search for Missing U.S. Soldier Continues in Baghdad
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.23.2006 Courtesy Story Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers are searching for U.S. soldier missing since yesterday evening. Officials have not released the soldier’s name. Soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade...
U.S. Not Putting Timetable on Iraq, Rumsfeld Says
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 10.22.2006 Courtesy Story The United States is not looking to place any timetable on the Iraqi government's process of assuming responsibility for the country's security, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said here...
Türkiye expects Turkmens to be represented 'adequately' in Iraqi government institutions
Yeni Safak
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Türkiye expects Turkmen to be represented "adequately" in Iraq's political and governmental institutions, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Friday. "The appointment of a non-Turkmen director to the Altunkopru Municipality in Kirkuk — a region...
Drone Shot Down Near Iraqi Airport Hosting US Troops: Security Forces
The Defense Post
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July 4, 2025
A drone was intercepted late on Thursday near Arbil airport, which houses US-led anti-jihadist coalition troops in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, Kurdish security forces said. “At 21:58 (1858 GMT) an explosive-packed drone was downed near...
'Operation Cowpens' Continues on Iraq's Jabouri Peninsula
DVIDS - Georgia
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES 03.31.2006 Courtesy Story A coalition military operation on Iraq's Jabouri Peninsula has yielded numerous mortar and artillery rounds, weapons and ammunition, bomb-making materials, and suspected insurgents, military...