World
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8/9/2022 10:44:35 AM
Shia Muslims in Iraq and Lebanon chanted, paraded and beat their chests on Tuesday as they marked Ashoura, one of the most important dates on the religious calendar, commemorating the 7th century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Hussein.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/5/2022 3:14:00 PM
Mass protests are filling the political vacuum following a 10-month political standoff in Iraq, Nermeen Al-Mufti reports from Baghdad.
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World
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Region
8/5/2022 2:57:00 PM
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis heeded the call of an influential Shia cleric to gather in a show of strength for a mass prayer in the heart of Baghdad's heavily fortified government zone on Friday. The gathering took place amid an escalating political crisis that has put the country's capital on edge.
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World
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Region
8/3/2022 2:54:00 PM
Thousands of Iraqi protesters have occupied the parliament in Baghdad's Green Zone for the past five days, the latest political turmoil to strike the war-scarred country.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
8/2/2022 9:10:27 PM
For the second time in a week, on Saturday, protesters stormed the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad, breaching the high-security Green Zone. More than 120 people were injured.
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World
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Region
8/1/2022 6:42:25 PM
Hundreds took to Baghdad streets on Monday in a counter-protest planned by Iran-backed groups and Shiite political rivals against an influential cleric whose followers stormed the parliament building over the weekend and are staging a sin-in there.
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World
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Region
7/30/2022 4:30:37 PM
Thousands of followers of an influential Shia cleric breached Iraq's parliament on Saturday, for the second time this week, protesting government formation efforts lead by his rivals, an alliance of Iran-backed groups. The alliance called for counter-protests, raising the specter of civil strife.
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World
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Region
7/30/2022 12:30:19 PM
Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" and occupied parliament on Saturday in a deepening political crisis.
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World
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Region
7/22/2022 7:09:00 PM
After artillery bombardment killed nine people in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Baghdad called for a withdrawal of Turkish forces and said Ankara should handle its "domestic problems" with PKK rebels far from Iraq's borders.
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World
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Region
7/8/2022 6:32:15 PM
Iraq's oil minister said on Thursday the government will take steps to enforce a recent court decision to annul oil contracts the semiautonomous northern Iraqi Kurdish region made with international companies.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
7/4/2022 11:46:00 AM
Almost eight months after the elections in Iraq, the country’s political blocs have failed to form a new government to face up to the crisis in the country, writes Nermeen Al-Mufti in Baghdad
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World
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Region
6/26/2022 2:17:19 PM
Iraq's caretaker prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi arrived in Iran on Sunday, state TV reported, on a visit aimed at reactivating Baghdad-mediated talks between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
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World
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Region
6/26/2022 12:39:23 PM
Iraq's prime minister met with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in the kingdom Sunday as part of Baghdad's efforts to mediate between Riyadh and Tehran.
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World
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Region
6/13/2022 2:40:50 PM
Iraq temporarily closed Baghdad airport Monday as choking clouds of dust blanketed the capital, the latest crippling sandstorm in a country that has warned climate change poses an "existential threat".
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/6/2022 2:04:59 PM
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Safadi, have discussed means of enhancing their trilateral cooperation in various fields as they met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi in Baghdad.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
5/31/2022 9:40:51 PM
Iraq’s parliament passed a new law this week criminalising any moves to normalise the country’s relations with Israel, writes Nermeen Al-Mufti in Baghdad
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World
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Region
5/29/2022 10:30:01 AM
Salah Chelab crushed a husk of wheat plucked from his sprawling farmland south of Baghdad and inspected its seeds in the palm of one hand. They were several grams lighter than he hoped.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
5/23/2022 12:54:39 PM
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World
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Region
5/23/2022 10:41:53 AM
Iraq closed airports and public buildings on Monday as another sandstorm -- the ninth since mid-April -- hit the country, authorities said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
4/26/2022 9:16:29 PM
The Iranian media has hailed the last round of Baghdad-mediated talks with Riyadh as positive, writes Ahmed Mustafa. But the Saudi media is indifferent. Will the Iraqis manage to bring the two regional powers closer?
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