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7/31/2022 2:30:24 PM
Hundreds of followers of powerful Iraqi Shiite preacher Moqtada Sadr camped at the country's parliament Sunday for a second day, protesting against corruption and political mismanagement.
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World
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Region
7/31/2022 10:42:44 AM
Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr occupied the country's parliament on Saturday with no plan to leave, deepening a months-long political standoff.
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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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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
7/29/2022 6:48:00 PM
Leaked audio recordings attributed to former Iraqi prime minister Nouri Al-Maliki have deepened rifts within the country’s Shia factions and highlighted its incompetent leadership.
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World
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Region
7/28/2022 9:34:00 PM
The followers of the influential populist Shia cleric came by the thousands to storm Iraq's parliament. Just as quickly, the protesters dispersed at his command.
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World
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Region
7/27/2022 6:52:22 PM
Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Wednesday stormed parliament after penetrating the capital's high-security government Green Zone, protesting against a rival bloc's nomination for prime minister.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
7/27/2022 2:24:00 PM
With the Iraqi hosted Saudi-Iranian meetings poised for an upgrade, the question remains if the GCC will ultimately embrace Iran.
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World
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Region
7/23/2022 3:55:09 PM
The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Saturday that it will file a complaint with the UN Security Council, requesting to hold an emergency session on what it described as the “Turkish aggression,” according to the Iraqi News Agency (INA).
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/21/2022 4:10:01 PM
Egypt has expressed its deepest condolences to Iraq over the victims of an attack that targeted a tourist resort in Dohuk in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Wednesday, killing eight Iraqi civilians and injuring over 20 others.
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World
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Region
7/20/2022 7:19:43 PM
Turkish artillery strikes killed at least eight tourists, among them a toddler, in northern Iraq and wounded over 20, Iraqi Kurdish government and hospital officials, and the army said on Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/20/2022 11:38:46 AM
Egypt has strongly condemned a terrorist bombing that occurred in the Iraqi Salahuddin province and resulted in the killing of several members of the Iraqi police forces, a press release by the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/16/2022 7:09:17 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met with Prime Minister of Iraq Mostafa Al-Kadhimi and Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal Al-Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah in Jeddah earlier on Saturday on the side-lines of the Jeddah Security and Development Summit.
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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
7/1/2022 12:17:00 PM
Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr has always been unpredictable, but his order to his followers to walk out of Iraq’s parliament after winning a majority of seats seems bewildering.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
6/27/2022 12:00:00 AM
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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
6/25/2022 9:23:50 PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi is due to visit Saudi Arabia and Iran "in the next few hours", as part of efforts to mediate between the two countries, a cabinet source said Saturday.
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World
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Region
6/17/2022 5:03:51 PM
Four fighters affiliated with Turkey's banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were killed Friday in a Turkish drone strike in Iraq's autonomous northern region, Kurdish officials said.
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Books
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Reviews
6/7/2022 7:43:36 PM
Egypt's highest state awards in art, literature, and social sciences for 2022 were announced on 7 June, with writer Ibrahim Abdel-Meguied, director Dawood Abdel-Sayed, and late Iraq thinker Qais Azzawi winning the top honour, the Nile Award.
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