The news around Iraq, from the 6th to the 12th of 2022

Press release. In last week’s headlines: the resignation of the 73 Sadrist members of parliament after Moqtada Al-Sadr resigned, IEDs go off in Erbil, a British national is sentenced to 15 years in prison for antique theft and trafficking, the situation worsens in the refugee camp of Al-Hol, an NGO calls on Kurdistan to bolster laws combatting violence targeting women…

The news around Iraq from June 13 till June 19 2022

Press review. In last week’s headlines: several cases of cholera reported, an air strike hits the headquarters of a group close to the PKK in Sinjar, a part of Iraq’s debt to Iran for the supply of gas has been settled, a new sandstorm temporarily halts operations in Baghdad’s airport...

The news around Iraq from June 20 till June 26, 2022

Press review. In last week’s headlines : Mustafa Al-Kazimi visits Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in order to stabilise the region, Shiite MPs of the coordination framework now more than ever in a position of power in the parliament after the withdrawal of the Sadrists, a gas facility targeted three times by rocket fire in Sulaymaniyah Province, 9 individuals killed in several tribal conflicts, 50 degrees recorded in Baghdad…

The news around Iraq from June 27 till July 3 2022

In last week’s headlines: Moqtada Al-Sadr openly criticises the Iraqi president Barham Saleh, the death of two professors in Sulaymaniyah pushes the Kurdish Prime Minister Masrour Barzani to reinforce control on firearms, gas exploitation of Kor Mor suspends its expansion projects after last week’s rocket attacks, peshmerga forces of the PUK and KDP continue their negotiations to form a unification of their troops, six Yezidi mass graves have started to be exhumed in Sinjar...

The news around Iraq from July 11 until July 17 2022

In last week’s headlines : Moqtada Al-Sadr rallies hundreds of thousands in Baghdad, Turkish drone strike kills five and injures two near Mosul, Shiite leader Hadi Al-Amiri announces that he won’t take part in forming the next government, four Islamic State members responsible for a deadly attack on Peshmergas last December in northern Iraq, Baghdad asks Ankara to release more water into the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, Kurdistan wants a personal intervention by Gulf and US leaders in resolving the energy dispute with Iraq, ...

The news around Iraq from July 18 until July 24 2022

In last week’s headlines : Turkish artillery fire kills nine tourists and injures 23 in northern Iraqi Kurdistan, audio leaks put Nouri al-Maliki’s back to the wall after sulphurous comments about Moqtada al-Sadr and the country’s main political leaders, Islamic State attack kills six Iraqi policemen in northern Baghdad, security cooperation at the centre of discussions between the Kurdish Prime Minister and the Iraqi Prime Minister, neither Nouri al-Maliki nor Hadi al-Amiri will run for the post of Iraqi Prime Minister…

The news around Iraq from July 4 until July 10 2022

In last week’s headlines : the German Parliament recognizes the Yazidi massacre in Iraq as genocide, a Turkish drone strikes the PKK-controlled refugee camp of Makhmour, Moqtada al-Sadr denounces endemic corruption and foreign interference in Iraq, Kurdistan condemns the Iraqi government’s “unfair pressure” on foreign oil compagnies, Nadhim Zahawi, a British-Kurdish politician, is appointed Finance Minister for the United Kingdom…

The news around Iraq from July 25 until July 31 2022

In last week’s headlines : the Coordination Framework proposes Mohammed Shia Al Sudani for the post of Prime Minister, Sadrist protesters enter the Iraqi Parliament for the first time to challenge the candidacy of Mohammed Shia Al Sudani before holding a sit-down on Moqtada Al-Sadr’s orders, the UN Security Council condemns the attack on Dohuk without holding Turkey accountable, 39 years after the Kurdish genocide, 100 victims have been buried in Kurdistan…

The news around Iraq from August 1st until August 7 2022

In last week’s headline: Muqtada al-Sadr calls for the Parliament’s dissolution and the organisation of early elections, the Sadrist movement refuses to discuss a solution to the crisis, the Coordination Framework organises a demonstration against Sadr near the Green Zone, Emmanuel Macron worried about Iraq’s political situation, the United Nations representative in Iraq travels to Muqtada al-Sadr’s headquarters, the Sadrist Movement is expanding in Baghdad...