News Source: All Africa
| 3 months ago
opinion Kampala — It was a triumph of democracy. On 25 July, in a free election, Iraq's Kurds finally elected a real opposition party to their regional parliament. According to preliminary results, the Change Party won 25 of the 111 seats in the...
News Source: NewKerala
| 3 months ago
The bomber was trying to kill the police chief of the district of al-Saqalawiya, whose convoy was passing at the time, police in al-Anbar told DPA...Monday's attack followed a powerful car bomb explosion in the nearby town of al-Haditha, in Iraq's...
News Source: Seattle Times
| 3 months ago
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Kurdish President Massoud Barzani pledged Sunday to resolve disputes over land and oil that have threatened to spill into fighting. The conflict between the government and the Kurdish semiautonomous region is...
News Source: Al Jazeera
| 3 months ago
Tareq Aziz, who was Iraq's deputy prime minister under former leader Saddam Hussein, has had his jail term extended by seven years after being convicted for his involvement in the forced displacement of Kurds from the northeast. Saddam's campaign...
News Source: Voice of America
| 3 months ago
Iraq's highest court has sentenced former deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz to seven years in prison for expelling Kurds from northern Iraq during former dictator Saddam Hussein's rule. The Iraqi High Tribunal handed down the sentence Sunday. Aziz...
News Source: Zaman.com
| 3 months ago
Releasing a written statement Yıldız said, “Baghdad's decision is an important development for our neighborly relations ... and for drawing up mutual projects." Baghdad, possibly during a visit by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, due in...