Baghdad :: Iraq
| 1 day ago
The debate has finished and the vote will take place on Wednesday," Mahmud Mashhadani said after a seven-hour session of parliament during which about 40 MPs expressed their views. Click here to go to Dow Jones NewsPlus, a web front page of today's most...
Tags: iraq, parliament, military, Iraqi, Iraq Parliament, Amman Saad Hayyani
Amman :: Jordan
| 1 day ago
Experts from Jordan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt will convene in the capital today to discuss the situation of millions of Iraqis residing in host countries and urge further international support, a Foreign Ministry official said on Wednesday.
Tags: iraq, jordan, Bashir Urges International Community, Jordan Times, Salah Bashir, host iraqis, Jordan News Agency, Iraqi
Baghdad :: Iraq
| 1 day ago
Iraq - Trader An Iranian merchant kept in an Iraqi prison for 100 days was released and returned to Iran from Shalamcheh border point in southern Iran. Iranian businessman, Heidar Mirzaian, was arrested in Iraq for possessing extra dollars. Meanwhile,...
Tags: Iraqi, Iran
Tehrān :: Iran
| 1 day ago
The official, who heads the counterespionage unit of the Intelligence Ministry but was not identified by name, said Ashtary was put to death Monday morning...The case "shows a new dimension and intensifying of the widespread intelligence fight between...
Tags: Iranian, Israeli, Ali Ashtari, Shiraz, Iraqi, Asian, Iraqâ
Baghdad :: Iraq
| 1 day ago
Iraqis as they flesh out their new constitutional framework, U.S...This is a key reason the U. was assigned an advisory role under a one-year, $2.5 million grant administered by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL)....
Tags: Iraqi, U.S
Baghdad :: Iraq
| 1 day ago
Iraqis outraged by a proposed security pact between Iraq and the United States staged an angry but peaceful protest against the deal Friday. Thousands of people -- most of whom are backers of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr -- streamed into...
Tags: Iraq Shiite, Iraqi, US-Iraq, Parliament Engulfed, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, Mahmud Mashhadani, Mahmoud Mashhadani, security pact, Al-Mashhadani, forces leave
Baghdad :: Iraq
| 1 day ago
Iraq's presidential council has taken the unusual step of publicly criticizing the Shiite prime minister after he berated them for their opposition to councils of loyal tribesmen in several Iraqi provinces. The quarrel is the latest in a series of political...
Tags: iraq, security pact, government, Iraqi, Aswat al-Iraq, Jalal Talabani, u.s, means completing, pact means, prime minister
Ceyhan :: Turkey
| 1 day ago
CNN-Turk reported that the strong explosion took place in the southeast Turkish province of Mardin, but did not provide further details including how the explosion occurred. Meanwhile sources from the Turkish energy ministry and pipeline company Botas...
Tags: explosion, ceyhan pipeline, Turkey, Iraqi, turk reported
Bay :: Philippines
| 2 days ago
Iraq 's January 2005 elections. Recall "expert pessimism" dominated the international media's coverage of that election...An ink-stained finger became a symbol of the individual and social courage it took to start a national democratic political process.
Tags: Iraqi
Baghdad :: Iraq
| 2 days ago
Less than half of the new Iraqi army will consist of light infantry divisions, with the majority evolving toward mechanized and armored units, a report says. Recent purchases, or planned purchases, of mortars, division transfers from the Kurdistan Regional...
Tags: iraq, kurdistan, Iraqi
