Iraq’s leader Abadi and Turkey’s President Erdogan pledged to strengthen cooperation as ties between their two countries warm in the wake of the Kurdish independence vote. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi and Turkish President Recep [ More … ]
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson attended the first meeting of the joint Saudi-Iraqi coordination council in Riyadh on Sunday as part of his second visit to the Middle East. Top US diplomat Rex Tillerson [ More … ]
Iraq’s prime minister has reportedly refused demarches from Saudi and Emirati officials to join the diplomatic offensive against Doha. Iraqi prime minister has refused demarches from Saudi and UAE officials urging his government to join [ More … ]
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has arrived in Mosul to congratulate troops on their victory over the Islamic State group after an eight-month battle to liberate the city. Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived in [ More … ]
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim is planning to visit Iraq sometime later this week, sources at the prime ministry told Anadolu Agency on Monday. The visit of Turkish PM Binali Yildirim to Iraq will be [ More … ]
BY: SAADET ORUÇ* Iraqi Prime Minister Abadi has no real plans for Iraq and he will unfortunately continue to consult his Western friends about the future of the Iraqi people Mosul is the focus of [ More … ]
– Ibrahim Kalin says Turkey is not eyeing Iraq’s territory – Turkey has no secret agenda in Iraq, presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said Thursday. Speaking to the media at the presidential complex in Ankara, Kalin [ More … ]
BY: YAHYA BOSTAN* Ankara is intensely of the opinion that the people of Mosul should live in Mosul and any attempts that will increase sectarian tension should not be allowed in the city A similar [ More … ]
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