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Iraq and Turkey are keen to boost ties

December 20, 2020 MEO Staff

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi visited Turkey Thursday to discuss regional, bilateral, economic ties Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi was in Ankara this week for meetings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Both countries want strong bilateral ties. They share [ More … ]

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Iraq’s new PM al-Kadhimi took office after the parliament finally approved a new government

May 7, 2020 MEO Staff

Iraq’s new Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi took office after the country’s parliament approved a new government on Wednesday following nearly six months of political wrangling. Al-Kadhimi is viewed as pragmatic as well as having good relations with main [ More … ]

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Iraqi protests continuing a day after nomination of new PM

February 2, 2020 MEO Staff

Protesters have rejected Mohammed Tawfik Allawi as prime minister, calling his appointment an Iran-backed decision Iraqi protesters maintained their anti-government position by leading demonstrations across Iraq’s south on Sunday, a day after a new prime [ More … ]

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Iraqi demonstrators demand withdrawal of U.S. troops

January 24, 2020 MEO Staff

Tens of thousands of Iraqis marched Friday at the urging of popular Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, decrying U.S. influence in the country and demanding that Washington withdraw its troops. Around Baghdad’s Jadriyah Square, the streets [ More … ]

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Iraqi Prime Minister Pushes Washington to Discuss Exit of US Troops

January 10, 2020 MEO Staff

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi asked U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo to send officials to Iraq to work out a mechanism for the withdrawal of American troops, according to his office, as the [ More … ]

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Iran launches missile attacks on US military base in Iraq

January 8, 2020 Ahmed Rashed

Iran fires more than a dozen rockets at Iraq’s Ain al-Asad military base and targets Erbil facility. Iran has launched a series of missile attacks on US facilities in Iraq, days after the United States assassinated top Iranian [ More … ]

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Iraq protesters storm US Embassy in Baghdad

December 31, 2019 MEO Staff

Outraged Iraqi protesters on Tuesday stormed the US Embassy compound in Baghdad, protesting Washington’s attacks on armed battalions belong to Iranian-backed Hashd Al-Shaabi forces, Anadolu Agency reports. At least 25 people were killed in weekend [ More … ]

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Iraqi PM Abdul Mahdi submits resignation to parliament

December 1, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

Parliament to meet on Sunday to decide on Iraqi PM’s fate amid continuing anti-government protests. Iraqi PM resignation would only be ‘first step’, protesters say Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi submitted his resignation to [ More … ]

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Iraqi protests: Bloody crackdown after torching Iranian consulate

November 28, 2019 MEO Staff

At least 28 people have reportedly been shot dead by security forces across Iraq as protesters torched the Iranian embassy in the southern city of Najaf. A curfew was imposed in the city following the [ More … ]

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Amnesty calls for ending Iraq ‘bloodbath’

November 10, 2019 MEO Staff

More than 300 Iraqis have been killed, thousands injured since protests broke out last month Amnesty International has called on Iraqi authorities to rein in security forces, amid anti-government protests that left scores dead. The human [ More … ]

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Iraq: Security forces kill at least ten protesters

November 8, 2019 MEO Staff

Ten people have been killed in Basra as Iraqi security forces continued their repression of anti-corruption protests, with Iraq’s foremost Shia cleric saying the government must meet protesters’ demands. Police and medical sources say at [ More … ]

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Iraqi protesters occupy key oil port amid raging protests

November 6, 2019 MEO Staff

Protesters have occupied Iraq’s main port, blocking important oil transport routes in the south as deadly disruption and anger continues to flare across the country. Protests in Iraq shut down the country’s key port at [ More … ]

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Iraqi president says PM willing to resign as protesters push on

November 1, 2019 MEO Staff

Adel Abdul Mahdi to step down if lawmakers can agree on his successor, following month of protests in which more than 250 people have been killed Iraq’s president said on Thursday that Prime Minister Adel [ More … ]

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Amid escalating protests, Iraqi PM’s main backers agree to oust him

October 30, 2019 MEO Staff

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s two main backers have agreed to work to remove him from office as protests against his government gained momentum in Baghdad and much of the Shi’ite south only to [ More … ]

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Major demonstrations resume in Iraq, at least two protesters reportedly dead

October 25, 2019 MEO Staff

Iraqi Human Rights Commission says those killed appeared to have died after being hit by tear gas canisters At least two demonstrators were killed in Baghdad on Friday morning as Iraq’s highest religious authority urged [ More … ]

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