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Ahmed Rasheed

Baghdad

Chief Correspondent at Reuters

Award-winning Reuters Journalist. Chief Correspondent for @Reuters in Iraq.Ex-Lawyer by training. Views my own; re-tweet my curiosities.

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  • 2 days ago | reuters.com | Ahmed Rasheed |Timour Azhari

    Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa speaks during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 7, 2025.

  • 1 month ago | zawya.com | Jana Choukeir |Ahmed Rasheed

    DUBAI - Iraq and the United States signed on Wednesday a memorandum of understanding for projects in the Gulf country, including 24,000 megawatts of power plants, the Iraqi prime minister's media office said. Another MOU has been inked between Iraq's Ministry of Electricity and U.S. company UGT Renewables to establish an integrated solar energy project with a capacity of 3,000 MW, the media office said in a statement.

  • 1 month ago | lucianne.com | Ahmed Rasheed

    Original ArticlePosted By: Dreadnought, 4/7/2025 11:21:23 AMBAGHDAD - Several powerful Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq are prepared to disarm for the first time to avert the threat of an escalating conflict with the U.S. Trump administration, 10 senior commanders and Iraqi officials told Reuters.

  • 1 month ago | terra.com.br | Ahmed Rasheed

    Vários grupos poderosos de milícias apoiadas pelo Irã no Iraque estão preparados para se desarmar pela primeira vez para evitar a ameaça de um conflito crescente com o governo dos Estados Unidos sob Donald Trump, disseram 10 comandantes seniores e autoridades iraquianas à Reuters.

  • 1 month ago | usatoday.com | Ahmed Rasheed

    AGHDAD, April 7 (Reuters) - Several powerful Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq are prepared to disarm for the first time to avert the threat of an escalating conflict with the U.S. Trump administration, 10 senior commanders and Iraqi officials told Reuters. The move to defuse tensions follows repeated warnings issued privately by U.S. officials to the Iraqi government since Trump took power in January, according to the sources who include six local commanders of four major militias.

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Ahmed Rasheed
Ahmed Rasheed @Ahmed_Rasheed_R
13 May 25

RIYADH, May 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped that Saudi Arabia would soon join the Abraham Accords, a series of normalization agreements between Israel and Arab countries. #USA #Trump #SaudiArabia

Ahmed Rasheed
Ahmed Rasheed @Ahmed_Rasheed_R
13 May 25

RIYADH, May 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend talks between Ukraine and Russia that are scheduled to be held in Turkey on Thursday, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday. #UkraineRussiaWar #USA

Ahmed Rasheed
Ahmed Rasheed @Ahmed_Rasheed_R
13 May 25

The biggest and most destructive of these forces is the regime in Iran, which has caused unthinkable suffering in Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, Iraq, Yemen and beyond," Trump said during remarks at a business summit in Riyadh. #USA #Iran #Iraq #Trump