Sinan Mahmoud
Iraq Correspondent at The National
@TheNationalNews Iraq Correspondent. Previously @AP senior reporter. RTs not endorsements. Contact: smahmoud at https://t.co/2TCCDoo8lh
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1 week ago |
thenationalnews.com | Sinan Mahmoud
Iraq's Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned Lebanon's ambassador, to voice its “discomfort” over statements made by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun about a paramilitary force backed by Baghdad. The Popular Mobilisation Forces were formed after ISIS seized large parts of northern and western Iraq in mid-2014. As the terrorist group overran US-trained Iraqi security forces, thousands of civilians answered a call to arms by influential Shiite cleric Ali Al Sistani.
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1 week ago |
thenationalnews.com | Sinan Mahmoud
Photos of the 1988 chemical attack on Halabja were displayed during remembrance events in the city last month. AFPPhotos of the 1988 chemical attack on Halabja were displayed during remembrance events in the city last month. AFPIraq declares Halabja, scene of Saddam's gas attack on Kurds, as 19th provinceParliament passes long-delayed bill to help survivors of 1988 chemical attack that killed 5,000 Kurds
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1 week ago |
thenationalnews.com | Sinan Mahmoud
Discussions welcomed by Saudi Arabia and Iraq, while White House says negotiations were 'very positive'
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2 weeks ago |
thenationalnews.com | Sinan Mahmoud
Iraq's cabinet set November 11 as the date for the next parliamentary election during a session on Wednesday, a government statement said. The elections will be the sixth parliamentary vote since the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. Iraq's last general election, in October 2021, was held a year early in response to one of the core demands of a nationwide, pro-reform protest movement that began in 2019 in central and southern parts of the country.
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2 weeks ago |
thenationalnews.com | Sinan Mahmoud
Iraq has long sought stability along its western border, where ISIS remnants and drug-trafficking networks remain major security concerns
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