Tag: Iraq

Observers say the court’s decision is a rebuke and a message to parliament to clean up its own ‘mess’.Iraq’s top court on Wednesday rejected a petition to dissolve the parliament, a key demand by powerful Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr and his political bloc that has boycotted the legislature, saying ...

Tehran, Iran – Iran has a stake in the stability of its western neighbour Iraq, which has just experienced two days of deadly violence after months of political turmoil. Iraqi foreign minister Fuad Hussein landed in Tehran for high-level meetings early on Monday, shortly before powerful religious leader Muqtada ...

ISLAMABAD: Afghan Taliban spiritual leader Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada has expressed his country’s desire to have strong relations with the United States, vowing that Afghanistan will not allow anyone to use its soil against any country. This has been the first time that the Taliban supreme leader mentioned the US ...

RABAT — Moroccan cinema authorities have banned the controversial British film Lady of Heaven, after it was condemned by the country's religious council.The film claims to tell the story of Lady Fatima, the daughter of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).The Supreme Ulema Council said the movie was a "flagrant falsification of ...

The crimes of abductions and enslavement of ethnic and religious minority women and girls are an ever growing issue that continues to be neglected by law enforcement and governments around the world. The women and girl cannot access the assistance they need. They do not have access to effective ...

Gérard Araud also predicts that Europe will not get involved in an “Asian NATO” The former French ambassador to the US and UN Gérard Araud has told China’s Global Times that resentment at the “double standards” of the West is likely turning some countries off supporting Washington’s position on ...

Early in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Moscow announced that it had bombed a dam on the North Crimean Canal. After Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, Ukraine erected the dam, blocking a vital water supply to the occupied territory and resulting in severe water shortages.  The war in Ukraine is ...

WASHINGTON: Russia has lost more than 7,000 soldiers in 20 days in Ukraine, roughly the same number of United States troops killed in 20 years in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to American intelligence estimates being dished out amid an emerging replay of Washington's proxy war that trapped the former ...

It’s one thing to invade a country. Even decapitating a government can be relatively easy, although Vladimir Putin has so far failed in Ukraine. But it’s something else entirely to pacify a country and occupy it over time toward a favorable conclusion. The Soviet Union found that out in ...

U.S. troops in Iraq quietly thwarted two separate drone attacks on bases hosting American soldiers in the first week of 2022. The attacks, attributed to Iraqi Shiite militias, are no surprise: America’s presence in Iraq is increasingly unwelcome. More attacks are bound to come as long as the Biden ...