Latest in Tag: Iraq Highlight
Latest in Tag: Iraq
âMinistry of Finance owes contracting sector EGP 13bn in duesâ
CEO of Egyptian Federation for Construction and Building Contractors says the government recognises only EGP 8bn of EGP 13bn debt accrued since revolution
Egypt reduces oil imports
Egypt has cut back on a total of nine million barrels of imported oil for the second quarter of the year, without any official explanation
One million flee Syria war: UN
The UNHCR said the one million figure comprised both registered refugees and those awaiting registration
Qandil in âhistoricâ Iraq visit
âThe Iraqi market is open for Egyptian companiesâ, said Nouri Al-Maliki
Twenty-two killed in suicide bomb near Baghdad
Second deadly attack to hit Iraq in as many days
Suicide bomb kills Sunni Iraqi MP and six others
The demonstrations in Sunni Iraqi areas have decried alleged misuse of anti-terror laws to detain members of the minority community, and claim Sunnis are being targeted by the Shiite-led authorities.
Hundreds back Maliki amid calls for Iraq PM to quit
Anti-government rallies blocked a key highway linking Baghdad to Jordan and Syria for a third week, while protests were also held in Samarra, Tikrit, Baiji and Mosul, all Sunni-majority areas north of the capital
Iraq anti-government rallies draw thousands
Protesters called for a mass prisoner release, stronger human rights provisions in Iraq’s prisons, and a repeal of current anti-terror legislatio
Attacks down but Iraq in ‘low-level war’
A total of 144 people were killed across Iraq last month, including 40 policemen and 15 soldiers
Wave of Iraq attacks kills 22
total of 15 shootings and bombings struck 13 cities and towns in the north, central and south of Iraq
Protest against Iraq PM blocks highway to Syria
Sectarian tensions are still significant in Iraq, which suffered years of brutal confessional violence
Political turmoil marks Iraq’s first post-US year
Disputes among Iraqi politicians escalated as US troops departed on 18 December
Syrian regime draws battle lines as rebels advance
The army aims to take total control of Damascus
Iraq PM warns Kurd security forces to stay put
Kurdish leaders want to expand their autonomous region across a swathe of territory that stretches from Iraq’s eastern border with Iran to its western frontier with Syria
Israel shells Syria after fire hit military vehicle on Golan
Latest in several exchanges over the past week
Iraq bombings kill 19 on eve of Muslim new year
No group claimed responsibility for the violence
IAEA says Iran clean-up of Parchin site ‘ongoing’
The IAEA wants Iran to grant access to Parchin, which it visited twice in 2005 but wants to examine again
Iraq cancels $4.2 bn Russia arms deal over graft concerns
Had the deal been finalised and implemented, it would have made Russia Baghdad’s second-biggest arms supplier, after the United States
Iraq expels Turkish firm from oil exploration deal
The exploration deal was for a tract of land in oil-rich Basra province and had been awarded in May to Kuwait Energy, TPAO and Dragon Oil of the United Arab Emirates
Iraq Eid attacks kill sixteen
Iraq Eid celebrations shattered by bomb and shooting attacks across the country
Baghdad anti-Shiâa attacks kill at least eight
Four car bombs exploded in Shuala and three others were set off in Chikouk, an interior ministry official said, putting the overall toll from the attacks at 11 dead and 32 wounded.
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Iraq Central Bank head suspended, Mubarak’s Laundromat
Iraq attacks kill at least eight
Baghdad, (AFP) â A spate of shootings and bombings targeting Iraqi security forces north of Baghdad on Monday killed at least eight people, while a prisoner on death row escaped from a police station south of the capital. The attacks, which killed four policemen and three anti-Qaeda militiamen, came after a deadly bombing targeted Iraqi …
Russia seals $4.2 bn in arms deals with Iraq
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev agree on weapons deals totalling over $4.2 billion.
Suicide car bomb in Iraq kills four school children
Car bomb explodes next to school, kills four and injures six
US decides MEK no longer terrorists
Mujahedeen Khalq is to be removed from the United States terrorist organisations list
Iraq aims to unite with new national anthem, flag
Iraq aiming to create new unifying national symbols
Britain, Sweden silent on Ecuador Assange proposal
Assange still fears Sweden will hand him over to the United States
The volcano erupts
The outpouring of rage in Islamic countries isn’t just about a low-budget film insulting the prophet Muhammad. It is the eruption of a volcano that has been simmering for the past eleven years
Iraqi VP sentenced to death
Ongoing turmoil in Iraq as top Iraqi politician is sentenced to death in absentia