Representatives from several political parties in the Kurdistan Region will meet in Erbil on Monday (February 24) with the Region’s top political leadership to discuss the ongoing government formation process in Baghdad.
Successor chosen to deputy leader of the PMU, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, who was assassinated along with top Iranian general Qassem Suleimani, by a US drone strike in Baghdad last month.
The area surrounding the al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul has been completely cleared of landmines and rubble after ISIS occupation, says Noura Al Kaabi, the UAE’s Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development.
Political pressure on the Iraqi prime minister-designate, Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, could bring him down before he even forms a government.
The Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, has warned that ISIS is in the process of regaining its strength. Other reports also warned that the group fields more militants than it did in 2014.
On Wednesday evening, Iraq's PM Designate, Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, called on the Iraqi Parliament to hold an emergency session on Saturday to hold a vote of confidence on his cabinet selections. Nonetheless, several political parties remain reluctant on Allawi's candidates.
Human rights organisations are claiming that there are over 8,000 people detained by ISIS in Syria and Iraq who are still missing.
Iraq Prime Minister-designate Muhammed Tawfiq Allawi has announced that he will present his new cabinet to parliament within days.