The most senior Muslim cleric in Iraq, Ayatollah Sistani, backed the UN in calling on the Iraqi Government to get "serious" about reforms as anti-government protests, that have cost hundreds of lives, continue.
Falih Alfayyah announces closure of PMUs recruitment centres but calls for two month extension to integration process into the Iraqi army
Following the launch of a Katyusha rocket on Baghdad's Green Zone near the American embassy, Iraqi Politicians, clerics and militia chiefs say Iraq does not want a war between Tehran and Washington on its soil.
The ban came “due to the negative effects caused by some electronic games on the health, culture, and security of Iraqi society".
Leading party negotiators reported that the new Iraqi Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, is putting the finishing touches to his first cabinet and will submit the names to parliament for approval in the next two days.
A compromise candidate, Adel Abdul Mahdi, has 30 days to form a cabinet and present it to parliament for approval. His designation ends the months-long political deadlock in Iraq following the May elections.
The two largest Iraqi Kurdish political parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), are likely to agree eventually on a presidential candidate, but in the meantime several hats are in the ring.
The new Iraqi parliament held its first session as rival alliances claimed to have the largest bloc at the legislature. The largest bloc holds the power of naming a few prime minister, who in turn will be tasked to form the new government of Iraq.
On Sunday, 16 Iraqi political groups who gained seats in the May elections announced that they have formed the largest parliamentary bloc. The Alliance includes 177 lawmakers from 16 electoral lists and is now in pole position to form country's next government.
A faction of within the Nasr Alliance of Haider al-Abadi has nominated Faleh al-Fayyadh for the position of Prime Minister, risking a split within the incumbent Abadi's coalition.
After the Iraqi Supreme Court approved the results of the 2018 Iraq elections, negotiations to form the largest bloc in parliament are still ongoing amongst the parties with significant seats. The new parliament must convene by September 3rd.
As the race to form the largest parliamentary bloc in Baghdad heats up, negotiations have, so far, fallen short of expectation.
Turkey's consulate in Mosul has been closed since the building was seized by Islamic State militants in June 2014, but now Ankara is looking to make a comeback in its southeastern neighbour.
Following on from Iraq's parliamentary elections ten days ago, negotiations are ongoing between the winning parties to form a new coalition government
Iraq's parliamentary elections set for May 12 will indirectly decide on a new prime minister and president. This is the fourth parliamentary elections since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq and the first since the liberation from ISIS.
The operations conducted by the Iraqi Army to eliminate ISIS in Anbar aim to bring security to the border between Iraq and Syria.