Paul Guillot, 11/11 19:11 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Officially, the elections are hailed as a step forward for a country still scarred by two decades of war and instability. In reality, the vote unfolds under the persistent shadow of Iran, determined to preserve a political system it has largely shaped since Saddam Hussein’s fall in 2003. Outgoing Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani owes his ...
This is Beirut, 11/11 12:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Iraqis began voting for a new parliament on Tuesday at a pivotal time for the country and the wider region, in an election that both Iran and the United States will be closely watching. Iraq, which has long been a fertile land for proxy wars, has only recently regained a sense of stability, as it tries to move past decades of war since the US-led ...
This is Beirut, 11/11 09:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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Iraqis head to the polls on Tuesday to elect a new parliament for a four-year term in a vote that will be closely watched in Washington and Tehran. Here is a look at what could come next and what the regional impact could be. What happens after the vote? Iraq's Supreme Court must first ratify the election results. Two weeks later, the ...
This is Beirut, 10/11 12:50 - Reading : less than a minute
As Iraq heads to parliamentary elections on November 11, the nation’s youth is divided between boycotting and voting. Some heed Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr’s call to abstain, citing corruption and failing public services. Others see casting a ballot as a civic duty, fueled by hopes for change. Closely watched by Iran, the election could reshape ...
This is Beirut, 05/11 15:15 - Reading : 9 minute(s)
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Smiling broadly and clad in military fatigues, young Iraqi Mohammed Imad's last TikTok post was in a field carved up with heavy vehicle tracks in what appeared to be Ukraine. Smoke was rising behind him. "Pray for me," read the caption next to a Russian flag. That was in May. Months went by without a word, only rumors. Mohammed had been taken ...
This is Beirut, 03/11 09:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Iraq will hold parliamentary elections on November 11, with analysts saying Iran will be watching closely as it hopes to retain influence over its neighbor after losing regional leverage during the Gaza war. The past two years have seen Iran-backed groups including Palestinian militants Hamas, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Huthis in Yemen suffer ...
This is Beirut, 30/10 16:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Energy and Water Minister Joe Saddi defended his ministry’s energy policy, stressing that Lebanon “has nothing to hide” and is working to stabilize electricity production despite severe financial and technical constraints. In an interview with LBCI, Saddi said that public institutions in the South, including Electricity of Lebanon (EDL) and ...
Seth J. Frantzman , 23/10 15:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
In the early hours of October 15, an IED tore through a Chevy Tahoe in Baghdad’s northern outskirts, killing Safaa al-Mashhadani, a candidate in Iraq’s upcoming parliamentary elections. Three days later, gunmen opened fire on the office of another candidate, Muthanna al-Azzawi, 25 kilometers south of the Iraqi ...
This is Beirut, 15/10 12:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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An Iraqi parliamentary candidate was killed and three of his bodyguards wounded when a bomb exploded near his car north of Baghdad, a security source said. The incident is the first killing of a candidate ahead of Iraq's parliamentary elections, scheduled for November 11. "A bomb exploded under the vehicle of Safaa al-Mashhadani, a current ...
This is Beirut, 09/10 22:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The US Treasury on Thursday ramped up its Iran-related sanctions, targeting a firm with ties to Iran-backed militia groups in Iraq and the president of Iraq's Olympic Committee. In a statement, the Treasury Department accused these militias of helping "the Iranian regime in evading U.S. sanctions, smuggling weapons, and engaging in widespread ...
This is Beirut, 01/10 19:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US and allied forces are reducing their presence in Iraq, the Pentagon said Wednesday, winding down a more than decade-long mission there against the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group as planned. Washington and Baghdad agreed last year that the international coalition against IS, established in 2014 to help local forces retake territory seized by ...
This is Beirut, 27/09 13:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iraq resumed crude exports from the autonomous Kurdistan region on Saturday after a more than two-year halt over legal and technical disputes. Control over lucrative oil exports has been a major point of contention between Baghdad and Arbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region, with a key pipeline to Turkey shut since 2023. Iraq's oil ministry ...