By John Lee. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed S. Al-Sudani has held talks in recent days with representatives of business interests from sever …
Iraq’s parliament speaker Halbousi says Sunni community ‘cannot go back to the past’
Monitor, Iraq’s parliament speaker discussed the turnaround among Iraqi Sunnis, relations with Iraq’s neighbors and why young Iraqis expect results.
Despite gains, Iraq has not yet ‘turned the corner’, Security Council hears
Iraq’s stability and hard-won gains require robust support amid concerns of shrinking civic space, postponed elections, and an unfolding climate emergency, the top UN official in the country told the …
Cop28 should help Iraq, Syria and Yemen access much-needed climate funds
Vulnerable Middle East countries affected by conflict should be offered easier access to global finance to help mitigate the effects of climate change, humanitarian experts said on Thursday. In a …
Biden extends national emergency declaration for stabilization of Iraq
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – United States President Joe Biden on Tuesday extended a national emergency declaration on the stabilization of Iraq issued by the White House 20 years ago, saying the …
Hate speech sparks fears of violence against Yazidis in Iraq
An absence of accountability for a past genocide and a power vacuum have left the Yazidi vulnerable to renewed rounds of violence.
Lebanon Secures Fuel Deals with Iraq to Tackle Power Crisis
Lebanon and Iraq have announced agreements to increase fuel supplies as Lebanon grapples with a power crisis amid years of economic turmoil, the two countries confirmed on Tuesday.
The Iraqi Government Is Failing Victims of ISIS in Sinjar
Salim, 42, lost everything when fighters from the Islamic State (ISIS) stormed his village in the Sinjar district of Iraq in 2014. “We used to have a farm, but ISIS destroyed it,” he told Human Rights …
Lebanon Signs Deal To Get More Fuel Oil From Iraq
The Lebanese Energy Minister Walid Fayyad has said that Iraq agreed to increase the volume of heavy fuel oil exported annually
Lebanon strikes deals to get more oil from Iraq
Baghdad has agreed to increase the volume of heavy fuel oil supplied under an existing deal by 50% to 1.5 million metric tonnes this year.