Kathimi was the third candidate that Iraq’s president had asked to try to form a government. Parliament approved the majority of Kathimi’s cabinet early Thursday morning.
US to grant Iraq gas waiver in show of support for new PM
BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. plans to grant Iraq a 120-day sanctions waiver enabling the country to import Iranian gas and electricity to meet its power needs, the State Department said, hours after …
As New Iraq PM Takes Helm, Public Salaries On Chopping Block
With its financial outlook darkening by the day, Iraq is considering slashing its massive public payroll — an unpopular move likely to renew protests as a new government takes the helm. The new …
Iraq Chooses New Prime Minister, an Ex-Intelligence Chief Backed by U.S.
Kadhimi, Iraq has its first real government in more than five months. He will confront an array of daunting problems.
Ex-spy Chief Becomes Iraq PM Amid Fiscal, Virus Crises
Iraq’s former spy chief Mustafa Kadhemi took office as prime minister Thursday facing a staggering economic crisis, a pandemic and the spectre of renewed protests after breaking months of political …
Iraq’s squabbling parliament agrees new prime minister
Kadhimi has been confirmed as Iraq’s prime minister after parliament backed him and some of his proposed ministers, giving the country a functioning government for the first time in six months. The …
Iraq Chooses New Prime Minister, an Ex-Security Chief Backed by U.S.
With the selection of Mustafa Khadimi, Iraq has its first real government in more than five months. He will confront an array of daunting problems.
As Trump Pushes Theory Of Virus Origins, Some See Parallels To Iraq
The White House continues to say the coronavirus may have leaked from a Chinese lab. That’s at odds with the assessment of the intelligence community and reminds some of the run-up to the Iraq war.
DoD releases name of soldier who died in ‘non-combat-related’ incident in Iraq
The Pentagon announced Tuesday that Sgt. Christopher Wesley Curry died Monday in Iraq in what officials describe as a non-combat-related incident.
Infantryman who died in non-combat incident in Iraq identified
Sgt. Christopher Wesley Curry, 23, from Terre Haute, Indiana, died in a non-combat incident in Erbil on Monday.