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Rudaw
April 11, 2018
Iraq recently passed legislation to impose a 200 percent tariff on alcohol imports. "A tariff of 200 percent of the value of the imported goods is imposed on imported alcoholic drinks and to be charged at the border crossing," read a section of the Iraqi law that was published this month in Waqia al-Iraqiya, the official gazette ofÃâà...
NRT
March 19, 2018
The Iraqi government spokesperson, Saad Hadithi, told Iraq's state TV Al-Iraqiya on Sunday that the money will be given to the workers of education and health ministries. With the money given to the KRG by the Federal Government, salaries of education and health ministries will be paid in the next two days, said Hadithi.
Conatus News
February 19, 2018
Honor killings of Muslim women in the United States and across the West persist. Is intersectional feminism giving cover to these practices? “At least international media can see how I am trying to change the typical orthodox mindset of people who don't want to come out of their shells of false beliefs and oldÃâà...
The Arab Weekly
February 17, 2018
Saudi Arabia allocated $1 billion in loans and $500 million to fund Saudi exports to Iraq and finance projects there, state-run Al Iraqiya News reported. The United Arab Emirates pledged $500 million and UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said Iraq can expect a further $5.5 billion inÃâà...
AsiaOne
February 5, 2018
"They choose the case to highlight and I ask the justice ministry for permission to interview the convict," says Hassan, whose show is aired by state channel Al-Iraqiya. The programme is up to its 150th episode, he says, and not about to end any time soon. "Even if IS has lost militarily, its ideology still exists,"Ãâà...
Kurdistan24
December 3, 2017
The President has three deputies, Nouri al-Maliki, Head of the State Law bloc and ruling Islamic Dawa Party, Ayad al-Allawi, head of the al-Iraqiya bloc, and Osama al-Nujaifi, Head of the al-Mutahidoon bloc. Yassri said the commission had lifted the red-line on the high-ranked officials over corruption charges. In particularÃâà...
Kurdistan24
November 13, 2017
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – The state-controlled Iraq Media Network (IMN) ordered the dismantling of its Kurdistan Region Directorate to replace it with offices it can work with directly in each Kurdish province. In an official memo, the IMN – a government holding company for al-Iraqiya TV and other stateÃâà...
The Guardian
October 16, 2017
Al-Iraqiya TV said Iraqi troops, anti-terrorist units and federal police had taken control of some areas around the city, having advanced without firing a shot. The objective was to take control of the K1 airbase, west of Kirkuk, Lt Col Salah el-Kinani, of the Iraqi army's 9th armoured division, said. Rudaw EnglishÃâà...
Forces Network
October 16, 2017
Al-Iraqiya carried a statement from prime minister Haider al-Abadi's office saying he had ordered federal forces to "impose security in the city in cooperation with the inhabitants and the peshmerga", indicating he was willing to share administration. The Kurdish-controlled areas of Iraq are some of the most productive oilÃâà...
Iraqi News
September 10, 2017
Tal Afar (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi army forces arrested a Turkish woman before she blew herself up in the troops northwest of Nineveh, state TV reported on Sunday. Al Iraqiya TV said the woman, of an Azebaijani origin, tried to storm into the troops and blow herself up in Ayadiyah, 15 kilometers northwest ofÃâà...
International Crisis Group
July 31, 2012
A key player in the political crisis currently unfolding in Baghdad is the Al-Iraqiya Alliance, a cross-confessional, predominantly Sunni, mostly secular coalition of parties that came together almost three years ago in an effort to replace Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in the March 2010 elections. It failed thenÃâà...
