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The National
March 24, 2018
They are now in Baghdad, they are in Muthanna airport," said Mr Muhammed. What may sound like a wild conspiracy theory to outsiders is seen as an established truth by many families of ISIL victims, who believe their relatives are kept in Muthanna airbase or Taji prison - notorious detention sites in Iraq.
Long War Journal
March 22, 2018
2015, for instance, US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that Abu Malik, an Islamic State “chemical weapons engineer,” had been killed in an airstrike near Mosul, Iraq. Malik had “worked at Saddam Hussein's Muthana chemical weapon production facility before affiliating with al Qaeda in Iraq inÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 20, 2018
The World Bank has been supporting the rehabilitation of three vital bridges in Mosul, namely the Mosul Al Hadid first bridge, Mosul fourth bridge and Al-Muthana second bridge, as part of the overall Iraq Emergency Operation for Development Project (EODP) of US$750 million. This collaboration betweenÃâà...
An-Nahar
March 16, 2018
Beirut: Lebanon's Hezbollah was involved in a complex hostage exchange operation in Iraq, which entailed a four-town swap in neighboring Syria “with dark ... family – after they were kidnapped by a Shiite militant group while on a hunting trip in the southern Iraqi province of Muthanna in November 2017.
Al-Arabiya
March 16, 2018
An elaborate investigative piece published by The New York Times has revealed the intriguing tale of how, in late November 2015, a group of Qatari falcon hunters – including members of Qatar's ruling al-Thani family – defied warning to go on a hunting trip to Iraq's Muthanna Province. Their capture – by aÃâà...
Rudaw
March 16, 2018
The Iraqi Government “welcomes the announcement by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) certifying that Iraq has destroyed all of its chemical weapons remnants, and fulfilled all its obligations deriving from the Chemical Weapons Convention,” it announced in a tweetÃâà...
New York Times
March 15, 2018
The group was composed of several dozen people, including servants, and was led by nine members of Qatar's ruling family, the Al Thanis, one of the wealthiest dynasties on earth. The hunting ground the Qataris had chosen — Iraq's Muthanna Province — has had few visitors since the American invasionÃâà...
Xinhua
March 14, 2018
Iraq's initial declaration, submitted in March 2009, referred to remnants of chemical weapons stored in two storage bunkers at the Al Muthana site. Owing to the hazardous conditions within the bunkers, Iraq was not able to conduct a detailed on-site inventory immediately after the initial declaration.
Iraqi News
March 14, 2018
According to OPCW's website, Iraq's initial declaration, submitted in March 2009, referred to remnants of chemical weapons stored in two storage bunkers at the Al Muthana site. “Owing to the hazardous conditions within the bunkers, Iraq was not able to conduct a detailed on-site inventory immediately afterÃâà...
Rudaw
March 4, 2018
Muthana Amin, the head of the KIU bloc, said the Kurdish parties are concerned that Iraq's current budget bill only nets about 6-7 percent for the KRG. ... of the Kurdistan Region, the inclusion of the Peshmerga budget in Iraq's defense system, financial provisions for the recently created Halabja province,Ãâà...
Rudaw
March 2, 2018
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Muthana Amin, the head of the KIU bloc, expressed that the Kurdish parties are concerned that Iraq's current budget bill only nets about ... Amin said that the issue is between “executing parties” referring to the Government of Iraq and Kurdistan Regional Government, calling for them toÃâà...
Al-Monitor
February 15, 2018
11 to stop the encroachment upon water quotas and increase the water share to Al-Mejar district in Maysan province in southern Iraq. Abadi's instructions ... Three years ago, the dispute escalated between the tribes of the provinces of Muthanna and Diwaniyah for the same reason. Parts of southern Iraq areÃâà...
Rudaw
February 9, 2018
Protests took place simultaneously in Karbala, Muthana, Babil and Najaf. Violence broke out in Muthana, southern Iraq. In the holy city of Najaf, demonstrators gathered in front of the office of top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, asking him to support anti-corruption efforts. Iraqi Prime MinisterÃâà...
NRT
February 9, 2018
DIWANAH - An Iraqi court has sentenced an Iraqi-US anti-corruption activist from Muthana to six years in jail for defamation of state institutions, an NGO said on Friday. Over the past two years, Bassem Khashan had tracked down 350 cases of corruption by local officials in the southern province of Muthana and alertedÃâà...
The Arab Weekly
February 9, 2018
... a few days before a conference that aims to encourage investment in Iraq is set to be held in neighbouring Kuwait. Over the past two years Bassem Khashan, an Iraqi-US dual national, had tracked down 350 cases of corruption by local officials in the southern province of Muthana and alerted authorities,Ãâà...
Middle East Monitor
February 8, 2018
On Thursday, the Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq condemned the inclusion of its secretary general Muthanna Harith Al-Dari in the new blacklist of terrorism on the pretext of “supporting terrorism”. The Association of Muslim Scholars called this accusation an example of “sectarian policy”. The BlacklistÃâà...
Kurdistan24
February 7, 2018
In late January, Iraq-based al-Ghad Press claimed that American company General Dynamics, who produces the Abrams tanks, had suspended its ... “The US tank company [General Dynamics] withdrew from its base in Baghdad's al-Muthanna airport after finding out that Iraq violated the terms of the contract which onlyÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
February 7, 2018
Iraqi security forces dispersed dozens of protesters outside a court in Iraq's southern Al-Muthanna province where a rights activist was sentenced on Tuesday to six years behind bars for libel and “insulting state institutions”. “Riot police forcibly dispersed an unauthorized demonstration involving dozens ofÃâà...
Middle East Monitor
December 31, 1999
“All territories belong to Iraq, whether in Al-Muthanna or Al-Anbar or Dohuk, and no one can be in charge of Iraq and its territories.” In response, Salam Hamza of Al-Muthanna province council rejected the idea of opening a border crossing linking Dhi Qar to Saudi Arabia through his provincial territory.
Iraqi News
December 31, 1999
Muthanna (IraqiNews.com) Work has completed at the first oilfield of a block at Iraq's province of Muthanna, its governor said on Saturday, noting that production in the province's blocks exceeds previous predictions. Governor Faleh al-Ziyadi said in a statement that work has completed at Salman 1, the firstÃâà...
NRT
December 31, 1999
SULAIMANI – Iraq's federal appeals court on Tuesday (February 27) ordered the release of an Iraqi-American anti-corruption activist who had been sentenced to ... Over the past two years Khashan had tracked down 350 cases of corruption by local officials in the southern province of Muthana and alertedÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
December 31, 1999
An Iraqi court on Tuesday ordered the release of a prominent activist less than a month after he was sentenced to two years behind bars for accusing the government of rampant corruption. On Feb. 6, a court in Iraq's southern Al-Muthanna province slapped activist Bassem Khazaal with a six-year jail termÃâà...
The National
December 31, 1999
They are now in Baghdad, they are in Muthanna airport," said Mr Muhammed. What may sound like a wild conspiracy theory to outsiders is seen as an established truth by many families of ISIL victims, who believe their relatives are kept in Muthanna airbase or Taji prison — notorious detention sites in Iraq.
