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Coordination Framework supporters continue their open sit-in near the Green Zone
In light of the political crisis in Iraq, supporters of the Coordination Framework continue their open sit-in near the gates of the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, while thousands of Sadrist movement supporters continue…
Rival protests between Sadrist movement supporters and Coordination Framework
Thousands of Sadrist movement supporters, civil society and professional associations launched today, Friday, afternoon a mass protest in front of Iraqi parliament in central Baghdad, to demand dissolution of parliament, and holding early…
As UN mediates- Sadrist movement demands parliament’s dissolution
Thousands of protesters answered the call to join partisan Friday prayers today despite temperatures exceeding 42 degrees Celsius in Baghdad. In a repeat show of force, they marched towards Baghdad's Green Zone square, raising the national…
Workers in Iraq get day off as temperatures pass 50C
State employees in many parts of Iraq have been given a day off work as temperatures rise to above 50C (122F) in several areas, local media report.
Several of the country's cities topped the list of the hottest places in the world on…
Tensions rise as pro Iran parties turn out supporters to confront Sadarists
Supporters of the most prominent pro-Iran block in Iraq's parliament rushed to Baghdad's Green Zone Monday confronting their political opposition and demanding their preferred candidate for Mohammed Al Sudani be sworn in immediately.…
New pro Iran prime ministerial nominee unfit say demonstrators
For the second time this week, supporters of populist Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr stormed Iraq's parliament to protest the nomination of Mohammed Shia Al Sudani as the country's next prime minister. Al Sadr's activists entered the Green…
Enraged by Iran-backed parties choice for Prime Minister, demonstrators flood Green Zone
Hundreds of Iraqis protested Wednesday against the nomination of Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani for Prime Minister. A leader of the Islamic Dawa Party, Al-Sudani is a former minister and governor of the southern Maysan Province and emerged as the…
Iraqi tourists escape high temperatures to resorts in Kurdistan region
Rising temperatures and frequent power cuts in central and southern Iraq have led to the revival of tourism in Kurdistan region in northern Iraq. Dokan tourist resort in Sulaymaniyah governorate is attracting a large turnout of Iraqi and…
Iraqis throng markets ahead of Eid Muslim holiday despite high prices
Markets in Sulaymaniyah province in northern Iraq's Kurdish region are crowded with people despite high prices ahead of Eid al-Adha, or the feast of sacrifice.
People say they will go shopping despite the soaring prices of most goods and…
A small appliance repairman gives a big lift to fellow Syrians in Iraq
The United Nations refugee agency recently reported that money was running out to help the nearly 100,000 Syrians still living in camps in Iraqi Kurdistan. But one resident of the Barika refugee camp in Sulaymaniyah governorate is modeling…