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The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

Australian government wrongly cancelled citizenship of man on death row in Iraq, family claim

Ahmad Merhi, who travelled from Sydney to Syria, says he is now stateless as he awaits hanging

The Guardian - AU

MBS fired back at Biden with US controversies after confrontation over Khashoggi’s murder, says report

The Saudi crown prince brought up the death of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and incidents where US soldiers abused Iraqi prisoners

The Independent UK

Secret recordings deepen political crisis in Iraq

The Iraqi political scene has been ablaze for the past 72 hours due to the emergence of recordings attributed to Nuri al-Maliki, the ex-Iraqi PM, in which he appears to be criticising and insulting Moqtada al-Sadr, one of Iraq's strongest Shiite political figures whose faction won big in the 2021…

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Saudi Crown Prince Calls for Unified Efforts to Support Global Economy

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, addressing an Arab-US summit, said on Saturday that unified efforts were required to support the global economy. COVID-19 and the geopolitical situation necessitated more joint efforts to support the global economy, he said, adding that the environmental challenges required a "realistic and responsible" approach…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden: US 'Will Not Walk Away' from Middle East

US President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the United States will remain an active and engaged partner in the Middle East. Washington “will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by Russia, China or Iran,” Biden said in a speech during a summit with six Gulf…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi prince told Biden that U.S. has made mistakes too, Saudi minister says

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told President Joe Biden that Saudi Arabia had acted to prevent a repeat of mistakes like the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and that the United States had also made mistakes, including in Iraq, a Saudi minister said.

Reuters

Iraq's PM to push for regional dialogue at Mideast summit

Iraq’s caretaker prime minister, whose country is mired in political crisis, says it is in Iraq’s interest to keep pushing for a rapprochement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to ease regional tensions

The Independent UK

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Biden Meets with Iraqi PM in Saudi Arabia

US President Joe Biden began his final day in Saudi Arabia by meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Saturday. Biden said he wanted to support Iraq’s democracy. “I want the press and you to know we want to be (as) helpful as we can in doing that,” he…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The Latest: Biden meets with Iraqi PM in Saudi Arabia

President Joe Biden began his final day in Saudi Arabia by meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who survived an assassination attempt with explosive drones last year

The Independent UK

Saudi Arabia, Iraq Sign Electricity Interconnection Agreement

Saudi Arabia and Iraq signed the executive report on the principles of the electricity interconnection agreement between the two countries implementing the memorandum of understanding signed at the beginning of 2022. The electrical interconnection will link from Arar in northern Saudi Arabia to Yusufiya near Baghdad and have a capacity…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden says the U.S. 'will not walk away' from the Middle East

Biden's remarks, delivered at the Gulf Cooperation Council as he closes out the final leg of a four-day trip, come as the region braces for a potential confrontation with Iran.

WEKU

Biden meets with Arab Gulf countries to counter Iran threat

President Joe Biden on Saturday will meet with leaders of Arab Gulf countries in Saudi Arabia as he closes out of the final leg of a four-day trip meant to bolster U.S. positioning and knit the region together against Iran

The Independent UK

Biden fails to secure major security, oil commitments at Arab summit

President Joe Biden told Arab leaders on Saturday that the United States would remain an active partner in the Middle East, but he failed to secure commitments to a regional security axis that would include Israel or an immediate oil output rise.

Reuters

Iraqi cleric Sadr's supporters throng Baghdad streets in show of strength

Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's followers thronged the streets of Baghdad on Friday, answering the populist leader's call to a mass prayer in a show of strength to his political rivals.

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Al Jazeera

Mass gathering in Iraq a potential sign of a summer of protests

Supporters of Shia religious leader Muqtada al-Sadr gathered in Baghdad weeks after he withdrew his bloc from parliament

The Independent UK

Iraqi cleric shows power as thousands attend mass prayer

Tens of thousands of Iraqis are attending a mass prayer in Baghdad called for by an influential Shiite cleric

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sadr’s Supporters Throng Baghdad Streets in Show of Strength

The Independent UK

Burn pits legislation nears finish line with House approval

The House has approved a significant expansion of health care and disability benefits for millions of veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan

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Iran Says it Arrests Members of Kurdish ‘Terror Network’

Iran’s intelligence ministry said its officers have arrested 10 members of a “terror network” in the country’s northwest, affiliated with separatist groups based in Iraq’s Kurdistan region. “All 10 members of this network, who were entering the country through the border areas of West Azerbaijan province and were supported by…

The Independent UK

Who is Nadhim Zahawi? All you need to know about the under-fire Tory Party chairman

Iraqi refugee who arrived in Britain aged nine with no English rose to No 11 Downing Street and propped up Boris Johnson’s ailing administration last summer, only to be hit by a tax scandal himself

The Guardian - US

US military kills Islamic State leader in Syria airstrike

Maher al-Agal, said to be responsible for developing networks outside Iraq and Syria, was killed in a drone strike

Roll Call

Amended veterans toxic exposure bill teed up in House - Roll Call

Measure would extend health care and disability benefits to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who contracted any of 23 conditions.

The Independent UK

Who is Nadhim Zahawi? All you need to know about new chancellor replacing Rishi Sunak

Iraqi refugee who arrived in Britain aged nine with no English rises to No 11 Downing Street, propping up Boris Johnson’s ailing, scandal-ridden premiership as slew of resignations threaten to sink it

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraqi Kurd Plans New Escape to Europe

Iraqi Kurd Haresh Talib says he struggles to get paid and his children's schooling is disrupted in his conflict-riddled country, so he wants to try to flee with his family to Europe -- again. "There is no future here," says the 36-year-old from the autonomous Kurdistan region in Iraq's north.…

Reason

Biden Told Congress U.S. Troops Are Fighting in the Middle East. Now He Says They Aren't.

He claims he'll be "the first president to visit the Middle East since 9/11 without U.S. troops engaged in a combat mission there." But that's not true.

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