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The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

Socceroos wait to learn play-off opponents

Australia still don't know who their opponents will be in the World Cup Asian play-off tie after Iraq's win over UAE only raised more question marks.

AAP

Second conviction quashed on appeal in Iraq ‘bribery’ case

Paul Bond’s appeal was granted by judges.

The Independent UK

How can America talk about "war crimes"?

America's massive hypocrisy makes a mockery of international law, and threatens to lead our planet to apocalypse

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Rival Iraqi Camps Vie for Independent MPs to Secure Quorum for Presidential Election

Sharp divisions are persisting in Iraq between the rival Shiite camp of the Sadrist movement, of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, and the pro-Iran Coordination Framework, ahead of Saturday's presidential elections. The two camps have been appealing to independent and opposition MPs to join their side to secure the needed quorum at…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UNAMI Warns of Water Scarcity in Iraq

The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, voiced concern over water shortage and ineffective management of water resources in Iraq. The warnings of the UN representative, which she addressed to political leaders through a message distributed by the UNAMI mission, come as the country faces…

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Wikileaks’ Assange to Marry in Prison

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his fiancée Stella Moris will get married on Wednesday, at the high-security London prison where he is being held during his extradition case. Assange, 50, is fighting attempts to remove him from the UK to face trial in the United States over the publication of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

The Middle East Is on the Brink Again

The Risks of an Unstable Authoritarian Order

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Ukraine war: how Russian denial of civilian casualties follows tactics used in Syria

US president Joe Biden has labelled Russian president Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” for the way the war in Ukraine is being carried out.

The Conversation

Ericsson investigating how it addressed Iraq probe, board backs CEO

Ericsson Chairman Ronnie Leten said on Monday a comprehensive review is underway led by its new chief legal officer over the company's conduct relating to Iraq and how it was addressed.

Reuters

Turkey to Pull Out Hundreds of Soldiers from Syria to Fight PKK in Iraq

Some 400 Turkish forces deployed in the de-escalation zone in northwestern Syria would likely redeploy in northern Iraq to fight the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), reliable sources told the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Sunday. “Four hundred Turkish troops have packed up and finished their preparations to withdraw from…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq Digs Up Mass Grave Containing Bodies of ISIS Militants

Iraqi authorities said Sunday that they had exhumed the remains of 85 ISIS militants and their relatives from a mass grave in the northern city of Mosul. The remains of 35 people killed between 2016 and 2017 were dug up on Saturday while 50 were found on Sunday and "work…

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Iraqi Kurdish oil tycoon's home in ruins after Iran strike

Iranian missiles that struck northern Iraq earlier this week have laid to waste the sprawling mansion belonging to an Iraqi Kurdish oil tycoon near a U.S. consulate complex in the Iraqi city of Irbil

The Independent UK

From Iraq to Ukraine, the American Press Loves a War

Today's journalists aren't speaking truth to power by not-so-subtly agitating for direct military involvement in Ukraine.

Reason

General: Iran, Israel missile strikes put US troops at risk

The top U.S. commander for the Middle East says the exchange of missile strikes by Iran and Israel in Iraq and Syria puts U.S. forces at risk

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War sent America off the rails 19 years ago. Could another one bring it back?

At the start of 2022, the right to vote, the rule of law and even the existence of facts seemed to be in grave peril in the United States.

Reuters

Man who grew up with war in Iraq now in Kyiv using his business to help

When Iraqi-born American entrepreneur Emad Ballack watched footage of war breaking out in Ukraine from his office in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, he decided he had to act.

Manchester Evening News

Manchester United first-team hopeful Zidane Iqbal pictured with Neymar in Paris

The youngster has just received his second call-up to Iraq's national team.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Four Rockets Target Iraq’s Balad Airbase

The Iraqi Security Media Cell said on Thursday that four rockets fell in open areas in Balad Airbase, leaving no damage or casualties. The media cell stated that the authorities will hunt down the perpetrators of this “cowardly terrorist act”, reassuring Iraqi citizens that “the acts of criminal terrorist gangs…

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Putin's not a fascist, totalitarian or revolutionary – he's a reactionary tyrant

Talk of a “new cold war” in this century began in the time between the war in Iraq and the global recession of 2008. It roughly coincided with the attention focused on the murder of Alexander Litvinenko by polonium-210 poisoning at the hands of Russians in London.

The Conversation

Iraq food protests against spiralling prices echo early stages of the Arab Spring

Iraq has been seeing protesters take to the streets as food prices spiral upwards because of the Ukraine war. Around 500 people protested in Iraq’s southern city of Nasiriyah a few days ago as flour suddenly rose in price by nearly a third. With food-related protests subsequently taking place in…

The Conversation

Ukraine wants a no-fly zone. What does this mean, and would one make any sense in this war?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy virtually addressed the United States Congress on March 16, 2022, and, as widely expected, requested additional U.S. military assistance for Ukraine.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Media: 6 Drones Bombed UAV Base in Iran

Israeli media confirmed on Tuesday that Israeli drones destroyed a fleet of Iranian drones in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah in mid-February. The reports come three days after the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) launched ten ballistic missiles at alleged Israeli sites in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan…

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CENTCOM: Iran's Threat is Graver than Ever

The commander of the US Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, has said that Iran is the most immediate threat to the US interests in the Middle East and the region's security in general. McKenzie warned that "the threat posed by Iran is graver than ever." Speaking at a hearing held…

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Qaani in Baghdad 2 Days after Iran's Strikes on Erbil

Commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force Esmail Qaani arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday in an unannounced visit, two days after the Guards claimed responsibility for ballistic missile attacks against Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. Iran said the barrage was retaliation for an Israeli strike in…

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Veteran Fox News reporter Pierre Zakrzewski killed in Ukraine

The 55-year-old had covered conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria

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