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Scots crime boss who fled abroad following botched shooting feared dead

Kamaran Khader, who headed a £28million cigarette smuggling ring, fled to Iraq after a gunman fired at him in Greenock in May, 2020.

Daily Record

British Army veteran ‘living in fear’ as he fights deportation threat

Joram Nechironga, who served in Iraq, is hoping to launch a judicial review against the Home Office decision.

The Independent UK

Egypt, Bahrain Welcome GCC Summit in Saudi Arabia

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi held talks with Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday. They welcomed the upcoming Gulf Cooperation Council summit, which Saudi Arabia will host in July. US President Joe Biden, Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Sisi and Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi…

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Barzani Makes Fiery Statements on Relationship between Erbil, Baghdad

Head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Massoud Barzani has expressed strong doubts about finding solutions to the outstanding crises between Baghdad and Erbil. Barzani discussed the political crisis with Iraq during the opening ceremony for a book exhibition that is part of Erbil's 'Barzan Revolutions' documentary project. The KDP president…

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Welsh war surgeon helping to save lives on the frontline in war-torn Ukraine

Dr David Nott has worked in some of the dangerous conflict zones in the world including Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Chad, Iraq, Libya, Haiti, Gaza and Syria

Wales Online

In a Parched Land, Iraqi Gazelles Dying of Hunger

Gazelles at an Iraqi wildlife reserve are dropping dead from hunger, making them the latest victims in a country where climate change is compounding hardships after years of war. In little over one month, the slender-horned gazelle population at the Sawa reserve in southern Iraq has plunged from 148 to…

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Mysterious ancient palace city discovered underwater after site drowned by river

Excavators believe they have discovered the lost city of Zakhiku with several old writing tablets, art and ancient palace walls unveiled after the Mosul reservoir was drained in Iraq

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Iraq’s Kurdistan Works to Establish Two Oil Firms as Erbil-Baghdad Tensions Rise

Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is working to establish two oil firms, the latest move in the battle between Erbil and Baghdad to control the oil sector in the semi-autonomous region. The KRG's new oil firm KROC would specialize in oil exploration, while the second - KOMO - would focus…

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Brit dad jailed in Iraq in 'terrible injustice' sent to infamous torture prison

Retired geologist Jim Fitton, 66, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after picking up "ancient fragments" from a historic site in Eridu, Iraq

Daily Mirror

Four Killed in Turkish Drone Strike against PKK Members in Iraq

A Turkish drone strike on Friday killed four Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants and injured one in Iraq's northern province of Sulaimaniya, Iraqi Kurdistan's counter-terrorism service said. The five people were driving their vehicle in the town of Kalar at around 6 a.m.

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Tehran Receives $1.6 Bln in Gas Debt from Iraq

Iran said on Thursday it has received $1.6 billion from Iraq to settle part of the debts it has sought from its neighbor since 2020 for the supply of gas. “In light of the active energy diplomacy, and after months of negotiations, $1.6 billion in arrears... for gas exports to…

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Afghan students graduate in Iraq after Taliban takeover

A week before she left Afghanistan in October 2021, Shakila Mohammadi visited her hometown on a short break from university.

Reuters

Iraq Begins Setting Up Electricity Links with Saudi Arabia

Iraq's Electricity Ministry has begun establishing interconnection stations with Saudi Arabia and determining transmission paths. The ministry announced that 88 percent of the interconnection lines with the Gulf countries have been completed. Iraq’s efforts come to alleviate the severe shortage of energy supply, which has paralyzed the country’s development and…

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Iraqi Shia leader al-Sadr withdraws from political process

Muqtada al-Sadr says he ‘will not participate in the next elections if the corrupt participate’.

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US Works ‘Closely’ with Saudi Arabia to Confront Iranian Challenges, Ensure Energy Sources Stability

The US Department of State confirmed that it is "working closely" with Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states to confront the "challenge that Iran poses." The State Department announced that the challenge posed by Iran to the region and beyond would be high on the agenda when President Biden visits…

Chicago Sun-Times

Veterans find solace, new camaraderie in CreatiVets arts program in Chicago

Seven U.S. military combat veterans are participating in the program in partnership with the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Reuters

Iraq's Sadr decides to withdraw from the political process - state news agency

Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Wednesday that he decided to withdraw from the political process so as not to be involved with "corrupt" politicians, the state news agency reported.

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Two Dead, Seven Injured in Turkish Air Strikes Hitting YBS Site in Iraq

At least two people were killed and seven injured in Turkish air strikes targeting the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS), a militia affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), in Iraq's northern province of Sinjar, security sources said on Wednesday. They said one strike targeted an intelligence headquarters and another hit…

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Al Jazeera

Sadrists quit Iraq’s parliament, but al-Sadr isn’t going away

The Sadrist bloc’s resignation from parliament throws up a number of scenarios, including new elections in Iraq.

France 24

Iraqi MPs from Sadr's bloc resign in bid to end months of political paralysis

This week, Iraq was plunged into more political uncertainty. Lawmakers from the parliamentary bloc of powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr resigned en masse at their leader's request. The Sadrist bloc is the largest in parliament and since an election last October, parties have been unable to form a government. The…

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Life in the Slow Lane for Iraq's Gridlocked Traffic

Five years ago, Iraqi taxi driver Osama Mohammed would make about six trips a day across Baghdad. Today, traffic is so bad he feels lucky to do three. "The first thing you see in the morning is traffic jams," said 40-year-old Mohammed, describing his "exhaustion" at the stop-and-go traffic he…

Daily Mirror

Family of 'loving retiree' Brit jailed abroad 'terrified' of Iraqi prison conditions

Leila Fitton said her "loving retiree" dad Jim, who was sentenced to 15 years in an Iraqi jail, was subjected to 13 weeks of "emotional purgatory" before being hit with a "ridiculously harsh" verdict

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Sadr Raises the Stakes in Struggle for Iraq

Moqtada al-Sadr has raised the stakes in the struggle for Iraq with a major political escalation that could lead to conflict with his Iran-backed rivals or force a compromise in their tussle over government. Frustrated at being unable to form an administration eight months after his party won the biggest…

Al Jazeera

Yazidi women survivors of ISIL crimes yet to find justice

Iraqi Yazidi women survivors of ISIL sexual slavery still have no knowledge of what happened to their missing family.

Reuters

Iraq's Sadr: from outlaw to top politician

Populist Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr went from a mercurial outlaw wanted dead or alive during the U.S. occupation to a kingmaker in politics before transforming himself into the most powerful figure in the country.

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