15+ hour, 52+ min ago   (206+ words) 964media BAGHDAD — Parliament Speaker Haibat al-Halbousi condemned the attacks on Saudi Arabia in a call with the head of the kingdom's Shura Council, saying the use of Iraqi territory or airspace to threaten Saudi Arabia or any neighbour would be…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (238+ words) 964media BAGHDAD — Regulating weapons must come in exchange for full Iraqi sovereignty, the head of Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada said, restating a position his group set out at length last month "Regulating weapons in exchange for full and comprehensive sovereignty: an…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (192+ words) 964media BAGHDAD — The Interior Ministry denied that a video circulating on social media showed a group of Syrians crossing a security barrier on the Iraq-Syria border, saying the concrete wall in the footage is part of another country's fortifications The…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (278+ words) 964media BAGHDAD — The spokesperson for the commander-in-chief of the armed forces accused television channels and online platforms backed by what he called suspicious capital of spreading fear among Iraqis for the sake of views and engagement "The real danger creeps…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (318+ words) 964media BAGHDAD — A committee has been formed with the armed factions to discuss "regulating and containing" their weapons, Nouri al-Maliki said, with the word disarmament deliberately set aside and the scope of what would be handed over still open "The…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (333+ words) 964media BAGHDAD — Harakat al-Nujaba told Shia political leaders that arrests of faction members and security moves against Popular Mobilization Forces sites were unacceptable, member Mahdi al-Kaabi said, after a delegation met several of them last month The delegation saw former…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (228+ words) Prime Minister’s adviser Qasim al-Araji BAGHDAD — The Popular Mobilization Forces Commission is the most likely body to take custody of weapons handed over by armed factions, the prime minister’s security adviser said — the first time an official has named a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (310+ words) 964media BAGHDAD — Iraq has finished questioning all 5,704 suspected Islamic State members transferred from northeastern Syria and is moving to release 466 of them for lack of evidence, the Supreme Judicial Council said, with the remainder now being referred to trial courts…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (295+ words) 964media BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi turned down a request for part of the international coalition to remain in Iraq beyond Sept 30, the deputy head of the Security Media Cell said, without saying who made it "When the commander-in-chief announced…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (339+ words) 964media BAGHDAD — Badr Organization leader Hadi al-Amiri gave an unqualified assurance on Sunday that the government's weapons policy will not end in confrontation, calling the effort a constitutional objective and an Iraqi decision rather than one imposed from outside "I…...