Farhad Alaaldin13th Aug. 2020On July 30, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi announced that early elections in Iraq will take place on June 6, 2021. Following the announcement, various political parties unleashed a barrage of statements in Iraqi media, with some asking for even ‘earlier’ elections. This camp included the President, the Speaker, the UN Assistance Mission …
Farhad Alaaldin28th July 2020The Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Mohammed al-Halbousi and his deputy met with the parliamentary bloc leaders on 22nd of July to discuss the election law completion. The political parties feel that the election is a way to redistribute power among them and it is expected that the new election will redraw …
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Farhad Alaaldin10th July 2020In the Friday sermon of 31st Jan 2020, the representative of GA Sistani said “ returning to ballot boxes would be the better choice for the current time…. It is imperative to hold an early elections so that the people will have their say”Since then, the political parties adopted the call for …
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Farhad Alaaldin29 june 2020 The October 2019 protests in Baghdad and the southern provinces of Iraq have created a shift in the political process that has been maintained since 2003. It is fair to say that everyone agrees that Iraq’s pre-October protests are not the same as Iraq’s post-October protests. This is reference to the …
Husham Al-Hashimi19 june 2020Former spokesman of the PMU, MP Ahmed Al-Asadi in a talk show with Dr. Nabeel Jasim stated that the Kateoysha cells are acting solemnly and they are unknown groups with no affiliation to the resistance factions.IC and US interests in Iraq are facing repetitive attacks, specially the Katyosha attacks which have been …
Farhad Alaaldin09 june 2020Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has finalized his 22–member cabinet and for the first time since former Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi resigned in December, there are no vacancies or acting-ministers. Kadhimi has moved onto mix up the hierarchy of the Army within the Ministry of Defence, also appointing the straight-shooting Judge Raed …
The observers in the Iraqi-American relations and for the last 17 years cant but see that Iraq has always tackled the problem of lost opportunities. Perhaps its due to the control of the Shiites political parties affiliated with Iran on the sovereignty of the strategic dialogue between the Iraqi and the American negotiators. The deep …
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Hisham Al-Hashimi 31 / 5 / 2020 In the last few weeks of late April and May, there has been an increase in the terrorists operations carried out by the remnants of Daesh in the areas of southern Kirkuk, south and west of Nineveh, south of Salah Al-Din, north-east of Diyala, north of Baghdad and …
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Husham Al-Hashimi May 19, 2020 by After the loss of its caliphate last year, ISIS overhauled its structures. A clearer picture of its post-caliphate leadership has emerged from details gathered by Iraqi intelligence agencies. Below is an exclusive analysis on the group’s efforts to revive itself institutionally under new management. In a July 2016 video communique, …
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Farhad Alaaldin9th of May 2020The new Prime Minister of Iraq—Mustafa alKadhemi (MK)—has finally proven to be the nominee who has made it to the finish line and formed the 7th Iraqi government after the 2003 regime change.The new government, sworn in on early hours of May 7, saw 15 out of 22 of MK’s cabinet …
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