Israel’s Attack on Iran Largely BackfiredIsrael thought that the aggression on Iran will give it an upper hand, but the attack tightened Iranian national unity and drew international support for Tehran.
Iran Denounces Israeli Strike on DamascusThe Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson condemned an Israeli attack on a residential building in the Sayeda Zainab district, south of Damascus
US, UK Fighter Jets Strike Sana’a and Other AreasThe US and UK have conducted multiple airstrikes on targets in Sana’a and other regions of Yemen in retaliation for the country’s operations against Israel
Saudi Armed Forces Chief Visits IranLieutenant-General Fayyad bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili, Chief of General Staff of the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces, is visiting Iran today
Al-Halbousi and Khamis Khanjar, a prominent Sunni businessman and politician. There are also differences among the Kurds, between Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). So far, the presidential post was a share of the PUK, but now Masoud Barzani, of KDP, feels t ...
The Shiite Coordination Framework reportedly reached an agreement with rivals to work towards a new government to end limbo. Alwaght- A year after the parliamentary elections in Iraq and despite some political obstructions, good news are emanating from Baghdad and rejuvenating the hopes for end to t ...
Al-Halbousi, agreements have been made to finalize the two presidential and prime ministerial options. Seemingly, the issue of election of al-Sudani as the prime minister has been finalized in the eyes of the Coordination Framework, but the Kurds have not yet announced their preferred option for the ...
Al-Halbousi for the election of the president reached its quorum with 269 lawmakers present, and in the competition between Abdul Latif Rashid and Barham Salih the lawmakers finally elected Rashid for the post of president with 162 votes. 99 members of parliament voted for Salih and 8 votes were dec ...
The new Iraqi political process took shape thanks to efforts by Shiite Coordination Framework but it has challenges ahead. Alwaght- With the obstacle represented by a failure to elect a president removed last week after months of stalemate, the Iraqi society is preparing itself for the first governm ...
Al-Halbousi, which are defense, planning, culture, industry, trade, and higher education. Four have also been assigned to the KDP which include foreign affairs, justice, housing, and environment, and other ministries have been distributed among minorities, as the Turkmens have received two ministrie ...
A number of Arab parliament speakers and senior legislators have arrived in Damascus, amid attempts to restore Syria’s membership in the Arab League, more than a decade after it was suspended from the 22-member bloc. Alwaght- A number of Arab parliament speakers and senior legislators have arrived i ...
Al-Halbousi’s reaction
Since the announcement of the shocking and unexpected news of al-Halbousi’s removal from his post, the flood of internal reactions has continued non-stop, and in the meantime, in a speech at the House of Representatives session al-Halbousi described the ruling as ...
Al-Halbousi’s party in Anbar province, the stronghold of Sunni Arabs in Iraq, won 12 out of 16 seats and in Baghdad, the capital of the country, won the first place with 9 out of 49 seats, leaving behind the rival Sunni alliance Jamahir Al-Wataniyah led by Ahmad Al-Jubouri, Azem alliance led b ...
In the eight months since Mohammed al-Halbousi, the former Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, was dismissed, parliament has struggled in tumultuous sessions to successfully choose his successor ALWAGHT- In the eight months since Mohammed al-Halbousi, the former Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, was dis ...