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.
Alwaght- On Sunday, Iraqi army broke the news about a drone attack on the house of Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi. There are yet to be precise details of the attack and media outlets still publish contradictory information surrounding it. While some news outlets like AP quoted two Iraqi offi ...
All of our relatives would meet and spend hours and days together, adults and children alike. I remember we would sometimes sleep out on the land. We can’t do that anymore. You have to file documents. You need a permit. There’s a checkpoint.”
Amid Israel’s labyrinthine permi ...
Alwaght- After the elections result released on October 10, Iraq's main issue has been the formation of the new cabinet and before it naming the prime minister, president, and the parliament speaker. Like in the past, it seems that replacing the old leaders with new ones remains the defining fea ...
Al-Sadr’s departure from political process left Shiite coalition leading the hard job of forming a new government through talks with all. Alwaght- The decision by Muqtada al-Sadr for collective resignation of his bloc's lawmakers on June 12 left the responsibility to form a new government to the ...
Alwaght- Supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr have breached Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone and occupied parliament days after they stormed the legislative body and suspended a session to nominate a new prime minister.
Brandishing pictures of the firebrand cleric, they occupied the le ...
Alwaght- While Iraqi political factions led by Shiite Coordination Framework (SCF) took a step forward after months to end the stalemate and form a new government by naming Mohammed Shia al-Sudani for the prime minister post, storming the parliament building by Muqtada al-Sadr supporters and seizing ...
Alwaght- Financial and administrative corruption is one of the pillars of the challenges Iraq has been suffering from over the past two decades. It has wasted billions of dollars that were to build the spinal cord of the Iraqi economy in the new era.
Since 2003 and with the lifting of interna ...
Alwaght- The activities of US ambassador to Baghdad in Iraq are brought in spotlight of the local media and politicians who argue that Alina Romanowski’s back-to-back meetings with various figures and visits of state institutions and remarks about the country’s home affairs are violation ...
Alwaght- 2023 is coming to an end for Iraqis as their country last week witnessed one of the year’s most important political events: Provincial council election held in 15 out of 18 provinces.
This election came 10 years after it was held for the first time in 2013. The delays took plac ...
Although they may be coordinated, it is solely with the Kurdistan region. Thus, the claim of coordination by the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet is entirely false. Despite repeated protests from the central Iraqi government, Turkey persists in its violations.
It is noteworthy that despite significa ...