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The Cooperation Council’s chief arrived in Baghdad, tasked with cozying up to Baghdad and possibly negotiating other cases with aid promises. Alwaght- While the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council’s dire situation has not improved even after the recent reconciliation between Qatar and a Saudi-l ...
Saudi Arabia has been promising Iraq with help over the past three years but nothing yet has happened. Alwaght- While the Saudi court is largely confused these days following the new US President's policy on Yemen war and Jamal Khashoggi assassination, Riyadh leaders have decided to host Iraqi o ...
Al-Kadhimi struggles to make friends and achievements before the early general elections
The Saudi leaders are not the only party seeking interests in Iraq. The Iraqi PM has his own objectives behind the visit to the Arab kingdom. With the early parliamentary elections set for October 10, al ...
Saudis have been struggling for influence in Iraq and cancelation of Lebanese PM’s visit to Baghdad seems to be preliminary fruit. Alwaght- In the past few weeks Iraq was a destination for many diplomatic visits in a show of high importance and position of the country in the regional developments. C ...
In recent years, Jordan decided that following the Saudi policy would cost it heavily and it needs to adopt an independent foreign policy. Alwaght- Jordan is now in a path different from the past years as Amman makes an apparent shift in its foreign policy. Traditionally an ally of the West in the r ...
Al-Kadhimi is the first high-ranking foreign guest of the new Iranian President Sayyed Ibrahim Raesi, indicating strategic alliance between Tehran and Baghdad. The PM and other Iraqi officials said the trip was aimed at bilateral relations boost and de-escalation of regional tensions.
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Saudi Arabia cannot be a strategic partner because it for years plotted against Iraq and continues to do so along with interference. Alwaght- Given the growing number of visits and meetings between officials, Saudi and Iraqi relations have entered a new phase in the past two years. This even grew br ...
The Iraqi FM Hussein recently accused Iran of interference in Iraq’s affairs, in apparant contradiction to friendly Tehran-Baghdad ties. Alwaght- When the Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein sat in front of the Egyptian Al-Ghad TV to answer largely biased questions of the network's interviewer, ...
New Levant project that is sought by Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan is ambitious but they lack finance power and infrastructure for its implementation. Alwaght- The world geopolitical and economic crises are increasingly representing a challenge to the developing nations that are not immune to their reperc ...
The Saudi diplomat met with authorities of the two religious cities of Najaf and Karbala as part of a plan to broaden ties with Baghdad to take on Iran in Iraq. Alwaght- Application of the public diplomacy as one of the supplements of the official diplomacy is now one of the common methods in the fo ...