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Sadr rejects PM call’s to participate in national dialogue
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr refused to engage in Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s initiative on…
Iraqi rival leaders to meet at government palace, finding way out of political deadlock
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iraqi parties are set to meet on Wednesday in Baghdad aimed to address the problems…
Iraq’s finance minister resigns, oil minister succeeds him
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iraq’s finance minister Ali Allawi has resigned on Tuesday without giving further comments, the Iraqi…
Sadr directs his supporters to postpone Aug, 20 scheduled million-man march
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Powerful Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has directed his supporters to postpone Saturday’s August, 20 secluded…
Two rockets target Turkish military base in Iraq’s Nineveh, no casualties
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — At least two rockets targeted Bashiqa Military base in Iraq’s Nineveh province with no casualties,…
PUK welcomes initiatives to overcome political obstacles, President Talabani tells Amiri
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — President of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Bafel Jalal Talabani received Head of the…
Sadrists to hold million-man demonstration in Baghdad, next Saturday
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The Sadrist movement in a statement set the next Saturday to hold a million-man peaceful…
Finance minister declines comments on Iraq’s political deadlock affecting salary distribution
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iraq’s minister of finance Ali Allawi on Sunday declined the comments on the government’s failure…
Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council says it does not have authority to dissolve parliament
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iraqi supreme Judicial Council rejected Sadr’s call to disband the Iraqi parliament in a statement…
Amiri, Parliamentary speaker al-Halbousi, discuss government formation
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Leading figure of the Shiite coordination framework Hadi al-Amiri met Speaker of the Iraqi parliament…
Sadr, Amiri would likely to meet shortly – Source
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — A source on Saturday revealed that influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and head of the…
Ex-Iraqi vice President calls to hold parliament session at ‘anywhere’ in Iraq
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iraq’s prominent political figure and former vice president Ayad Allawi on Friday called to hold…