Day: November 20, 2021
11 posts
Pentagon chief seeks to reassure concerned Middle East allies
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sought on Saturday to reassure allies in the Middle East…
Iraq gets 1.2 million doses of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iraq said Saturday it has received 1.2 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine through the…
Yazidi family abandons EU dream, reluctantly returns to Iraq – report
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — A Yazidi family returned to Iraq unreluctantly on Thursday after it did not succeed in…
Third Sulaimani International Book Fair continues
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The third International Book Fair in Sulaimani continued for the third day on Saturday. The…
PUK wins two more seats in Iraq election after IHEC rejects results of some polling stations
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) has won two more seats in October 10 parliamentary…
U.S. again presses OPEC+ as it weighs reserve release
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — The White House on Friday pressed the OPEC producer group again to maintain adequate global…
Turkish opposition calls for early election amid lira meltdown
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Turkish opposition leaders called for immediate early elections after the lira plunged 6% to new…
Thousands protest in Iran’s Isfahan against water shortages
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Thousands of farmers and their supporters protested in the central Iranian city of Isfahan on…
Kurdish singer Omar Souleyman released from custody in Turkey
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Syrian Kurdish musician Omar Souleyman was released from custody in Turkey on Friday, Reuters reported,…
Sadr says he is dissolving armed faction loyal to him
SULAIMANI (ESTA) — Iraq’s Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said he was dissolving one of his armed brigades, according…