Baghdad has forged a 20-year deal to supply Beijing with oil in exchange for Chinese investments in projects to repair Iraqs war-damaged infrastructure.
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messages.detailsThousands of Iraqis demonstrating against unemployment, government corruption and poor services
messages.detailsSome Iraq journalists are forming a list that includes all officials who attack them to prepare the ground for legal action against them.
messages.detailsAlbukamal and Qaim lie on a Syrian-Iraqi boundary that has had regional implications for decades.
messages.detailsThe Islamic Dawa Party could on the verge of division after the reelection of Nouri al Maliki as its secretary-general
messages.detailsAn improved security situation and the recovery in oil prices have improved near-term vulnerabilities
messages.detailsAmmar al-Hakims National Wisdom Movement, which once supported Adel Abdul Mahdi for the premiership, has turned against the prime minister, organizing protests against his government.
messages.detailsThe United States is now designating politicians who place personal or Iranian interests above the needs of the Iraqi people, but these efforts could go awry if locals don’t understand the justification or consequences.
messages.detailsIraq plans to diversify its oil exports via new pipelines through Jordan and Syria
messages.detailsAfter the defeat of the Islamic State, the balance of power in Iraqs Nineveh Governorate is changing.
messages.detailsPolicy makers and political parties in Iraq have their own perception about the conflict and the nature of opposing positions between its parties, but they do not realize of the regional and international equation that governing the relations among the co
messages.detailsIranian President Hassan Rouhani visited Baghdad March 11 to endorse the two countries’ renewed commitment to the 1975 Algiers Agreement regarding the shared border of the Shatt al-Arab River.
messages.detailsPro-Iran factions are pushing for the move just as the Islamic State is starting to hit back.
messages.detailsThe British prime minister must choose between politics and principle when it comes to pulling her country out of the European Union. Tony Blair’s experience offers a lesson.
messages.detailsIn his first hundred days on the job, Adel Abdul Mahdi has hit entrenched political roadblocks to choosing cabinet ministers and changing a system of political patronage.
messages.detailsIran is exerting considerable pressure on the Iraqi government to compel it not to abide by the US sanctions that have been imposed on Tehran in order for it to change
messages.detailsA secret biography suggests that Abu Ali al-Anbari defined the group’s radical approach more than any other person.
messages.detailsInstead of wasting the gas the country will reap the benefits of putting it to good use
messages.detailsthe supreme religious authority reminded the citizens by inviting them previously to participate freely and widely in the elections to choose the best
messages.detailsThese infringements aimed to reducing of political impact of some ethnic and political parties
messages.detailsSince a decade and a half aristocratic elite lived in Iraq with unprecedented lofty life while the ordinary citizen only got injustice and misery
messages.detailsThe Iraqi citizen realized the dangers of the conflicts among the political parties and forces and felt the circle of worry within these groups
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