MNA Receiving Iraqi Parliament's vote of confidence in Late hours of Wednesday, Mustafa al-Kazemi, is now the country's Prime Minister. More than 231 Parliament members attended the session. "My Cabinet has warned Parliaments support and we will work to earn the trust and support of the Iraqi people," Al-Kazemi tweeted. "I am grateful to ...

Sputnik - In January 2020 members of the Iraqi parliament said the country was mulling the purchase of advanced Russian S-400 missile systems amid concerns that Washington might stop supporting Iraq and providing it with modern air defence armaments. The Parliamentary Security and Defence Committee of Iraq submitted a detailed study requesting the ...

FNA - Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Mohammad Tawfiq Allawi withdrew his candidacy after the parliament failed to approve his new government. Allawi asked the Iraqi presidency to excuse him from forming a new government in a speech on Sunday, presstv reported. He added that he made the decision after seeing that "certain political factions are ...

FNA - Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani described the Iraqi parliament decision to expel American troops from the Arab country as the first slap across the face of American President Donald Trump and his criminal companions after the assassination of the region's counter-terrorism Commander Lieutenant ...

Xinhua -- The Iraqi parliament on Sunday approved the resignation of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi, as demonstrations continue in the country, the Iraqi official television reported. The parliament's lawmakers voted to accept Abdul Mahdi's resignation after reading his letter of resignation during the session, state-run Iraqiya channel said. "The ...

MNA As a part of Construction Alliance faction in Iraqi Parliament, the Badr fraction has called on the lawmakers to oppose United States sanctions on Iran by approving a peace of legislation. According to Iraqi al-Malouma news agency, Karim Alivi from the Badr fraction said Sunday that the Parliament should approve a bill against the United States ...

Reuters - Iraqi political and militia leaders condemned U.S. President Donald Trumps surprise visit to U.S. troops in Iraq on Wednesday as a violation of Iraqs sovereignty, and lawmakers said a meeting between Trump and Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi was canceled due to a disagreement over venue. Sabah al Saadi, the leader of the Islah parliamentary ...

MNA The lawmakers at Iraqi parliament have elected the Kurdish politician Barham Salih as the new president of the country in a Tuesday session. As a veteran Kurdish politician from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) political party, Barham Salih was running against his sole challenger from the Kurdistan Democratic Party's (KDP), Fuad Hussein,...

AFP - The Iraqi parliament elected the candidate of a pro-Iran list as speaker on Saturday, paving the way for the formation of a government more than four months after legislative polls. The country has been in political paralysis since the May 12 ballot, but the election of a speaker is expected to solidify new parliamentary alliances. Iraq has ...

MNA The Iraqi parliament has given a "mandate" to Prime Minister Haider Abadi to deploy troops in Iraqi Kurdistan's disputed province of Kirkuk. The Iraqi parliament has also instructed the government to retake oil fields in the Kirkuk province and the areas disputed with Kurds. It also ruled out a dialogue with Erbil until the results of the referendum ...

AFP- The Iraqi parliament voted on Tuesday to oppose an independence referendum planned by Iraqi Kurdish leaders for later this month prompting a walkout by Kurdish lawmakers. Speaker Salim al-Juburi, a Sunni Arab, said the vote required the government to "take all steps to protect the unity of Iraq and open a serious dialogue" with Iraqi Kurdish ...

Alwaght- The political crisis in Iraq has become complicated even further after some of the members of the parliament staged a sit-in inside the parliament and dismissed the parliaments speaker Salim al-Jabouri. The sit-inners also took other steps as they invited the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi for the parliament session to discuss new cabinet,...

Alwaght- These days Iraq is dealing with hard times as on the one hand at least one third of its territory is held by the terrorist group ISIS and on the other hand the capital Baghdad is hit by a political crisis. Since a couple of weeks ago, the pro-Sadrist Movement protestors have taken to the streets, asking the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ...

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has called on Iraq's parliament to convene an emergency meeting to seek a way out of the current political standstill that has almost crippled the country. In a Monday statement, Abadi stressed the significance of the parliaments approval of the new cabinet line-up proposed by Abadi, Iraqs al-Sumaria television ...

Dozens of Iraqi legislators have held a sit-in in parliament to express their outrage over alleged attempts by a number of political parties and blocs to maintain their influence over key posts. It came after the prime minister presented a modified line-up on Tuesdayafter his initial cabinet list was blocked. Nearly 80 lawmakers took part ...

Iraqi lawmakers have voted to bar Prime Minister Haider al-Abadis administration from implementing, without their approval, key reforms envisioned in a comprehensive plan aimed at combating corruption and reducing government costs in Iraq. On Monday, members of the Iraqi parliament expressed their disapproval over the step, and described it as a ...

According to a member of the State of Law Coalition, Iraqi parliament is planning to vote on the issue of requesting the support of the Russian Aerospace Forces in fighting the Islamic State militant group by October. Iraq's parliament is planning to vote to request support from the Russia in fighting the Islamic State militant group by the end ...

[caption id="attachment_105090" align="alignright" width="218"] A view of the Iraqi parliament (file photo)[/caption] The Iraqi parliament debated on Tuesday who should fill two of the top jobs in the government of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. Abadi nominated Jaber al-Jaberi as defense minister and Riad Abdul Razak Gharib as interior minister....