World Bank’s IFC to invest $600 million in Iraq’s Umm Qasr Port

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, signed contracts worth over $1 billion USD with the Iraqi government and private companies, including investment contracts in Basra's Umm Qasr Port.

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Sadr expels over 30 National Shiite Movement members for promoting electoral candidates

“These are ignorant people exploited by the corrupt for their own purposes, then discarded like a bone,” Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said of members of his National Shiite Movement accused of engaging in electioneering for candidates in the country's upcoming November elections.

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Iranian security chief calls for ‘practical’ measures against Israel ahead of Doha summit

Larijani called for forming "a joint operations room" to "unsettle the masters of [the Zionist] entity"

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Iraq faces questions after release of Elizabeth Tsurkov

The release of Russian-Israeli researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, kidnapped in Iraq by Kataib Hezbollah since 2023, has fueled debate over whether it was secured through a prisoner-swap, political guarantees, or international pressure.

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Kurdish forces exploiting Israel-Syria tensions to hamper agreement with Damascus: Turkish FM

The minister stated that Ankara does not currently wish to intervene in the matter as they are “giving both Damascus and the YPG a chance to solve their own problems,” noting that they expect both parties “to contribute to Syria's general stability and to address [Turkey’s] security concerns.”

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Sunni Imam dies after altercation inside Baghdad mosque

Eyewitnesses who were present during the Friday prayer reported that a group of “bearded” young men had entered the mosque and attempted to stop Qarghuli from delivering the Friday sermon

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Israeli defense minister video-called, mocked by Turkish hackers

A host of Israeli officials received phone calls and messages after their personal phone numbers were leaked by Turkish hackers, with Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz inadvertently accepting a video call from the vigilantes in which he was mocked and insulted by the raucously laughing hackers.

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Sharaa says ‘obstruction’ in SDF integration, warns against secession

"Syria will not give up a single inch of its territory," Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa said while discussing ongoing issues between Damascus and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). "Even Kurdistan of Iraq, despite all the support it has and international ties, when it thought of division—that failed."

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UN General Assembly votes to back two-state solution for Palestine, Israel

The New York Declaration asserts that "Hamas must end its rule in Gaza and hand over its weapons to the Palestinian Authority, with international engagement and support, in line with the objective of a sovereign and independent Palestinian State."

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