Iraq arrests over 1,500 suspected drug-traffickers in 2025

Authorities have vowed even stronger crackdowns on the drug trade in the coming period

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Sadr says will not participate in upcoming elections

Last month, Sadr urged his supporters to update their voter registrations, but on Thursday, he said that participating in the elections “constitutes assistance in sin.”

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Iraq to establish ‘special company’ to oversee Development Road project

The meeting also saw the approval of “interim governance instructions” for regulating the relationship between Iraq and Turkey in regards to the grand project

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Baghdad reduces procurement of wheat from Kurdish farmers: Official

“We are in contact with the Iraqi trade ministry to increase the amount of wheat produced by Kurdistan farmers because the amount they have set to receive is very low,” said Nawzad Sheikh Kamil, an official from the Ministry of Trade and Industry. 

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Iraq’s 2025 budget submission delayed by legislative amendments, expected after Eid

Iraq’s 2025 budget tables have been delayed due to recent legislative changes affecting oil contracts in the Kurdistan Region, a government advisor said Wednesday.

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Iraqi MPs skip session, watch national team lose

As Kurds awaited Halabja's long-overdue accession to province in the Iraqi parliament, Iraqi MPs were more focused on watching a football match

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Iran accused of using fake Iraqi documents for oil smuggling

Iraqi Oil Minister Hayyan Abdul Ghani says Iranian tankers detained by US forces in the Gulf used forged Iraqi documents, raising fears that Iraq could face sanctions.

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Iraq starts implementing amended Personal Status Law in marriage contracts

The first case of divorce in accordance with the Jaafari school was reported in Basra on Tuesday, with Civil Status courts also drawing up templates for marriage contracts

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Iraq announces arrest of unspecified number of sorcerers

Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council announced on Tuesday the arrest of an unspecified number of individuals accused of engaging in witchcraft and sorcery

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