Iran-backed party lobbying PM Zaidi to retain migration ministry: Christian alliance

The Christian Soyana bloc, an alliance of Assyrian and Chaldean Christian lawmakers that holds three of the five quota seats in the Iraqi parliament, told The New Region that Rayan al-Kildani and Qais al-Khazali are behind a pressure campaign to compel Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to permit Babylon's continued control over the Ministry of Migration and Displaced.

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Nine vacant Iraqi ministries to be filled Thursday: State media

"Political blocs have agreed to confirm the remaining cabinet members,” Jaafar al-Zamili, a parliament member from the Badr Organization, told state media late Wednesday.

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Zaidi defends exchange rate amendment in parliament

“I assumed this responsibility [premiership] with our economy under siege due to the disruption of oil exports and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz,” Zaidi said.

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Iraqi PM Zaidi to appear in parliament over dinar devaluation: MP

There has been no official confirmation from the prime minister’s or the parliament’s media office that Zaidi will indeed be present in the session.

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Iraqi parliament to host CBI governor, finance minister over dinar plunge

In a Wednesday statement, the Iraqi parliament’s media office said that Halbousi “directed that the Central Bank Governor [Nizar Nasser] and the Minister of Finance [Falih al-Sari] be hosted during tomorrow’s session to discuss the reasons behind the rise in the dollar exchange rate and its repercussions.”

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Iraqi parliament votes on recommendations to resolve fuel crisis

During the Sunday parliamentary session, the oil minister asserted that Iraq’s strategic reserve was 350 million liters of gasoline prior to the regional conflict, noting that the current gasoline stockpile has reached 107 million liters.

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PMF law passage an ‘important entitlement’: MP

“The approval of the Popular Mobilization Forces law is one of the priority files and represents an important entitlement for the sons of the PMF who made great sacrifices defending Iraq,” Mohammed al-Baldawi, a lawmaker from the Sadiqoun bloc, told the state-owned al-Sabah newspaper. 

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Iraqi parliament to conduct first reading of 2027 budget ‘next week’: Lawmaker

“During its visit to the Prime Minister, the committee agreed on many issues, including the agreement to send the 2027 budget,” said MP Ekhlas al-Dulaimi.

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Iraqi parliament speakership backs controversial PMF law: Deputy speaker

Faihan “affirmed that the enactment of the Popular Mobilization Forces Law is a reward for the sacrifices of the martyrs and the wounded and the heroism of its men,” a statement from his office read.

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