Search For "haider al abadi"
Won't run for a second term, says Iraq Prime Minister
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Sep 14 (ANI): Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that he won't run for the post of prime minister for a second term, Anadolu Agency reported.
Read More
IS destroyed more than 100 Iraqi villages in 4 years
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Kirkuk [Iraq], Jan 10 (ANI): Militants belonging to the so-called Islamic State (IS) destroyed at least 116 villages in Iraq's Kirkuk province in the last three years.
Read More
Iraq executes 38 people on terrorism charges
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Dec 14 (ANI): The Iraqi Ministry of Justice has announced that at least 38 people have been executed in southern Iraq on charges of terrorism.
Read More
Iraq declares 'end of war' against IS
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 9 (ANI): Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Saturday announced "the end of the war" in the country against the Islamic State (IS) group, local media reports said.
Read More
Turkey 'absolute defender' of Iraq's unity, says PM Yildirim
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Oct 26 (ANI): In a display of solid ties with Iraq, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has said that Turkey is an "absolute defender of Iraq's territorial integrity and political unity."
Read More
Tillerson pays unannounced visit to Baghdad
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], October 24 (ANI): U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday paid an unannounced visit to Baghdad, just hours after returning from a similar surprise visit to Afghanistan.
Read More
Baghdad orders Kurdish region to hand over borders, ports ahead of referen
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Sep 25 (ANI): Hours before the Kurds get ready to carry out a controversial referendum, Iraq's central government in Baghdad ordered the country's Kurdish region to hand over all border crossings and airports to federal government control late Sunday night, according to a loc
Read More
Mosul entirely liberated from ISIS: Iraq PM
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mosul [Iraq], July 11 (ANI): Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced that the war-torn city of Mosul has been completely liberated from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group.
Read More
Mosul mosque destruction means ISIS admitting defeat: Iraq PM
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mosul [Iraq], June 22 (ANI):Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said that the ISIS act of destroying the Great Mosque of Al-Nuri amounts to "an official announcement that they have admitted their defeat" in the eight-month-old battle of Mosul.
Read More
Iraq starts offensive against ISIS in western Mosul
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Feb. 19 (ANI): Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Sunday announced that Iraq has launched an operation to regain control of western Mosul from the Islamic State militants.
Read More
PM Abadi says Trump has vowed 'firm' support to Iraq
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov. 19 (ANI): Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said that U S President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to provide "strong and firm" support to his government.
Read More
Iraqi, Kurdish forces launch assault on ISIS stronghold
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], Oct. 17 (ANI): Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Monday that a military offensive has begun to seize back the Iraqi city of Mosul after two years of ISIS control.
Read More