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Iraqi parliament elects Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as new presi
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], October 13 (ANI): Hours after several rockets struck Baghdad's Green Zone, the Iraqi Parliament elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as the country's new president ending the country's political deadlock.
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Iraq: Al-Sadr calls on judiciary to dissolve Parliament by next week
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], August 11 (ANI): Influential Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday called on the Iraqi judiciary to dissolve the parliament by the end of next week.
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Iraq: Al-Sadr demands dissolution of parliament, early vote
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], August 4 (ANI): Influential Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr urged his supporters on Wednesday to continue their sit-in inside the national parliament in Baghdad until his demands, including dissolution of parliament and early elections, are met.
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Protest in Iraq intensifies as Al-Sadr supporters reach PM's building
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], July 30 (ANI): Supporters of Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr reached the Iraqi Prime Minister's building on Saturday, following the protest against the nomination for Prime Minister by rival Iran-backed parties.
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Iraqi protesters storm Parliament for second time in 72 hours
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], July 30 (ANI): Hundreds of Iraqi demonstrators, mostly supporters of Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, on Saturday, stormed the heavily fortified parliament building in Baghdad for the second time to protest against the nomination for Prime Minister by rival Iran-backed parties.
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Protesters storm Iraqi Parliament in support of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], July 28 (ANI): Hundreds of Iraqi demonstrators, mostly supporters of Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday stormed the heavily fortified parliament building in Baghdad to protest against the nomination for prime minister by rival Iran-backed parties.
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Protesters break into Iraqi Parliament building in Baghdad: Reports
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Protesters broke into the parliament building in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, as per the Shafaq news agency.
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Iraqi parliament announces 25 candidates to run for president
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], January 30 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iraqi Council of Representatives (Parliament) announced on Monday the names of 25 candidates for the presidential election scheduled for February 7.
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Several suspected organisers of twin terrorist attacks in Baghdad detained
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], January 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Several people suspected of organising the recent twin terrorist attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad have been detained, a member of the Iraqi parliament's defence and security committee said.
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Iraq: Parliament approves PM Adel Abdul Mahdi's resignation
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 1 (ANI): Amid weeks of deadly anti-government protests in the country, Iraqi parliament on Sunday approved Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's resignation during a parliament session held here.
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Over 300 dead, 15000 injured in Iraq protests
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 11 (ANI): At least 319 people have been killed in Iraq since the beginning of the anti-government protests last month, the Iraqi Parliamentary Human Rights Committee said in a report.
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Iraqi parliament votes against Kurdish independence referendum
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], September 13 (ANI): The Iraqi Lawmakers on Tuesday voted against the independence referendum planned by Iraqi Kurdish leaders on September 25 and called on the Prime Minister Haider Abadi to negotiate with them for the unity of the country.
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