أرشيف الوسم : Prime Minister Nuri

Iran on Monday said that it is at neighbor Iraq’s disposal if it needs help in battling extremist group Islamic State. Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri expressed his show of support after meeting with Iraqi counterpart and former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Tehran. “In the face of terrorism, we must use all means… Iran is ready to place all …

Over 25 prominent Sunni tribes have armed themselves to combat extremists sweeping through Iraq, a tribal leader said on Friday. The uprising in the province of Anbar, where extremists from the Islamic State (IS) hold important territory, came only a day after incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who is vilified by Iraqi Sunnis, abandoned his attempt for a third term …

On Tuesday, the sharply-divided Iraqi parliament elected its speaker and moved that much closer to forming a new government, which has already been delayed for a while. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric, and several world powers, had pressured Iraqi MPs to set their differences aside and work together as they face a militant offensive which has overrun …

Iraq’s Prime Minister on Wednesday vowed to “face terrorism” on Wednesday, and insisted that his security forces suffered a “setback” and not a defeat, as militants continue to press on in their major offensive in which they most recently attacked the largest oil refinery in the country. They also seized 3 villages in northern Iraq, an Iraqi official said. In …