The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) ordered that all teachers should go to classes on Monday, threatening to act against them if the protests continue.
Qais Al-Khazali, the secretary-general of the Asa'ib Ahl Al-Haq militia in Iraq, claimed in an Eid Al-Fitr sermon that DNA analysis suggested that Saddam Hussein had Indian ancestry.
The US District Courts, Virginia Eastern District Court, has scheduled a trial on 31 March for a defamation case raised by a Kurdish-American female activist against Masrour Barzani, prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government in north Iraq.
Iraq Seeks Path to Avoid New War with Plan for U S Combat Mission to End newsweek.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsweek.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Sulaimaniyah City, Iraq – Iraq’s leaders pushed to postpone parliamentary elections fearing public discontent would lead to their removal from power, an analyst with ties to the government says.
Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, President Barham Salih, and Speaker of the Parliament Mohammad al-Halbusi wanted a later vote over concerns about their prospects for re-election and sought to buy time, said Mohammad Bakhtiar, a Kurdish political analyst who meets regularly with Iraqi decision-makers.
“At least two of the three leaders of Iraq who favoured early election have realised that their chances of being re-elected are minimal,” Bakhtiar said.
In a bid to delay the elections, the three Iraqi leaders met on January 12 and later with the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and election commission officials, he told Al Jazeera.