Politics

Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr gives a speech in Iraq's central holy shrine city of Najaf, August 30, 2022. (Photo: Qassem Al-Kaabi/AFP)

Iraq

Moqtada Al-Sadr orders followers to withdraw from Green Zone, stop fighting

Armed members of Saraya al-Salam (Peace Brigade), the military wing affiliated with Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, are pictured during clashes with Iraqi security forces in Baghdad's Green Zone on August 30, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AF

Iraq

US condemns violence in Iraq; calls for dialogue

Kurdistan Region Prime Minister, Masrour Barzani during the meeting, June 20, 2022. (Photo: KRG)

Iraq

PM Barzani expresses KRG readiness to help restore peace, stability across Iraq

Iraqi security armoured vehicles are pictured during clashes with Saraya al-Salam (Peace Brigade), the military wing affiliated with Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, in Baghdad's Green Zone, August 30, 2022. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

Four rockets target Baghdad's Green Zone: Military

The Turkish Embassy in Baghdad on Feb. 18, 2021 (Photo: Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)

Kurdistan

Turkey calls for restraint after violence in Baghdad

Lieutenant General Issa Ozeir, the Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Peshmerga, on Monday met with Col Rob Driver (Photo: Ministry of Peshmerga).

Kurdistan

Peshmerga Chief of Staff discusses Peshmerga reform with UK Military Advisor

UN Secretary-General António Guterres (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

UN Secretary General calls for restraint and de-escalation in Iraq

KDP President Masoud Barzani speaks during a press conference in capital Erbil, Sept. 24, 2017. (Photo: AP)

Iraq

KDP President Masoud Barzani calls for restraint amid political turmoil

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani speaking during a press conference. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)

Iraq

KRI President Barzani reinvites Iraq’s political parties to Erbil for ‘serious dialogue’

Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr protest in the capital Baghdad's Green Zone, on August 29, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

UN mission in Iraq calls on protesters to leave Baghdad’s Green Zone

Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr gather outside the Government Headquarters in the capital Baghdad's Green Zone, on August 29, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

Moqtada Al-Sadr’s ‘resignation’ pushes country into new uncertainty

On August 24, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met with the Syrian opposition (Photo: Twitter/Mevlut Cavusoglu).

Syria

Syrian opposition denies being forced to leave Turkey

Muqtada al-Sadr, powerful Shiite cleric and leader of the Sadrist Movement. (Photo: Sadr's office)

Iraq

Sadr quits politics, closes movement’s institutions and media platforms

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein during a press conference in Brussels, Jan. 20, 2022. (Photo: Johanna Geron/AFP)

Iraq

Iraqi FM Fuad Hussein to visit Iran on Monday

PUK President Jalal Talabani (center) speaking during his party's leadership council meeting in Sulaimani, August 28, 2022. (Photo: PUK official media outlets)

Kurdistan

Bafel Talabani elected PUK president: Official

Suhail Khurshid (Mamosta Shammal) poses for a photo. (Photo: Submitted to Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

PKK-affiliated party member assassinated in Kifri