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Masum recieves lawyers’ law project and vows to be passed in parliament

Published Wednesday, July 8th, 2015

Iraqi President Fuad Masum, received the lawyers’ draft law while study , pledge and support the draft law to be adopted in the Parliament. This came during Masum’s meeting on Tuesday with a delegation of the President and members of the Lawyers Association, where Masum listened to a briefing by the President of the Association, […]

Iraq’s President Masum to meet Barzani on presidency issue

Published Tuesday, August 18th, 2015

Iraq's President Fuad Masum is in Erbil to reportedly meet with Masoud Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Regional Government, on Tuesday to discuss the impending question of his possible stay in office. “It is believed that the Iraqi President Fuad Masum is to meet the Kurdistan region's President Msoud Barzani on Tuesday,” Khalid Shwani, spokesperson […]

Shia militias skirmish with presidential guards

Published Saturday, May 9th, 2015

Tensions rise in northern Salahaddin province after militiamen confiscated vehicles and weapons from Iraqi President Fuad Masum's Kurdish Peshmerga bodyguards.

Lebanese president makes landmark visit to Iraq

Published Wednesday, February 21st, 2018

President Michel Aoun led a delegation Tuesday to Iraq on the first visit by a Lebanese head of state to the war-scarred country, for talks that included ways to eradicate terrorism. Aoun held talks with Iraqi President Fuad Masum and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi before he was due to travel to Armenia on Wednesday. "We […]

Iraq president says constitution should not be bypassed

Published Thursday, August 27th, 2015

Iraqi President Fuad Masum said Wednesday Iraq's constitution should be amended rather than bypassed, in an apparent criticism of the premier's plan to abolish the constitutionally mandated vice presidency. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has ordered Iraq's three vice presidential positions to be scrapped and their funding reallocated as part of a reform drive aimed at […]

Who killed Kurdistan’s oil exports?

Published Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

Secret documents illuminate the agreement that re-started Kurdistan's exports and the reasons for its collapse.

Talabani back in Baghdad

Published Sunday, January 29th, 2012

President Jalal Talabani landed in Baghdad on Saturday evening having undergone surgery in Germany. Jalal Talabani returns to IraqA senior member of Talabani's party the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Fuad Masum told AKnews earlier that the President would return directly to Baghdad because the long heralded but slow to arrive national conference is depending on […]

Kurdish leaders split over export stoppage

Published Thursday, April 5th, 2012

National conference for political reconciliation delayed as a dispute over exports, payments, and oil law intensifies - and leads to Kurdish fragmentation.

Abadi: no KRG payments before full exports

Published Thursday, February 19th, 2015

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said he will not authorize budget payments to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) until it begins meeting the full oil export targets mandated in the 2015 budget.

Kurds to join Cabinet despite deadlock

Published Tuesday, October 14th, 2014

PM Abadi has stonewalled all of their demands so far, but top Kurdish leaders are setting aside preconditions and taking up posts in Baghdad.

Kurdistan budget payment imminent

Published Wednesday, February 11th, 2015

Baghdad is set to make a partial budget transfer to Erbil within days, although the fate of a cooperative oil export and revenue deal remains uncertain.

Putin expresses support to Iraqi govt fight against extremist forces

Published Tuesday, July 21st, 2015

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a telegram to the Iraqi authorities to offer his condolences in connection with the terror attack which took over 100 lives in the city of Khan Beni Saad on Friday. "My sincerest condolences on the inhumane terror attack perpetrated not far from the Iraqi capital city. Dozens of civilians […]

Kurdistan presidency controversy deepens

Published Tuesday, August 18th, 2015

With President Barzani's term nearly expired, opponents try to curb his power through parliamentary action, while a legal ruling boosts his case for staying in power.

Iraq appoints first ambassador to Riyadh in 25 years

Published Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015

The Iraqi government has finally appointed an ambassador to Riyadh following a diplomatic hiatus that lasted more than a quarter-century. Baghdad on Sunday confirmed the move, which, it said, was aimed at strengthening relations with Saudi Arabia in the interests of both countries. Iraq is now awaiting the appointment of a Saudi ambassador to Baghdad and the full restoration […]