Hezbollah is receiving support from Iran and Iraq, according to its new leader, Naim Qassem, Iran’s official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported this week. His comments are important because he mentioned Iraq. It has always been well known that Hezbollah received support from Iran’s regime, and that the terrorist group is an ally … Read more
Iraq will not be negatively affected by the weakening of Iran’s influence in the Middle East, Iraq’s deputy parliament speaker said, with Baghdad looking to chart its own diplomatic path in the region and limit the power of armed groups. Mohsen al-Mandalawi spoke to Reuters in a recent interview after seismic shifts in the … Read more
Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid attended Davos and highlighted ties to Iranian state media on January 25. The report noted that he made the comments while speaking to Bloomberg. This took place on “the sidelines of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, Rashid noted that Iraqis and Iranians have lived together … Read more
Iraq’s parliament recently revised and approved amendments to the Personal Status Law which reduced the minimum marriage age for girls to be married to 15 years. This decision marks a major step back from Iraq’s 1959 Personal Status Law which used to be recognized as one of the most forward-thinking family laws across the Middle … Read more
Israeli-Russian Princeton researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who is being held hostage by an Iraqi militia, is alive and the Iraqi prime minister is working on her release, Iraqi foreign minister Fouad Hussein told Axios reporter Barak Ravid on Thursday. Walla reported that Israel’s coordinator of for missing and kidnapped citizens, Gal Hirsch, met a few … Read more
Iraq’s parliament has passed a controversial set of amendments to its civil status law, effectively legalising child marriage for girls as young as nine. The new legislation allows unregistered marriages to be formalised, provided the minor has the consent of a guardian. This development has sparked outrage among human rights activists, who argue it marks … Read more
IRAQ has effectively legalised child marriage, with girls as young as nine being able to marry after amendments to decades old laws. The change on Tuesday has increased the interpretation of Islamic law – causing protests to erupt to prevent its “disastrous effects”. 3 The amendments to Iraq’s personal status law will allow girls in … Read more
“We are now, what, four and a half years before the next election,” Starmer said, sitting at a table for dinner in a traditional Ukrainian restaurant in Kyiv. “I remind myself that four and a half years ago, Boris Johnson was prime minister with very high ratings and most commentators were saying he’s going to … Read more
Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought US forces and fired rockets and drones at Israel to lay down their weapons or join official security forces, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said. The push comes with a backdrop of seismic shifts in the Middle East that have seen … Read more
In the last few months, no one could have imagined that Hezbollah in Lebanon, the crown jewel of the Iranian Ring of Fire, with upwards of 200,000 projectiles aimed at Israel, would have been so degraded. James Bond-like operations involving pager and walkie-talkie explosions featured on the American TV news program 60 Minutes, followed … Read more
