6 days ago Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani (L) met with Haider al-Abadi (R), leader of the Al-Nasr Alliance.

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Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Monday held a series of meetings with Iraq’s top leaders in Baghdad to ...

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on February 19 announced the launch of the operation to retake western Mosul. Using an Arabic acronym for ISIS, he called on troops “to liberate people from the ...

Kurdistan Region President's agenda intended to cover longstanding financial, political, and constitutional disputes, in ...

Dr Haider Al Abadi, whose four-year term from September 2014 was marked by the US-led war to end ISIS’ invasion of Iraq, said the country now faced an “important historical moment” as it ...

Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is facing a shock defeat in the country’s first election since declaring victory over Islamic State in December. With more than half the votes counted ...

Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi met Iraqi forces on his arrival in Mosul Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi has visited Mosul to congratulate Iraqi forces for their "victory" over Islamic State militants in the city.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has formally demanded the suspension of next week's referendum on Kurdish independence. The Supreme Court also ordered that the poll must be postponed until ...

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Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani on Monday continued his meetings with top Iraqi officials and politicians on the ...