Iraq’s Al-Daawa Party Spokesman vows not to extend U.S. troops presence in Iraq
Related topics: America, Baghdad, Nouri al MalikiBAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: A Leading Member of Iraq’s Al-Daawa Party, led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, has vowed on Thursday that his party would not allow the extension of U.S. troops presence in Iraq . “The Islamic Daawa Party is committed to the current Agreement, signed between Iraq and the U.S. , that won’t [...]
Iraq’s President to meet with his 1st Vice-President to know reason for latter’s resignation, official says
Related topics: Baghdad, Iran, Kurdistan, Nouri al MalikiBAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is to meet with his 1 st Vice-President Adel Abdul-Mahdi to discuss the reasons for the latter’s resignation, that had reached the President’s office officially, the Chairman of the Presidency office said on Monday. “President Jalal Talabani has received the official resignation of his First Vice-President, Adel [...]
Shiite al-Daawa Party accuses Baath and al-Qaeda with assassination of Director of Questioning & Justice Commission
Related topics: Baghdad, Nouri al MalikiBAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraq’s Islamic al-Daawa Party, led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, has charged Iraq’s former ruling Baath Party and al-Qaeda organization with having been behind the assassination of the Director of Iraq’s Questioning & Justice Commission, Ali Faisal al-Lamy, last Thursday.
Satellite channel director killed in Baghdad
Related topics: BaghdadBAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: A director of a local satellite channel was killed on Friday morning in southern Baghdad, according to the Iraqi Journalists Rights Defending Association. “Al-Massar satellite channel told the association that its director was killed by an armed group, who used guns with silencers, while driving his car in Awerej region, southern Baghdad,” [...]
Iraq’s Supreme Islamic Council to move to opposition in Parliament, MP says
Related topics: Baghdad, Nouri al MalikiBAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraq’s Supreme Islamic Council (Shiite) is planning to move to the opposition in the Iraqi Parliament, the Legislature in the National Coalition, comprising the Council, Batoul Farouq said on Tuesday. “The Supreme Islamic Council shall change into an opposition bloc in the Parliament, especially after its leading member, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, had [...]
Islamic Daawa party supports Egyptian people
Related topics: Baghdad, EgyptBAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Islamic Daawa party showed solidarity on Saturday with the Egyptian people in their protests against the regime, calling for peaceful transition to the authority there. The party praised in a statement, received by IraqiNews.com news agency, Egyptians’ courage, urging them to unify ranks against attempts to spread chaos in the country. Egyptians [...]
Son of Iraq’s former Deputy PM demands release of his father for “humanitarian reasons.”
Related topics: America, Baghdad, Nouri al MalikiBAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Ziad Tareq Aziz, the son of Iraq‘s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister during Saddam Hussein’s regime that fell down after the country’s occupation by the U.S. and Britain in 2003, has called for the release of his sick father, who he said he was threatened by death due to his illness, [...]
Suspected gunman nabbed in Diwaniya
Related topics: BaghdadDIWANIYA / IraqiNews.com: Security forces arrested on Wednesday a suspected gunman believed to be involved in attempting to kill two members of al-Daawa party, an official said. “Acting on a tip-off, security forces arrested a man suspected of being involved in attempting to assassinate two elements of the Islamic al-Dawaa party in central Diwaniya,” Fadel [...]
Iraq’s National Alliance and Kurdistan Coalition refuse Saudi Monarch’s Initiative:
Related topics: Baghdad, KurdistanBAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraq’s National Alliance and the Kurdistan Blocs Coalition have issued a joint statement on Sunday saying that the settlement of the government’s crisis must be solved locally, in their first official reaction towards the initiative of the Saudi Monarch, Abdullah Bin Abdul-Aziz. Both Coalitions have issued a joint statement, read by the [...]
Iraqi National Alliance seats: Sadrists 39, SIIC 20, Fadila 7, two for Jaafari, Jalabi
Related topics: Baghdad, Kurdistan, Nouri al MalikiBAGHDAD /Iraqi News A source from the Iraqi National Alliance (INA) on Sunday said that its 70 seats will be allocated as follows: 39 for the Sadrist movement, 20 for the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC) and Badr Organization, seven for the Fadila Party, one seat for Ibrahim al-Jaafari’s Reform Movement and one seat for [...]
State of Law to ally with National Coalition to achieve majority- official
Related topics: BaghdadBAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The State of Law Coalition will form an alliance with the Iraqi National Coalition (INC) after the upcoming parliamentary election to secure a parliamentary majority that enables them to form a government, a leader in the Islamic Daawa Party said on Monday. “A single bloc cannot form a government. Coalitions with other [...]
MP says political aims to summon oil minister
Related topics: Baghdad, OilBAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: There are “political goals” behind the calls to summon the Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahrestani, Lawmaker Ali al-Allaq of the Islamic Daawa Party said on Tuesday. “The Oil Ministry’s performance is acceptable and meets challenges that Iraq currently faces,” al-Allaq told IraqiNews.com news agency. He said that few issues can be explained [...]