Iraq’s top court throws out challenge to new laws, including one increasing Islamic courts authority
Iraq’s top court on Tuesday threw out a legal challenge that had temporarily halted three controversial laws passed last ...
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Trump's Iran sanctions put Iraq's power sector at risk
By bnm Gulf bureau Iraq faces a potential energy crisis as US President Donald Trump ends its exemption from sanctions on ...
Explained: The dilemma Jordan's King faces over Trump’s Gaza plan
As US President Donald Trump pressures Jordan to accept displaced Palestinians from Gaza, King Abdullah II faces a critical dilemma as he arrives in Washington. Balancing US aid, domestic unrest, and ...
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Syria’s Biggest Problem
Syria’s future depends on a historic undertaking: facilitating the return of Syrian refugees to their homes in a country ...
Iraq Writes Off $256 Million Debt for Oil Supply to Mozambique
Iraq has forgiven $256 million in oil debt that Mozambique has owed it for decades, the southeast African nation’s finance ...
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Is Iraq Now Close To Ending Its Bitter Oil Exports Embargo?
Hopes for a resumption oil flows have been buoyed by the Iraqi parliament’s approval last week of a budget amendment.
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Iraq President officially sues Iraqi PM, risking political crisis
Iraq’s President has sued Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani over unpaid salaries for civil servants in the autonomous ...
Sanctions on Syrian banks choke recovery hopes, investment chief says
Western sanctions on Syria's banking sector are preventing critical investments in the war-ravaged economy despite huge ...
Syria’s dire economic woes threaten to undermine its new government
Assad’s ouster has seen his Iranian allies end crucial oil supplies. Meanwhile, many economic sanctions that initially ...
Who's pulling the strings in the DR Congo crisis?
Rwanda has economic as well as security interests. Kigali denies UN evidence that it smuggles vast amounts of gold and other ...
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Experts warn of incoming electricity crisis after Trump ends Iraq’s exemption for Iranian gas imports
Experts and lawmakers told The New Arab that the measures could worsen Iraq’s power shortages, risking political, economic, ...