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Analysis-Iraq's mercurial Moqtada Sadr risks isolation with political retreat
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMoqtada al-Sadr, the Muslim Shi'ite cleric who dominated Iraqi politics for two decades, seems...
Iraq criminalises same-sex relationships with maximum 15 years in prison
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoIraq's parliament passed a law criminalising same-sex relationships with a maximum 15-year prison...
Hezbollah official makes landmark visit to UAE, sources say
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA senior official from the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah has made a landmark trip to the United Arab Emirates to facilitate the release of more than a dozen Lebanese nationals detained ...
Iraqi ambush of Americans made a mockery of 'Mission Accomplished'
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA year after President George W. Bush launched the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, four U.S....
Syria's Assad boosted by return to Arab fold
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Bashar al-Assad always saw time as an ally in Syria's civil war, alongside the Russian and Iranian firepower he turned on his foes, sources...
Pope urged to talk of human rights, political prisoners, in Bahrain visit
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoVATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Families of death row inmates in Bahrain appealed to Pope Francis on Monday...
Iraq bans media from using term ‘homosexuality,’ says they must use ‘sexual deviance’
CNN· 9 months agoIraq’s official media regulator on Tuesday ordered all media and social media companies operating in...
Factbox-Candidates in the frame to fill Lebanon's vacant presidency
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoLebanon's parliament has been called to convene on Wednesday in a bid to elect a head of state to...
Israel's Dangerous Game With Iran
Time via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA bulldozer removes rubble from the site of an overnight Israeli strike on a house in the southern Lebanese village of Sultaniyeh on April 8, 2024. The...
Iraq postpones vote on bill including death penalty for same-sex acts
Reuters via AOL· 1 month agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Iraqi lawmakers postponed voting on Monday on a bill that includes the death...