EU official urges Iraqis to vote in early parliamentary elections
Iraqi Minister of Water Resources Mahdi Rashid al-Hamdani said on Saturday (September 18) that Turkey will implement a pre-existing memorandum of understanding that will allow Iraq to receive an increased share of water resources from its upstream neighbor.
Head of the European Union’s Election Observation Mission Viola von Cramon said on Saturday (September 18) that it is important for Iraqis to take part in the early parliamentary elections set for October 10.
Crude oil prices were stable on Sunday (September 19) compared with the previous day.
Raprin Police Directorate said that a man accused of killing a woman and injuring two other people in July surrendered to police on Saturday (September 18) in Sangasar district.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health announced on Saturday (September 18) it officially recorded 634 new cases of coronavirus infection over the past 24 hours.
Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Saturday (September 18) it recorded 1,959 coronavirus infections and 36 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
The Sulaimani Asayish announced on Saturday (September 18) that the security forces arrested a suspected assassin of a member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) who was killed in Sulaimani city on Friday.
General Manager Iraq’s oil marketer SOMO Ala Yasseri said on Saturday (September 18) that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has not delivered any quantity of crude oil or its monetary equivalent to the federal government, despite its obligations under the 2021 Federal Budget Law.
Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) reiterated on Saturday (September 18) that voters living abroad will not be allowed to vote in the upcoming parliamentary election unless they return to Iraq to cast ballots.
Crude oil prices were down on Saturday (September 18) compared with the previous day.
The US dollars to the Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rates was stable on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Saturday (September 18).
Baghdad and Washington agreed on reducing the US combat troops in two military bases in Iraq by the end of September.
Gendarmerie forces seized over 1,000 historical objects in an operation in Turkey's Mediterranean province of Kahramanmaras on Friday (September 17).
Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Friday (September 17) it recorded 3,559 coronavirus infections and 56 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health announced on Friday (September 17) it officially recorded 1,378 new cases of coronavirus infection over the past 24 hours.
The US dollars to the Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rates was stable on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Friday (September 17).
Member of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s (PKK) Committee of Solidarity with Martyrs' Families Yasin Bulut was gunned down by unidentified people in Sulaimani’s Chwarchra neighborhood early on Friday (September 17).
Crude oil prices were down on Friday (September 17) compared with the previous day.
A woman and an infant were killed in separate traffic accidents in Duhok governorate on Thursday (September 16).
An official from the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs told NRT on Thursday (September 16) that the Peshmerga and Iraqi Security Forces will form two additional joint brigades to combat Islamic State (ISIS) remnants.
The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) Ministry of Health announced on Thursday (September 16) it officially recorded 1,253 new cases of coronavirus infection over the past 24 hours.
Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Thursday (September 16) it recorded 3,923 coronavirus infections and 52 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
In response to price increases in the Kurdistan Region, a spokesperson representing gasoline stations in Sulaimani told NRT on Thursday (September 16) that subsidized fuel provided by Iraq’s federal government will arrive in the governorate next week.
Erbil Police Directorate said on Thursday (September 16) that the body of a man was found in a hotel on Erbil city’s Sultan Muzafar street.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Embassy in Tel Aviv on Wednesday (September 15) celebrated the first anniversary of the normalization of relations with Israel.
The US dollars to the Iraqi dinar (IQD) exchange rates was up on the Kurdistan Region’s currency markets on Thursday (September 16).
Crude oil prices were up on Thursday (September 16) compared with the previous day.
Two Kurdish tribes clashed in Erbil governorate’s Khabat district overnight on Wednesday (September 15).
Two Peshmerga were killed in an explosion near Akre on Wednesday (September 15), the Kurdistan Region’s Counterterrorism Group said in a statement.
Iraq’s Ministry of Health said on Wednesday (September 15) it recorded 3,895 coronavirus infections and 35 deaths in the country over the past 24 hours.
