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Iraq's former PM who helped fuel ISIS makes unlikely comeback - analysis

Nouri al-Maliki let ISIS take over a third of Iraq in 2014. He spent years in the political wilderness, but now he is angling for a third term as prime minister.

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki reacts at a polling station inside Al-Rasheed Hotel during the parliamentary election in Baghdad, Iraq, November 11, 2025.
Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. The nationwide protests started in Tehran's Grand Bazaar against the failing economic policies in late December, which spread to universities and other cities

'Delayed deaths': UK report claims chemical agents used on Iranian protesters

President of Iraq, Barham Salih, speaks during the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, US September 23, 2021.

United Nations General Assembly elects former Iraqi President to lead UN refugee agency

 Mohammad Javad Zarif, the former Iranian Foreign Minister, gives a speech during an election rally in support of  Iranian presidential election candidate Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran, Iran, on June 24, 2024.

Iran 'paid heavy price' for supporting proxies, Palestinians, ex-FM Zarif says at Doha Forum


Ahmadinejad’s miscalculation

Israel is temperate, humane and pragmatic.

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Iraq on highest alert for terror attacks

Government fears new insurgent offensive post US withdrawal.

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In porn, a story of Iraq's politics

Films' availability a sign of security situation.

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Demonizing Israel is bad for the Palestinians

The negative focus on Israel by the global media has harmed the Palestinians’ interests for decades.

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Former Iraqi PM urges interim government

Ayad Allawi says move would counter efforts to change vote results and prevent country from sliding into violence.

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Ahmadinejad: Proposed sanctions not legal

"The nuclear issue of Iran has turned into a big test for the entire world," Iranian president says, accusing US, Britain of "lying like previous lies."

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Lebanese PM says Scuds accusations like Iraq's WMD

Saad Hariri denies Israeli allegations that Hizbullah obtained the missiles from Syria.

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2 al-Qaida in Iraq leaders killed

US: Deaths may be most significant blow to group since insurgency.

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In the Koran, Pharaoh was a villain

People in the Muslim world fail to see that the individuals they extol as heroes were nothing but tyrants who led them straight into the sea.

The Jerusalem Post

Iraqi foreign minister walks out of Libya meeting

Hoshyar Zebari protests Gadhafi's support for Saddam loyalists; ministers agree to recommend meeting PA request to raise annual funding for e. J'lem Palestinians from $150m. to $500m.

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