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Iraq parliament passes bill restricting premier’s tenure
The Iraqi parliament has passed legislation seeking to limit the number of terms Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki may remain in office.
The bill was passed on Saturday by lawmakers from three major Sunni, Kurdish and Shia blocs - all
42 Shiites martyred in Iraq Suicide Bomb Attack on Religious Site
A suicide bomber made his way into a mosque north of Baghdad and blew himself up in the middle of a packed funeral on Wednesday, leading to the death of 42 people and leaving corpses scattered across the floor.
Iraqi security forces arrest 250 Saudi-backed terrorists
Iraqi security forces have arrested 250 Saudi-backed Wahhabi terrorists in Iraq, reports say.
The terrorists, who had been deployed to the Middle Euphrates region, were reportedly ordered to carry out armed operations in the Iraqi cities of Karbala, Najaf, and al-Diwaniyah.
Zarih of Imam Hussein (AS) Replaced
During a ceremony on Monday, January 21, replacing the old Zarih (outer sarcophagus enclosure of the holy shrine) of Imam Hussein (AS) with a new one started.
The ceremony in Karbala was attended by a large number of Iraqi citizens and media persons, Baratha
Karbala Friday Prayer leader give proposals to political parties to surmount current crisis
The second part of the sermon of Friday's prayer held in the Imam Hussein holy shrine, the representative of the supreme religious authority and the preacher of Friday's prayer in Kerbala city his Eminence Shaikh Abdul Mahdy EL-Kerbalai dealt with the aggravated political crisis Iraq going
Iraq security forces kill 9 terrorists
Iraqi security forces have killed nine members of the al-Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq network and captured 10 others in an operation in the northern province of Salahuddin.
A provincial police official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua that 12 policemen,
Iraq bombs kill three, wound 8 Pakistani pilgrims
Bombs attacks killed three people on Thursday in Iraq and wounded 36 others, including eight believed to be Pakistani pilgrims, a day after 42 people died in violence across the country, officials said.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for Thursday’s violence, but Wahabi-Takfiri militants often
Car Bomb Near Karbala Martyr 4, Injured 15 Shiite Pilgrim
Iraqi authorities say a car bomb has killed four Shiite pilgrims as they were heading to shrines in the country's south.
Police officials say the Thursday morning attack involved a car bomb that struck a bus carrying the pilgrims near the Shiite holy city of Karbala. The blast also wounded 12 pilgrims.
A medical official in a nearby hospital confirmed the casualties. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk to the media.
536 Iraqi-Iranian war remnants found in Basra
Ministry of Human Rights excavated here 536 remnants of the Iraqi-Iranian war.
In a press statement, excavations were made in Fao area, Basra province, and Majnoon fields and other areas.
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