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Unlisted Leedco Engineers Inc has won a $50 million contract to build an international airport in Iraq, said Jewher Hamad Al Fahel, the head of Salahuddin investment commission.The airport is to be built Salahuddin Province as an alternative to Baghdad International Airport, he added. The goal ... More...

Iraqi Vice President and Al Iraqiya Coalition senior official Tarek Al Hashemi said he is concerned about talks held by officials from Nuri Al Maliki

Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Kamal Kirkuki announced that Kurdistan has accepted Iraqi elections results despite many hindrances encountered in the political process. Kirkuki called to form a government that includes all parties and respects the Constitution.For more details, click on play ... More...

Iraqi deputy Prime Minister and Al Iraqiya Coalition senior official Rafea Al Issawi affirmed that the federal court is not charged of explaining disputed constitutional articles.Al Iraqiya Coalition has the right to form the government given that it has rallied Parliament majority, Al Issawi ... More...

The disqualification effort could prove critical to the poll

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Three people were killed and 20 others were wounded due to a bombing targeting a house under construction owned by Al Qaem region near Syrian borders. When people gathered around the house of Mardi Mohammed Khalif after bombing his house, another blast occurred due to a barrel rigged with ... More...

Iraqi Christians in Kurdistan and Mosul celebrated Palm Sunday in a crowded mass held in Erbil. Christians prayed in this occasion that this holy anniversary would bring blessings for all Iraqis. For more details, click on play movie. More...

Head of Al Iraqiya Coalition Iyad Allawi announced that forming the next government will be based on the grounds of renouncing sectarianism and apportionment. Whoever appointed in the government should be competent, professional and loyal to his nation not to his sect, Allawi said. In an ... More...

The Pentagon announced the release of Issa T. Salomi, which a Shiite militant group said was in exchange for the Iraqi government agreeing to release four militants. More...

Minutes after announcing Iraq elections results, the United States welcomed the end of the political process in Iraq praising it as an important stage in Iraq

Independent High Electoral Commission announced on Friday final results of Iraqi Parliamentary elections.Al Iraqiya Coalition won majority of Parliament seats with 91 seats followed by State of Law Coalition led by Nuri Al Maliki which rallied 89 seats, according to IHEC. Iraqi National ... More...

A secular coalition led by Iyad Allawi, a former Iraqi prime minister, won the most votes in Iraq

and they are announcing Allawi the winner by TWO SEATS.Now he needs to form a government, and nothing needs to tip this card-house over!Former premier Iyad Allawi’s secular Iraqiya bloc won the most seats in Iraq’s March 7 parliamentary election, two more than incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s bloc, official results showed Friday.Iraqiya won 91 [...]Related posts: Election results are SUPPOSED to be released in about a half hour… Iraqi Dinar news – election pieces of the puzzle. Change is coming for Iraq, oil price is rising More...

Will they be released? We will see!As of right now it looks like Allawi is leading by votes, but Maliki is ahead in blocs.A HUGE wrench in the works is this:BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Four blocs that participated in Iraq

Some political parties are not only asking to manually recount the results of the Iraqi elections, as some of them are calling IHEC to delay the announcement of the results. Iraqi Unity Coalition called IHEC in the last Press Conference it held to delay announcing the results raising doubts ... More...

I’m partway through the update I promised you all. It won’t be online until tomorrow now, because I just received the most interesting email I have ever had from my CBI contact.Like I said in the chat, you will either love me or hate me for this. Depending on how you look at it – [...]Related posts: Iraqi Dinar news – election pieces of the puzzle. Quick update on the dinar forum and dinar chat Election Law Vetoed by Iraqi VP More...

Gunmen shot and killed five Iraqi Army soldiers at a military checkpoint in south Baghdad on Wednesday as the country prepared for election results scheduled to be released Friday. More...

Iraqi Government spokesman Ali Al Dabbagh called the Independent High Electoral Commission not to rush the announcement of final results of Iraq Parliamentary elections until recounting votes manually. In an interview with Alsumaria News, Al Dabbagh noted that the request of President Jalal ... More...

Maysoun al-Damlouji has just one word for the male politicians who are sure to be upset when they find out their newly won parliamentary seats will be handed to female candidates under a quota to increase the role of women in the Iraqi government. "Tough," said al-Damlouji, who ran for office with the leading secular bloc. More...

State of Law Coalition and Iraqi National Alliance are meeting behind the scenes. Iraqi National Alliance for its part has set its own conditions for possible alliances.For more details, click on play movie. More...

The defense for the last Marine facing criminal charges in the fatal shooting of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005 won a key ruling Tuesday that could lead to the case being dropped. More...

State of Law Coalition MP Khaled Al Assadi told Alsumaria that the Coalition is negotiating with the Independent High Electoral Commission over evidence it has on oversights in electronic votes count in a number of Baghdad polling centers. Al Assadi ruled out head of Al Iraqiya Coalition, Iyad ... More...

Members of State of Law Coalition stated recently that head of Al Iraqiya Coalition, former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, is ineligible according to the Constitution, to occupy the post of Prime Minister, since his mother is non-Iraqi, they argued.Al Iraqiya Coalition members were surprised by ... More...

Following IHEC preliminary results of votes count, Alsumaria News released expectations on the new map of Iraqi Parliament.After counting 95% of polling centers, State of Law Coalition is expected to occupy 92 seats followed by Al Iraqiya with 89 seats.Iraqi National Alliance is expected to ... More...