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AnbarNAJAF, Iraq — Najaf's Friday preacher, Sadreddin Kabancı, on Friday rejected legal proposals that would allow corruption defendants to avoid prison by returning stolen pu…
AnbarRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia has expanded its role in Sudan beyond military support, conditioning continued assistance on a reordering of power inside the country,…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Electoral Commission announced on Tuesday that Bashar Amic Ismail Mkhalled al-Aqashi has been named as the replacement candidate for lawmaker Moham…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Anbar Provincial Council unanimously approved recommendations from its Education and Teaching Committee to remove two senior officials from the provin…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Four border crossings in Anbar province generated 109.5 billion Iraqi dinar in revenue during June, provincial governorate advisor Khalid al-Jabri said. A…
AnbarWASHINGTON, United States — The US Embassy in Baghdad said Chargé d'Affaires Joshua Harris made a highly productive visit this week to Basra, in southern Iraq, aimed at a…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Anbar provincial government said over the weekend that it has not received its share of revenue from three main border crossings, even as May collecti…
AnbarANBAR, Iraq — A review of clinical trials suggests creatine, a compound the body produces naturally for energy metabolism, may help reduce depression symptoms when used a…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned a bombing at a cafe in Damascus that killed seven people and wounded 22, according to initial figures. The mi…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — The First Brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) carried out a wide-ranging military operation across the Anbar desert, reaching the border of t…
AnbarDAMASCUS, Syria — An explosion at a café near the Palace of Justice on Nasr Street in central Damascus killed four people and wounded 11, Syria's Director of Emergency Re…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Anbar provincial government clarified on Saturday that a Cabinet decision to provide free kerosene to private electricity generators does not apply to…
AnbarDAMASCUS, Syria — DAMASCUS/BEIRUT — Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani said Damascus is not currently in talks with Hezbollah but is prepared to engage the Lebanese…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — The head of the Iraqi Journalists Union's Anbar branch on Thursday rejected a report by the Nahril Center for Human Rights and Press Freedoms that placed …
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's First Under-Secretary of the Interior Ministry, Hussein al-Awadi, called for strengthening a culture of peace at a conference on social peace and c…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — A security source in Anbar province denied reports that security forces had surrounded the home of former Industry Minister Khalid Batil. The source said …
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said the United States will continue its efforts to protect religious freedom in Iraq, following a meeting between the U.S. Ch…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani said anti-corruption operations underway in the country represent only the first stage of a broader campaign…
AnbarANBAR, Iraq — Discussions circulating on LinkedIn and other social media platforms suggest that management practices in Iraq's private-sector companies reflect a structur…
AnbarABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The UAE's National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority said a technical fault in its early warning system caused false m…
