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Iraqi News
a day ago
- Iraqi News
The President: Everyone is committed to holding elections with transparency and integrity
President of the Republic, Abdul Latif Rashid, affirmed on Tuesday that Iraq is about to embark on an electoral experience that represents a fundamental milestone in consolidating the principle of the peaceful transfer of power. Rashid received several ambassadors and heads of missions of Arab and Islamic countries accredited to Iraq, reviewing the latest developments in the local and international situation, in addition to discussing ways to enhance cooperation and deepen bilateral and regional partnerships, said the Presidency of the Republic in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency - INA. "Iraq is about to embark on an electoral experience that represents a fundamental milestone in consolidating the principle of the peaceful transfer of power. Everyone is keen to ensure that this process is conducted with the highest levels of transparency and integrity, and that it embodies the free will of the Iraqi people and their aspirations for a better future," the President affirmed. He explained that "Iraq is making steady progress toward recovery, placing security and stability at the heart of its priorities, with a focus on reconstruction and infrastructure development, promoting investment and job creation, and addressing existing challenges to ensure a decent life for citizens and achieve sustainable development that meets the aspirations of future generations." "Iraq is keen to expand its partnerships with the brotherly and friendly countries based on mutual respect and to enhance cooperation in various development fields. Iraq's policy is open and balanced, based on building bridges of dialogue and effective diplomacy, avoiding escalation, across political, economic, and development tracks, thus mitigating the climate of tension, supporting the well-being of people, and enhancing their aspirations for a secure and prosperous future," he emphasized. The President highlighted "the efforts of the Presidency of the Republic on several priority issues and matters, and its submission of several draft laws directly related to the lives of Iraqis to the Parliament for discussion and approval." Regarding Iraq's position on important international issues, particularly the ongoing aggression against Gaza, he explained that "the humanitarian tragedy there calls for a unified Arab and Islamic stance that assumes its responsibilities toward an immediate ceasefire, ensuring the delivery of aid, and protecting civilians." "Iraq's position is steadfast in supporting the Palestinian people's right to self-determination," he added. President Rashid called on the international community to "assume its responsibilities to find a political path that restores rights and ends the suffering of civilians," noting that he "welcomes the ongoing peace process in Turkey and brings an end to the fighting that has been raging there for many years."
Iraqi News
2 days ago
- Iraqi News
Excavation underway at Iraq's largest suspected IS mass grave
Mosul — Iraqi authorities have begun excavating the site of a mass grave believed to contain thousands of victims of the Islamic State (IS) group near Mosul city, the project's director told AFP on Sunday. The first phase, which was launched on August 10, includes surface-level excavation at the Khasfa site, director Ahmed al-Assadi said. An AFP correspondent visiting the site in northern Iraq on Sunday said the team unearthed human skulls buried in the sand. Khasfa is located near Mosul, where IS had established the capital of their self-declared 'caliphate' before being defeated in Iraq in late 2017. Assadi said that there were no precise figures for the numbers of victims buried there — one of dozens of mass graves IS left behind in Iraq — but a UN report from 2018 said Khasfa was likely the country's largest. Official estimates put the number of bodies buried at the site at at least 4,000, with the possibility of thousands more. The project director said the victims buried there include 'soldiers executed by IS', members of the Yazidi minority and residents of Mosul. Exhuming the bodies from Khasfa is particularly difficult, Assadi said, as underground sulphur water makes the earth very porous. The water may have also eroded the human remains, complicating DNA identification of victims, he added. Assadi said further studies will be required before his team can dig deeper and exhume bodies at the site — a sinkhole about 150-metre (nearly 500-foot) deep and 110-metre wide. Iraqi authorities said it was the site of 'one of the worst massacres' committed by IS jihadists, executing 280 in a single day in 2016, many of them interior ministry employees. In a lightning advance that began in 2014, IS had seized large swathes Iraq and neighbouring Syria, enforcing a strict interpretation of Islamic law and committing widespread abuses. The United Nations estimates the jihadists left behind more than 200 mass graves which might contain as many as 12,000 bodies. In addition to IS-era mass graves, Iraqi authorities continue to unearth such sites dating to the rule of Saddam Hussein, who was toppled in a US-led invasion in 2003.
Shafaq News
5 days ago
- Shafaq News
30+ nations condemn Netanyahu's ‘Greater Israel' plan
Shafaq News – Middle East Thirty-one Arab and Islamic nations jointly denounced, on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent comments about 'Greater Israel,' describing them as a flagrant violation of international law and a threat to regional stability. The statement — issued by the foreign ministers of Jordan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Gambia, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Turkiye, the UAE, Yemen, along with the secretaries-general of the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the Gulf Cooperation Council — reaffirmed commitment to the UN Charter and the prohibition on the use or threat of force, pledging to advance peace, stability, and development while opposing all forms of dominance or coercion. The ministers also condemned Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's approval of the long-frozen E1 settlement project — a highly contentious plan in the occupied West Bank — and his rejection of a Palestinian state. They described these actions as a direct assault on Palestinians' right to independence within the June 4, 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as their capital, while asserting that 'Israel holds no sovereignty over Palestinian territory.' Citing UN Security Council Resolution 2334 and the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion, the statement rejected settlement activity and any attempts to alter the demographic or legal status of occupied land, warning against annexation plans, settlement expansion, violations at Islamic and Christian holy sites — particularly al-Aqsa Mosque — settler violence, daily raids, refugee camp demolitions, and forced displacement. On Gaza, the statement accused Israel of genocide, ethnic cleansing, and using starvation as a weapon of war. It called for an immediate ceasefire, unrestricted humanitarian access, and lifting the blockade, while holding Israel responsible for the collapse of health and relief systems in the enclave. The signatories urged the international community — particularly the permanent members of the UN Security Council, including the United States — to pressure Israel to halt its actions in Gaza and the West Bank, end official incitement, ensure protection for Palestinians, and uphold their right to statehood.
