Hamza Mustafa

Hamza Mustafa
Arab World Iraqi security forces in Baghdad (File photo: Reuters)

Iraqi Government Takes Security Measures to Protect Embassies in Baghdad

Iraq's Joint Operations Command of the Defense Ministry directed the necessity of strengthening security measures at the foreign embassies in Baghdad, namely…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)
Arab World Rally against Israel and the United States in Baghdad on Sunday (Reuters)

Al-Sadr Calls for Million-Man Demonstration that Terrifies Israel

The Iraqi government called Monday on the international community to put an end to Israeli violations against the Palestinian people and end the blockade on…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)
Arab World Sadr supporters are seen at a protest in Baghdad’s Sadr City in April. (AP)

Sadr Warns against Holding Another ‘Immoral’ Festival in Iraq

For the second time in less than a month, head of the Sadrist movement in Iraq cleric Moqtada al-Sadr described the current government as that of “Bani Abbas”,…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)
Arab World Members of the Popular Mobilization Forces prepare to fight ISIS in an area west of Mosul in 2017. (Getty Images)

Abadi’s Remarks on War against ISIS Stir Debate in Iraq

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi's remarks about the fight against the ISIS terrorist group have stirred controversy in the country and sparked a…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)
Arab World Sudani speaks to medical staff at Al-Hamdaniya Hospital in northern Iraq (Reuters)

Sudani Visits Wedding Fire Victims

The Iraqi Council of Ministers announced compensation for the victims of the fire that broke out during a wedding in Mosul, which led to the death and injury…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)
Arab World Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani at the General Assembly (Iraq's Premiership)

Iraqi Prime Minister to Meet US President at White House

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani traveled to New York to lead his country's delegation to the United Nations General Assembly meetings. Sudani…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)
Arab World Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani and Prime Minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government, Masrour Barzani, during their meeting in Baghdad on Thursday (Media Office of the Iraqi Prime Minister)

Baghdad, Erbil Make Progress in Salary Negotiations

The prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq, Masrour Barzani, announced on Friday that his government had submitted two proposals to the…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)
Arab World Stephen Troell and his wife in Iraq (Stephen Troell’s social media)

Washington Welcomes Iraqi Court Decision in US Citizen’s Murder Case

The US State Department welcomed the Iraqi judiciary’s move to convict and sentence an Iranian and four Iraqis on charges of killing US citizen Stephen Troell,…

Hamza Mustafa (Baghdad)