Topic: Adel Abdul Mahdi
One of Iraq's three ceremonial vice presidents resigned just two weeks after being appointed to the post, his political bloc's leader said on Monday, citing a need to reduce the size of the government.Adel Abdel Mahdi was re-elected as ...
<div><p>Iraq's Sadrists concluded an unofficial two-day ballot on Saturday over who should be the country's leader, after the bloc's strong showing in last month's election gave it kingmaker status.</p><p>The "referendum", which has no ...
Early voting in Iraq's general election was overshadowed Thursday by two suicide bombings at polling stations that killed seven soldiers and a mortar attack that claimed the lives of seven civilians.The leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, threatened ...
A court sentenced four Iraqi security force members to death on Wednesday for Iraq's bloodiest ever bank robbery, in which eight police guards were shot dead and millions of dollars stolen.The robbers seized 3.8 million dollars (2.7 million ...
An Iraqi court on Wednesday sentenced to death four Iraqi security force members for a multi-million dollar bank robbery in Baghdad during which eight police guards were shot dead.The robbers seized 3.8 million dollars in a pre-dawn raid on a ...
Some of the Iraqi former insurgents recruited by US forces to fight Al-Qaeda are simply biding their time and waiting for a chance to resume attacks, Vice President Adel Abdel Mahdi warned Tuesday.Abdel Mahdi's comments came amid tension between Iraqi ...
Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdel Mahdi said Tuesday he will meet executives from the French energy giant Total to discuss a multi-billion dollar oil deal during a working visit to France.Briefing journalists in Paris on the first day of a three-day ...