IRAQ HEADLINES NEWS
Illicit oil smuggling from the Kurdistan Region to Iran via tankers continues, with revenues not remitted to the KRG, while the ruling KDP and PUK reportedly earn $250 million monthly from the trade, according to Ali Hama Saleh, leader of the opposition Stance (Halwest) Movement.Meanwhile, civil servants remain unpaid for over two months as Baghdad withholds funds in response to the KRG’s refusal to hand over oil exports to the federal government, deepening a decade-long financial crisis.
: Hama Saleh's Facebook wall
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BREAKING: Prominent Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has reaffirmed his decision to boycott Iraq’s upcoming November parliamentary elections. His statement comes amid reports that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is considering talks with the electoral commission to explore a legal mechanism for extending the candidate registration deadline — seen by some as an effort to pave the way for Al-Sadr's potential return to the political process.
: AP/ file
