A parade by the Al-Mahdi Army demanding the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq has highlighted possible explosions to come when the Americans finally leave, writes Salah Hemeid
Followers of radical Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr rallied in Baghdad (...)
Threats from Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr to reactivate the Al-Mahdi militia have led to renewed questions about the future of US troops in Iraq, writes Salah Hemeid
Two days after US defense secretary Robert Gates suggested that American troops (...)
Protests in Iraq's Kurdish region have rattled a regime that has long been trumpeted as a 'beacon of democracy' in the country, writes Salah Hemeid
Security forces in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region have arrested two Muslim clerics and a (...)
Can deep-rooted sectarianism succeed in thwarting the region's democracy revolutions, asks Salah Hemeid
In his Friday sermon from Doha this week, prominent Egyptian Sunni cleric and President of the World Federation of Muslim Scholars Youssef (...)
Recent protests in Iraq have put the endemic corruption in the country under the spotlight, writes Salah Hemeid
While Iraq's Jasmine Revolution might not have blossomed because of the crackdown ordered by the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri (...)
Will the current round of protests in Iraq lead to real change in the country, asks Salah Hemeid
Undeterred by promises, threats and intimidation by the government of Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki, thousands of Iraqis attended protests in Baghdad (...)
In its treatment of former British prime minister Tony Blair last week, the UK Iraq Inquiry has shown itself to be more irrelevant than ever, writes Salah Hemeid
Former British prime minister Tony Blair gave evidence last Friday in his second (...)
In their Arab-inspired uprising, Iraqis show they now want to shape their destiny, writes Salah Hemeid
As protesters in more Arab countries have taken to the streets clamouring for change, Iraqis are turning out in Baghdad and several other cities (...)
Even with a public commitment to bringing the occupation to an end, the future of the US presence in Iraq still seems undecided, writes Salah Hemeid
A few days after the surprise visit by US Vice-President Joseph Biden to Baghdad last week to (...)
Whatever his sugar-coated rhetoric might suggest, radical Iraqi cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr is not set on moderation, writes Salah Hemeid
While Lebanon is awaiting news of a Syrian-Saudi initiative to end the impasse over the Special Tribunal for (...)
With Egypt signalling its readiness to return to Iraq, what effect will this have on Iranian ambitions in the country, asks Salah Hemeid
A visit by Egypt's foreign minister, Ahmed Abul-Gheit, to Iraq late last month has ushered in a new era in the (...)
Even with a new government finally in place in Iraq, the country is still on the brink of disaster, writes Salah Hemeid
Ordinary Iraqis expressed their relief last week at the fact that a new government was finally in place after nine months of (...)
With a fragile cabinet emerging in Iraq, it is too early to tell if the government is working, writes Salah Hemeid
Ending more than nine months of political infighting, following an inclusive election, Iraqi lawmakers endorsed Tuesday a new cabinet (...)
Rows over the composition and powers of the country's proposed policy-making council have further delayed the formation of a new government, writes Salah Hemeid
Efforts by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki to form a new cabinet foundered this (...)
Disclosures made by the Internet site WikiLeaks will come as no surprise to Iraqis, whose plight has now been more fully revealed, writes Salah Hemeid
Among the quarter of a million or so confidential US diplomatic cables published by the Internet (...)
It will take more than the appointment of a new prime minister to put Iraq back on its feet, writes Salah Hemeid
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki started the uphill task this week of forming a new cabinet amid renewed bickering over the (...)
The long delay in forming a new Iraqi government is a sign of much deeper trouble in the country's political system, writes Salah Hemeid
Capping eight months of political wrangling, Iraqi politicians reached a deal to form a new government on 11 (...)
Iraq's political leaders have finally met face-to-face in an effort to resolve the country's crisis of government. But how much progress are they likely to achieve, asks Salah Hemeid
Eight months after the country's inconclusive parliamentary (...)
Saudi Arabia has invited rival Iraqi politicians for talks to try to end the impasse in the country. Are they interested, asks Salah Hemeid
In an apparent bid to flex its regional muscles, Saudi Arabia has invited the leaders of Iraq's political (...)
Secret US files revealed by the website Wikileaks this week show that the ugly occupation of Iraq was even uglier than previously thought, writes Salah Hemeid
Long before this week's disclosure by the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks of secret US (...)
Did Aziz's recent hints that he would speak about Washington's support for Iraq during the war with Iran seal his fate, wonders Salah Hemeid
Tariq Aziz, top aide to Iraq's former president Saddam Hussein, was sentenced to death by an Iraqi court on (...)
A new US estimate of the number of Iraqis killed seven years after the US-led invasion serves as a reminder that civilians are dying on a daily basis in Iraq, writes Salah Hemeid
Former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright's famous quotation (...)
Agreement on a new Iraqi government now hinges on regional powers, writes Salah Hemeid
Former Iraqi prime minister Iyad Allawi, who heads the country's mainly Sunni Iraqiya bloc, held talks on Sunday with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia as Turkish (...)
For Nuri Al-Maliki to remain Iraq's prime minister, he will need more than the uncertain support of his Shia allies, writes Salah Hemeid
Iraq's largest bloc of Shia lawmakers endorsed caretaker Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki for a second term in (...)
Disputes over the formation of a new Iraqi government are going from bad to worse, writes Salah Hemeid
Efforts to form a new Iraqi government received a new setback this week when the main Sunni coalition said it would not back a Shia-led government (...)