Calm returns to Basra after week of violent protests
Security reinforcements sent from Baghdad have stabilised the city after weeks-long protests turned violent last week.

Security reinforcements sent from Baghdad have stabilised the city after weeks-long protests turned violent last week.









Three of the suspects are policemen and the fourth is an employee of the Independent High Elections Commission.
Citing ‘dangerous violations,’ authorities cancel ballots of overseas and displaced voters in last month’s election.
Elections commission says a probe has been launched with ‘a view to holding violators accountable’.

The incumbent prime minister did not win the majority he was expecting to in Iraq’s election, trailing behind Muqtada al-Sadr’s Sairoon Alliance and Hadi al-Amiri’s Fatah.
Iraqi politicians set themselves away from sectarian rhetoric in the run-up to country’s general elections in May.
In 2018 Iraq will have its first elections after the defeat of ISIL. How will that change the Iraqi political scene?

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says the war against armed group is over in the country.
Fighters believed to be holding 10,000 civilians hostage in Euphrates Valley town of Rawa as they lose nearby villages.
Following Kurds’ referendum Supreme Federal Court says national charter calls for preservation of territorial integrity.
Flush with victory after retaking Peshmerga-held areas, Iraqi PM could consider an Iranian model of Kurdish autonomy.