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Al-Arabiya
April 13, 2018
“Also excluded from the list is Muthanna al-Dhari, an Iraqi subject to a UN travel ban for allegedly funding ISIS's forerunner, al-Qaeda in Iraq, to the tune of over a million dollars. Al-Dhari has been let into Qatar numerous times – including in the last year – and was hugged and kissed by Emir Tamim's fatherÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
April 13, 2018
“Four wanted individuals were arrested and charged with blowing up a market in Mosul's eastern Al-Muthanna district in June of last year, causing deaths and injuries,” Captain Jawad Mohamed ... Late last year, officials in Baghdad declared that Daesh's military presence in Iraq had been all but destroyed.
Reliefweb
April 5, 2018
The WB's support to Iraq includes rebuilding infrastructure and reforming the economic and social fabric. ... Vice President for the Middle East & North Africa region, and Lakshmi Shyam-Sunder, Vice President and WBG Chief Risk Officer with mixed feelings during their first official visit to the city last week.
Mintpress News
April 5, 2018
In the province of Muthanna, the brigade has been coordinating with the international Red Cross to deliver first aid courses for locals. .... in Iraq are now supposed to be administered by a special commission – it is part of the process of bringing the volunteers closer to the official apparatus of government.
The National
March 24, 2018
They are now in Baghdad, they are in Muthanna airport," said Mr Muhammed. What may sound like a wild conspiracy theory to outsiders is seen as an established truth by many families of ISIL victims, who believe their relatives are kept in Muthanna airbase or Taji prison — notorious detention sites in Iraq.
The Arab Weekly
March 17, 2018
Muthanna Khalaf, a 47-year-old street food vendor, and his family left Hasan Sham refugee camp shortly after Mosul's liberation but could not live in their bomb-blasted ... The Nineveh Province Council estimated the cost of removing the rubble at $3.5 billion and reconstruction of the old city at $14 billion.
Rudaw
March 15, 2018
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – The Iraqi government has welcomed official certification that it has destroyed its chemical weapons, though officials from ... Hikmat Fayaq, a member of the high board of the Halabja Victims Society, agreed that Iraqi still has some chemical weapons, hidden in Muthana province.
New York Times
March 14, 2018
Before you leave, a customs official in a dark suit will take your ticket and passport and then return 10 minutes later, smiling obsequiously and extending your stamped ... The hunting ground the Qataris had chosen — Iraq's Muthanna Province — has had few visitors since the American invasion of 2003.
NRT
February 28, 2018
SULAIMANI – Iraq's federal appeals court on Tuesday (February 27) ordered the release of an Iraqi-American anti-corruption activist who had been ... down 350 cases of corruption by local officials in the southern province of Muthana and alerted authorities, according to Majid Abu Kalal of the Dhar NGO.
Anadolu Agency
February 28, 2018
6, a court in Iraq's southern Al-Muthanna province slapped activist Bassem Khazaal with a six-year jail term for “insulting and defaming government institutions”. ... “Khazaal -- like all of Al-Muthanna's civilian activists -- will not back down from his mission to expose graft and bring corrupt officials to justice,”Ãâà...
Al-Monitor
February 15, 2018
11 to stop the encroachment upon water quotas and increase the water share to Al-Mejar district in Maysan province in southern Iraq. Abadi's instructions came days ... There are top officials who are aware of his acts of encroachment, but the government cannot do anything about it.” For security reasonsÃâà...
NRT
February 9, 2018
Over the past two years, Bassem Khashan had tracked down 350 cases of corruption by local officials in the southern province of Muthana and alerted authorities, said Majid Abu Kalal of the Dhar NGO. Khashan provided what he said was proof and won several cases, including one against the former director general of theÃâà...
The Arab Weekly
February 9, 2018
... a few days before a conference that aims to encourage investment in Iraq is set to be held in neighbouring Kuwait. Over the past two years Bassem Khashan, an Iraqi-US dual national, had tracked down 350 cases of corruption by local officials in the southern province of Muthana and alerted authorities,Ãâà...
Middle East Monitor
February 8, 2018
Muthanna Al-Dari has been the secretary general of the Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq since 2015, succeeding his deceased father. The Association of Muslim Scholars has been one of the most hostile to the US occupation of Iraq. Its officials say it had supported the Iraqi resistance against theÃâà...
Kurdistan24
February 7, 2018
“The US tank company [General Dynamics] withdrew from its base in Baghdad's al-Muthanna airport after finding out that Iraq violated the terms of the contract which ... However, when asked to confirm the reports, a State Department official told Kurdistan 24, “The Abrams maintenance program for the Iraqi Security ForcesÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
February 7, 2018
Iraqi security forces dispersed dozens of protesters outside a court in Iraq's southern Al-Muthanna province where a rights activist was sentenced on ... of government corruption, some of which have involved local officials, including Al-Muthanna Governor Faleh al-Zaidi and provincial council members.
Arab News
February 6, 2018
BAGHDAD: Iraqi authorities have revealed a new list of the "most wanted" figures involved in terrorism in the country. ... of Daesh, Nashwan Abd Al-Razzaq Abd Al-Baqi, one of the top leaders of Al-Qaeda, and Muthana Harith Al-Dhari, the secretary-general of the Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq, are all on the list.
