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By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani chaired a meeting of Iraq's Higher Committee for Water on Monday, ...

The Iraqi government has declared Halabja, a region notorious for one of the worst chemical weapon attacks in history, a new governorate. Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid offered his “warmest ...

The Iraqi parliament voted this week on a law recognizing Halabja as a province in Iraq. The law passed, which was the final step in creating this new, primarily Kurdish province, which is an ...

Water Availability in Iraq Before and after Oil-for-Food The rehabilitation of networks in the central and southern governorates, reduced water leakage from 40 per cent to 30 per cent and in Dahuk ...

This also means that Iraq will now have 19 provinces in total. The Regions and Governorates Committee submitted the draft. The office of Iraq’s president said that the move was a “historic ...