Sinan Mahmoud

Sinan Mahmoud

Correspondent


Activists demonstrate against female child marriages in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad on July 28, 2024, amid parliamentary discussion over a proposed amendment to the Iraqi Personal Status Law. AFP
Iraq's Parliament advances controversial Personal Law amendments despite public outcry

Proposals include lowering the legal age of marriage for girls to nine

September 16, 2024, 5:22 PM
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, left, is met in Erbil, in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, by the region's President Nechirvan Barzani. AFP
Iran’s President Pezeshkian visits Iraq’s Kurdish region

Baghdad and Tehran have signed 14 initial accords to strengthen ties

September 12, 2024, 8:22 AM
Mohammed Shia Al Sudani, right, welcomes Masoud Pezeshkian at Baghdad International Airport on Wednesday. Reuters
Iraq and Iran stress strengthening bilateral ties on Pezeshkian visit

Iranian leader brings foreign, defence and trade ministers on his first trip abroad

September 11, 2024, 4:09 AM
Iraqi demonstrators gather at Tahrir Square in Baghdad during anti-government demonstrations in October, 2019. AFP
Alleged mastermind of Iraq’s ‘heist of the century’ to be tried in his absence

Noor Zuhair Jassim is the chief suspect in a scheme that led to the theft of billions of dollars from the Finance Ministry

September 09, 2024, 1:16 PM
Dr Hasanain Al Ibrahimi in the Iwan Gallery of the Ibrahimi Collection Group in the capital, Baghdad. Aymen Al-Ameri / The National
Iraqi doctor seeks to protect nation's modern art heritage

Over more than two decades, physician Hasanain Al Ibrahimi has assembled the largest private collection of Iraqi artworks from the past century

September 06, 2024, 6:00 PM
Members of the Popular Mobilisation Forces carry pictures of comrades killed in US air strikes during a funeral procession in Baghdad in February. EPA
Iraqi government increases funding for influential paramilitary group

Decision to increase funding for Popular Mobilisation Forces comes as graduates clamour for more jobs in the public sector

September 03, 2024, 5:59 PM
Iraqi men join women in a demonstration against child marriage in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad in August. AFP
Iraq’s parliament fails to debate amendments that allow child marriage

The proposed amendments have sparked widespread demonstrations and debate between Iraqis who are pro-civil rights and religious institutions

September 03, 2024, 9:26 AM
Iraqi officials conducting the country's last official census on October 16, 1997. Reuters
Iraq sets curfew to conduct first census in 27 years

Preparations on track for count to take place on November 20 and 21

September 02, 2024, 9:58 AM
About 1,300 victims imprisoned by the network were freed, authorities said. Reuters
Major human trafficking ring dismantled in Libya

Operation resulted in the rescue of 1,300 migrants who had been subjected to severe abuse

September 01, 2024, 11:32 AM
Mr Al Sudani met Tunisian President Kais Saeid. Reuters
Iraq and Tunisia hold high-level talks to strengthen bilateral ties

Tunis was the second stop for Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani after Egypt

August 28, 2024, 4:55 PM
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian is due to visit Iraq in a trip lasting three days. AFP
Iran's President to visit Iraq next month in first official trip abroad

Tehran has wide political influence in neighbouring Iraq and holds significant power over some armed groups

August 28, 2024, 9:31 AM
Noor Zuhair Jassim failed to appear at a Baghdad court on Tuesday. Reuters
Arrest warrant issued for main accused in Iraq's 'heist of the century'

Scandal involved alleged plundering of $2.5bn from government funds

August 27, 2024, 12:55 PM
A US Marine carries a sand bag during a reinforcement of the American embassy compound in Baghdad in 2020.  Kyle Talbot
Iran-backed armed factions in Iraq reject call to renew truce with US troops

Commander says US soldiers must leave within six months and warns of attacks against them

August 22, 2024, 2:11 PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani, right, receives Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan in Baghdad on Thursday. AFP
Iraq and Saudi Arabia press for Gaza ceasefire after talks in Baghdad

Prince Faisal bin Farhan met Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani during an unannounced visit to the Iraqi capital

August 22, 2024, 1:40 PM
A protester waves the flag of Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Iraqi militia, outside the US embassy in Baghdad. Reuters
Iraqi militias co-ordinating retaliatory attacks after truce with US ends

The Iran-backed armed groups have warned that 'all options are available' to target US bases inside Iraq

August 21, 2024, 2:33 PM