The last direct talks between Riyadh and Tehran were held in April, as the two sides mull over a rapprochement.
Iraqi leader is trying to facilitate the re-establishment of ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Counterterrorism forces in Sulaimaniyah province confirmed there had been no casualties or damage to the gas complex.
Seventy-three legislators resigned collectively earlier in June after a prolonged political impasse.
Muqtada al-Sadr says he ‘will not participate in the next elections if the corrupt participate’.
The Sadrist bloc’s resignation from parliament throws up a number of scenarios, including new elections in Iraq.
Iraqi Yazidi women survivors of ISIL sexual slavery still have no knowledge of what happened to their missing family.
Al-Sadr had urged lawmakers from his bloc to resign in order to create space for the establishment of a new government.
Businesswomen say Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government needs to work harder to create the conditions for entrepreneurs.
Jim Fitton was arrested at Baghdad airport on March 20 after airport security discovered the items in his luggage.
Recent ecologically disastrous conditions in the Gulf are latest sign of climate danger to the MENA region.
Iraq’s Sadrists, the biggest grouping in parliament, have been unable to form a government since October’s elections.
Violators of the anti-Israel law could face penalties including life imprisonment or even the death sentence.
Basra was known for farming, but rising temperatures, increased water salinity, and desertification, have changed that.
