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    Planning for the 2016 budget in iraq

    As the final quarter of the year approaches the Budget Office in the Finance Ministry is preparing the framework document which the final budget will be based on. There is no doubt that the budget will again have a deficit as the government continues to struggle to reduce expenditure...

    Friday Prayer Sermon in Imam Hussain’s Holy Shrine

    Sheikh Abdul Mehdi Al-Karbalaei Dear brothers and sisters… I bring to your attention the following matters:- First Matter: Yesterday, the savage terrorists carried out a car bomb in Alawt al Jamila, Baghdad that resulted in the death and injuries of hundreds of innocent citizens, to which ISIS announced its adoption of the criminal act for this...

    Friday Prayer Sermon in Imam Hussain’s Holy Shrine

    Sayed Ahmad Al-Safi My brothers.. My sisters… I bring to your attention the following matter:-           Our beloved country, Iraq, is experiencing a time of hardship and suffers a variety of crises that has seriously affected the lives of citizens that has significant repercussions on the lives of many of them; On...

    Friday Prayer Sermon in Imam Hussain’s Holy Shrine

    Sheikh Abdul Mahdi Al-Karbalai  Dear brothers and sisters, I would like to clarify the following two points: First Matter: People are suffering, in most areas, from a significant lack of public services, especially the electric power that is desperately needed with the rise of temperatures that has broken records in this scorching...

    Friday Prayer Sermon in Imam Hussain’s Holy Shrine

    Sheikh Abdul Mehdi Al-Karbalaei Dear brothers and sisters… I would like to point out the following matters:- First Matter: At this time when, as our armed forces and volunteers and the brave sons of the tribes, in achieving more victories in various areas, liberating more territories from the contamination of ISIS criminals...

    Friday Prayer Sermon in Imam Hussain’s Holy Shrine

    Sayed Ahmad Al-Safi My distinguished brothers.. My faithful sisters… I demonstrate to your attention the three following matters:- First Matter: With the approach of the joyous Eid Al-Fitr, we turn to Allah The Almighty to ask him for this Eid to be a blessed one for our people and the entire Islamic nation,...

    U.S-Iraqi Relations and the War Against Da’esh

    The next President of the United States will take office in January 2017 and will likely preside over a “make-or-break” moment in U.S.-Iraqi relations. The presidential contenders will all advocate a more aggressive campaign against Da’esh in Iraq and most of them support an effort to reduce Iranian influence in Iraq as well,...

    Friday Prayer Sermon in Imam Hussain’s Holy Shrine

    Sheikh Abdul Mehdi Al-Karbalaei Dear brothers and sisters, peace from the Merciful and Forgiving Lord and His Mercy and Blessings to you all, I would like to point out the following things:- First Matter: Gathered information from the battlefields against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq (ISIS), especially from some important cities such...

    A strategic vision to defeat daesh

    After more than a year of the ‘caliphate’ that daesh has brought to the Middle East, the military campaign continues to progress against an enemy that has shown it is competent at both the tactical and strategic level. While an international coalition is supporting Iraq in the military battle,...