Sinan Mahmoud

Sinan Mahmoud

Correspondent


Supporters of the Kurdistan Democratic Party celebrate after polls close in the Kurdish region. Reuters
Iraq’s Kurdistan Democratic Party emerges victorious in Kurdish region parliamentary elections

Turnout for long-delayed vote at 72 per cent, election commission says

October 21, 2024
A polling booth in the Kurdish autonomous region of Iraq. Aymen Al Ameri / The National
Kurdish voters head to polls with cautious hope in parliamentary elections

Voters express desire for change and a better future

October 20, 2024
Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis and Qassem Suleimani, commander of Iran's IRGC elite Quds Force, were referred to as 'terrorists' in an MBC report. AFP
Pro-Iran protesters storm office of Saudi TV channel MBC in Baghdad

Report on ’terrorism‘ in the region sparked anger among militia group supporters

October 19, 2024
Election campaign posters in Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. The poll has been postponed several times due to disputes between the two main political parties. AFP
Iraqi Kurds prepare for elections amid political divisions and economic crisis

More than 1,190 candidates are vying for places in the 100-seat parliament, with three million people eligible to vote

October 18, 2024
Head of Iranian Quds forces General Esmail Qaani (C) attends the funeral ceremony of former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan in Tehran, Iran, 15 October 2024.  EPA
Iran's Quds Force chief Esmail Qaani attends funeral of IRGC general killed in Beirut

Deputy head of elite unit had debunked reports of Mr Qaani being harmed in Israeli bombing of Beirut

October 15, 2024
Supporters hold pictures of Nilforoushan and Nasrallah during the funeral in Karbala on Monday.  Photo: Reuters
Funeral held in Iraq for IRGC general killed alongside Hezbollah leader Nasrallah

Abbas Nilforoushan died in an Israeli air strike on Beirut

October 14, 2024
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, meets his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein in Baghdad on Sunday. AP
Iraq and Iran warn of full-fledged war without immediate ceasefires

Foreign ministers hold talks and call for end to Israeli aggression

October 13, 2024
The official Saudi Press Agency posted photos of Abbas Araghchi and Crown Prince Mohammed sitting together on X. EPA
Iranian and Saudi foreign ministers urge end to Gaza and Lebanon wars

Abbas Araghchi is in Riyadh as the Middle East braces for Israeli retaliation against Tehran's ballistic missile barrage

October 09, 2024
Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli air strike on a crowded tent camp housing the displaced in Muwasi, in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 10, 2024. AP
'These scars will last for a very long time': How the Middle East changed in a year

The war in Gaza and Lebanon has changed the region's geopolitics and the lives of its people

October 05, 2024
Israel's Iron Dome intercepts rockets following Iran's salvo of ballistic missiles on Tuesday night. Reuters
Middle East on brink as Israel threatens major retaliation for Iran's missile barrage

Israel promised revenge after some rockets breached its defences on Tuesday

October 01, 2024
Protesters in Najaf, central Iraq, following the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Reuters
Uncertainty over Nasrallah's burial place as supporters mourn

Reports suggest he will be buried within Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala

October 01, 2024
Coalition soldiers at the K1 Airbase near Kirkuk in northern Iraq. AFP
Iraq and US announce plan to end anti-ISIS International Coalition mission

Partial withdrawal comes as Washington and Baghdad seek to redefine relations

September 27, 2024
An anti-Israel billboard depicting people, among them Israeli soldiers, running away from an explosion and reading 'We will take revenge from where you imagine and not' hangs from a building in Palestine Square in Tehran.  EPA
Is the Iran-led militant 'unity front' against Israel still united?

The Middle East militias’ joint command, formed at the start of Gaza’s war, appears weakened following Israel's escalation against Hezbollah

September 26, 2024
A schoolgirl in Baghdad passes a banner promoting a draft personal status law based on the Jaafari school of Shiite jurisprudence. AP
Iraqi politicians agree on marriage age of 15 under law change

Previous proposal would have allowed girls as young as nine to be married

September 24, 2024
Iraq's Minister of Environment Nizar Amidi speaks at a conference to announce the strategy in Baghdad on Wednesday.  AFP
Iraq unveils ambitious national strategy to protect environment

Six-year roadmap includes steps to address the impact of climate change, pollution and resource depletion

September 18, 2024