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Sinan Mahmoud

Sinan Mahmoud

Correspondent
Baghdad, Iraq
Sinan is a native of Iraq and he has covered Iraq for more than 18 years. He has previously worked for the Associated Press as a senior Iraq correspondent, covering economy, security, politics and daily life. As a freelance reporter, he also wrote for many Arabic and western publications, including The National. He holds a BA in English Translation from College of Arts, Al-Mustansiriya University, Iraq.
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Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako holds up the decree from Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani. Photo: Chaldean Catholic Church
Iraq reinstates Cardinal Sako as head of Chaldean Catholic Church

Official was stripped of title last year after dispute with MP who also heads militia

MENAJune 12, 2024
Displacement camps such as this one in Khazair will be closed. Getty Images
'Terrible consequences' forecast over closure of Iraq's IDP camps

Move stipulates about 150,000 people must leave all camps by July 30

MENAJune 10, 2024
The KDP announced in March that it would boycott the elections. AFP
Iraq’s Kurdistan Democratic Party says it will take part in elections

The KDP has reversed its decision to boycott the vote in protest over rulings by Iraq’s top court

MENAJune 10, 2024
ISIS shorthand gif
SPECIAL REPORTHow the rise and fall of ISIS changed Iraq forever

War on terrorist group between 2013 and 2017 killed about 60,000 Iraqis, displaced more than a million and caused $100 billion in damage

MENAJune 09, 2024
The new Crude Processing Facility 3 oil station in the Halfaya oilfield in southern of Maysan province, Halfaya. Reuters
Iraq inaugurates gas capture project in latest efforts reach energy self-sufficiency

Despite being Opec’s second-biggest producer, Iraq is dependent on Iran for about a third of its electricity needs

MENAJune 08, 2024
Yazidi women inside Sharia camp.
SPECIAL REPORTDisplaced Yazidis brace for uncertain future as Iraq shuts down camps in Kurdistan

About 150,000 people have to leave by July 30 when the government will halt all aid

MENAJune 08, 2024
ISIS fighters parade through Mosul shortly after seizing control of the city in June 2014. AP
SPECIAL REPORTRemembering the day ISIS seized Mosul 10 years ago

Security in Iraq deteriorated throughout 2013 and early 2014, but one of Iraq's largest cities seemed to fall to ISIS overnight

MENAJune 07, 2024
The Iraqi capital was hit by two simultaneous stun grenade explosions, one of them here at the British Cambridge Institute. Photo: Baghdad Operations Command
Militants attack US and UK-affiliated businesses in Baghdad

Two stun grenades exploded at the American company Caterpillar's branch and the British Cambridge Institute in the Iraqi capital

MENAMay 30, 2024
A Palestinian who was wounded in Gaza at a hospital in Baghdad after arriving in Iraq for treatment. Reuters
Iraq welcomes first batch of wounded Palestinians for treatment

Twenty-seven patients with injuries or chronic diseases were flown to Baghdad from Egypt

MENAMay 24, 2024
Iraqi oil minister Hayan Abdel Ghani attends licensing rounds for 29 oil and gas exploration blocks in Baghdad. Reuters
Iraq's latest oil bid round will draw China closer, analysts say

Baghdad awarded 13 oil and gas projects on Monday, with 10 of them going to Chinese companies

EnergyMay 15, 2024
Mourners gather at the coffin of an Iraqi soldier killed in an attack in Najaf on Tuesday. Reuters
ISIS attack on Iraqi army post kills officer and four soldiers

Security forces say they repelled the attack but suffered several casualties in the process

MENAMay 14, 2024
Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid welcomed by Jordanian King Abdullah in Amman, Jordan, April 15, 2024. Reuters
Jordan and Iraq in talks to restart oil exports to kingdom

Latest halt to the flows came after Amman helped US thwart Iranian attack on Israel

MENAMay 13, 2024
An representative submits his company's offer during the launch of the fifth and sixth licencing rounds for 29 oil and gas fields. AFP
Chinese companies emerge big winners in Iraq's latest energy bidding round

Twenty-nine oil and gas projects are up for grabs in energy bidding rounds that started on Saturday in Baghdad

EnergyMay 11, 2024
Weddings can now take place at the 12th-century Abbasid Palace in Baghdad. Photo: Aymen AlAmeri / The National
Postcard from Baghdad: The wedding venue that's become a heritage battleground

The 12th-century Abbasid Palace has a new function - but not everybody thinks it's a good match

MENAMay 10, 2024
An Israeli air strike hits Khiam in southern Lebanon, as fighting continues in tandem with the war in the Gaza Strip. AFP
Fighting at Lebanon-Israel front intensifies ahead of Rafah offensive

'Everything in due time,' says Hezbollah representative on escalating the conflict with Israel

MENAMay 09, 2024
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