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Sinan Mahmoud

Sinan Mahmoud

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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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The Karadeniz Powership Orhan Ali Khan docked at the port of Umm Qasr in Basra, Iraq. Reuters
Iraq turns to floating power stations to ease electricity crisis

Two powerships operated by Turkey’s Karpowership dock in Basra’s ports to generate nearly 600 megawatts of power

MENAAugust 25, 2025
Smoke billows over a neighbourhood of Sulaymaniyah city in the Kurdistan region of Iraq during armed clashes on Friday. AFP
Iraqi Kurdistan opposition figure arrested after clashes in Sulaymaniyah

Arrest warrants issued for Talabani and other opposition figures over alleged crimes

MENAAugust 22, 2025
Children sit in the bed of a lorry in front of a house, the site of a reported joint operation by the US-led coalition, in the town of Atme in north-west Syria on August 20, 2025. AFP
ISIS leader killed in Syria in joint Iraqi and US operation

Salah Numan Al Jubouri was in charge of the group's financing and the fighters' movement

MENAAugust 20, 2025
Workers repair the runway at Mosul airport in 2023. Bosses aim to restore the aviation hub to full operation this year. AFP
Emirati and Omani firms bid to operate Iraqi airport destroyed by ISIS

Aviation bosses want Mosul airport to enter full commercial service later this year

AviationAugust 20, 2025
Drugs and equipment were seized in July's raid on a Captagon factory in Yammouneh, about 25km from Baalbek. Photo: Lebanese Army
Iraq-Lebanon security co-operation led to raid on major Captagon lab

Iraq has increased regional co-operation to chase and dismantle drug networks

MENAAugust 19, 2025
Dr Ban Ziyad Tariq's death has sparked controversy in Iraq. Photo: Facebook
Iraq’s judiciary rules death of Basra psychiatrist as suicide amid public debate

Demonstrators across the country reject ruling in the case of Ban Ziyad Tariq

MENAAugust 18, 2025
About 2,500 US personnel are based in Iraq, where they work with Iraqi and Kurdish partners against ISIS cells. Reuters
US confirms change to military mission in Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister's adviser says Baghdad remains committed to withdrawal of American forces by next year

MENAAugust 18, 2025
A vast natural sinkhole is in a remote area about 20km outside Mosul. Ismael Adnan for The National
Iraq begins exhuming thousands of ISIS victims from massive sinkhole grave

Iraqi officials believe Al Khasfa site near Mosul contains thousands of bodies

MENAAugust 17, 2025
Shaswar Abdulwahid, head of the New Generation Movement, shows his inked finger after voting in Sulaimaniyah in 2021. AFP
Prominent opposition leader in Iraqi Kurdistan arrested by security forces

Shaswar Abdulwahid was sentenced to six months in his absence for 'threatening behaviour'

MENAAugust 13, 2025
A worker at Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan, through which Iraq used to export oil before the pipeline was closed in a legal dispute between the countries. Reuters
Iraq and Syria consider revival of Kirkuk–Baniyas oil pipeline

Baghdad and Damascus have been establishing ties since Assad's downfall

MENAAugust 12, 2025
Sweltering heat near Hilla city, in central Iraq, as parts of the country were hit by power cuts. AFP
Iraq hit by power cuts as temperatures soar

Rising demand and technical failures hit power plants, leading to blackouts

MENAAugust 11, 2025
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani looks on as his national security adviser Qassim Al Araji, right, signs documents with Ali Larijani, Larijani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, in Baghdad on Monday. AP
Larijani heads to Iraq and Lebanon in first trip as Iran's top security official

Tehran and Baghdad have signed a border security deal, officials say

MENAAugust 11, 2025
Iraqi Shiite fighters from the Iran-backed armed group Kataib Hezbollah. AFP
Iraq dismisses two senior PMF commanders over attack on government building

Clashes between Tehran-allied Kataib Hezbollah militia and government security troops last month killed at least two people

MENAAugust 10, 2025
Baghdad's new high-rise skyline is a sign of economic development but not welcomed by all the city's residents. Aymen Al Ameri / The National
Vertical Baghdad: Towering new skyline signals progress - but at what cost?

As Iraq’s capital surges upward, critics question whether city’s soul is being left behind

MENAAugust 08, 2025
The Popular Mobilisation Forces was formally incorporated into Iraq’s security apparatus in 2016. EPA
US warns Iraq against move that could 'embed Iranian influence'

American diplomat says approving restructure of Tehran-backed Shiite paramilitary group could undermine Iraq’s sovereignty

MENAAugust 04, 2025
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