Iraq

Iraq's national carrier is planning to re-emerge as a major regional airline, with the first of 40 Boeing aircraft set to be delivered next year.

According to "Al Muheet" website, Iraqi singer Shada Hassoun is to shoot a music video of her song "Alaa El Din" (Aladdin) this month.

The Interpol announced Tuesday the international dissemination of a request for the arrest or extradition at the request of Iraq against its Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi.

Iraq aims to double power provision in a year in a bid to bridge a shortage that remains a key frustration for ordinary Iraqis.

The Arab variety show that is Arabs Got Talent is finding its stride by the 4th episode, gearing up for the 5th which promises yet more surprise factor if the second season's drama is anything to go by.

Reports are rife of Lebanese singer Elissa rudely kicking the fans and entourage of Iraqi singer Shatha Hassoun out of the Amman hotel in which both stars stayed in Jordan. Shatha protests Elissa's innocence.

Iraq experienced a violent day on Thursday with the death of at least 35 people in a wave of bombing attacks.

We are proud to announce a list of Western stars and luminaries of the entertainment and art world who have something of the Arab within! Did you know that the following famous people had Arab origins? Here's a selection of Hollywood acting legends and singing stars, who come in degrees of Arab-ness, from partial, to fully-fledged and native speaking.

Iraq has signed a contract to buy 250 megawatts of electricity per day from UAE's Oilfield Services, the Electricity Ministry said.

Iraq described as "unacceptable" the decision by Qatar to host on its soil its fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, who is wanted in his country.

The "Friends of the Syrian people" meeting tried on Sunday to intensify the pressure on the regime in Damascus

The Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, said Thursday in Baghdad that his country would "overcome the suffering and injury" of the past

Jordanian and Iraqi energy officials have entered advanced talks over a natural gas deal that would provide the Kingdom with an alternative energy source within five years.

Bombings and shootings killed at least 46 people and injured some 200 across Iraq Tuesday

Iraq has approved a plan to expand its oil export routes by adding capacity from its northern fields and building a pipeline to ship oil from southern fields to Ceyhan in Turkey.

It wasn't me, says Saddam Hussein's daughter, from her Jordan base, denying charges that she is plotting a coup in Iraq against the current regime. Raghad calls the allegations slander and wishes the gossip-mongers would re-direct their campaign at improving her country in need.

A new wave of violence hit Baghdad Thursday and several other cities in Iraq, killing at least 50 people

Iraq's GDP is forecast grow at least 9.4 percent per year on average between 2012 and 2016

Firmly into 2012, how are the Arab revolutions developing? We check in with some of the Arab protest pictures to gauge to what extent they have reached revolution saturation, or on the contrary are just getting started.

MP Hussein al-Miribi, a member of the Iraqi Parliament's Economic Commission, called on the Finance Ministry to release information on debts incurred by the Iraqi government

In the winter months people in the Middle East are also in need of warming foods. Some of the region's nourishing and healthy winter foods can keep you warmer, and guard against winter viruses. Both sweet and savory, here are some of the Levant and Arabian seasonal specialties.

The spokesman of the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company, Hamed Ka'bi, told journalists that the country is negotiating with Japan and South Korea to sell them gasoline.

Syria's external links: As the Syrian 'lion' rages and the regime's clampdown on opposition forces scores an alarming death-toll, the media is ridden with questions addressing the peculiar deadlock or impasse in this Arab Spring country. Since international players often seem to 'help' to determine the fate of Arab regimes, it may be prudent to examine who exactly is set to profit from this regime's seeming inevitable demise, or else retention of power should the Arab League's (shaky) Peace Plan be implemented. Which countries of the region and transregionally are praying for Al Assad's removal, and which would far rather he hung around?

In an attack Friday on a funeral ceremony near a hospital in the Iraqi capital Baghdad at least 28 people have been killed.