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Mohammed Shia al-Sudani

Supporters of Yemen's Houthis raise placards and flags during a rally marking Independence Day, the anniversary of the end of British rule in southern Yemen in 1967, in the Houthi-controlled Yemeni capital Sanaa on November 30, 2025. (Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)
December 4, 2025, 5:31 pm
Iraq backtracks after listing Hezbollah and Houthis as terror groups
Prime Minister Sudani, seeking to stay in power atop bloc containing pro-Iran factions, announces investigation after lawmaker slams his government’s ‘disgraceful stance’
By Noam Lehmann and Reuters
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (right), meets with the US envoy Tom Barrack, in Baghdad on November 30, 2025. (Handout / IRAQI PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS OFFICE / AFP)
December 1, 2025, 8:25 pm
US said to warn Iraq that Israel will strike militias that seek to aid Hezbollah
Envoy Tom Barrack meets newly reelected PM in Baghdad, reportedly tells him to crack down on Iran-backed groups and stay out of regional conflicts
By ToI Staff
Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (C), delivers a speech during a campaign rally for the Reconstruction and Development Coalition ahead of the country's parliamentary elections in Baghdad on November 7, 2025. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
November 12, 2025, 6:08 pm
Iraq’s PM Sudani secures ‘major victory’ in election, say sources close to him
Leader brought to power in 2022 by pro-Iran coalition said to have won largest bloc for ‘Reconstruction and Development’ slate, but long negotiations ahead to form government
By Ammar Karim
An Iraqi voter shows her ink-marked thumb to her family members after casting her ballot at a polling station in the southern city of Basra on November 11, 2025 during Iraq's parliamentary elections. (Hussein FALEH / AFP)
November 11, 2025, 11:05 pm
Iraqis vote in general election as US and Iran both keep a close eye
Many voters boycott poll amid deep distrust, as country still struggles to emerge from decades of war and endemic corruption, while Washington and Tehran battle for influence
By Salam Faraj
A vendor selling clothes in front of an Iraqi parliamentary elections banner in Baghdad, Iraq, October 16, 2025. (AP/Hadi Mizban)
October 24, 2025, 10:18 am
Iraq heads to elections marred by violence at sensitive moment for Middle East
Vote comes as PM Sudani faces US pressure to disarm pro-Iran militias, challenge from former premier Maliki, while popular Shiite Sadrist Movement boycotting
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Elizabeth Tsurkov in an undated photo (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 10, 2025, 3:18 am
Israeli-Russian graduate student Elizabeth Tsurkov freed from captivity in Iraq
Family thanks US and Israel for helping secure Tsurkov’s release from Iran-backed militia, which says it freed her ‘to facilitate withdrawal of US forces,’ prevent ‘conflicts’ in Iraq
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Lebanese soldiers inspect the site near a burnt-out vehicle hit by an Israeli drone strike in Ghazieh, near Sidon, April 18, 2025. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
June 1, 2025, 7:47 pm
IDF says it killed 2 Hezbollah operatives in southern Lebanon drone strikes
Separate attacks eliminate members of the Iran-backed Lebanese terror group’s anti-tank missile and rocket units, according to military
By Emanuel Fabian and AFP
Elizabeth Tsurkov in an undated photo (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 24, 2025, 4:18 pm
Reports claim deal in works to free Israeli-Russian held hostage by Iraqi militia
Arab media outlets report that negotiations are in advanced stages between US and Iraq for release of Elizabeth Tsurkov in exchange for IRGC officer, others involved in anti-US terror
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian academic who was kidnapped in Iraq in March 2023, speaks in a clip aired November 13, 2023, by Iraq's Al Rabiaa satellite TV network. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 12, 2025, 1:43 am
Trump’s hostage envoy visited Iraq to push for release of Israeli captive — sources
Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov believed to be held by Iran-backed militia; sister says Trump administration has done more in a few weeks than Biden’s did in two years
By Reuters, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian academic who was kidnapped in Iraq in March 2023, speaks in a clip aired November 13, 2023, by Iraq's Al Rabiaa satellite TV network. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 10, 2025, 3:16 pm
US reportedly warns Iraq of consequences if it doesn’t ensure kidnapped Israeli freed
Trump envoy Adam Boehler tells Iraqi PM there will be political, economic repercussions if academic Elizabeth Tsurkov remains captive, Qatari paper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reports
By Lazar Berman
Elizabeth Tsurkov in an undated photo (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 23, 2025, 5:39 pm
Iraqi FM says Israeli researcher held hostage is alive, efforts ongoing to free her
Russian-Israeli academic Elizabeth Tsurkov is believed to be held by Iran-backed militia Kataeb Hezbollah since 2023 abduction; hostage envoys met with her family this month
By ToI Staff
Popular Mobilization Forces burn representations of US and Israeli flags during al-Quds Day in Baghdad, Iraq, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan, File)
December 23, 2024, 3:11 pm
Iraqi militias reportedly agree to end drone attacks on Israel
Source tells Hezbollah-aligned al-Akhbar outlet that agreement was made with Baghdad government to end assaults due to volatile situation in region, uncertainty over Trump policies
By ToI Staff
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, left, is welcomed by Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, right, with an official ceremony at the Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad, Iraq, September 11, 2024. (Murtadha Al-Sudani/Pool Photo via AP)
September 11, 2024, 6:22 pm
Iran’s president says West letting Israel commit ‘massacres’ using US, European arms
Visiting Iraq, Masoud Pezeshkian signs 14 MoUs to boost ties between neighbors; in hint at Israel, Iraqi PM says his country’s airspace won’t be used for attacks on Iran
By AP and ToI Staff
A handout picture provided by the Iranian Presidency shows Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian speaking during a televised interview in the capital of Tehran on August 31, 2024. (HANDOUT / Iranian Presidency / AFP)
September 8, 2024, 4:17 pm
Iran’s president to travel to Iraq in first trip abroad
Pezeshkian to sign memorandum of understanding on ‘cooperation and security’ that was meant to be signed by his predecessor, Raisi
By AFP
Emma Tsurkov, the sister of the Israeli citizen Elizabeth Tsurkov who is being held hostage in Iraq, confronting Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani in Washington DC, April 19, 2024. (X screenshot)
April 20, 2024, 6:34 pm
Sister of Israeli held in Baghdad shouts at Iraqi PM in Washington: ‘You don’t care!’
Emma Tsurkov tells PM Sudani he is doing nothing to release her sister, Elizabeth, who was kidnapped last year, allegedly by Iranian proxy
By ToI Staff
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