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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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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

MENASeptember 18, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
Noor Al Jilaihawi is one of a group of Iraqi members of parliament seeking to block changes to the country's Personal Status Law. Photo: Noor Nafea Al-Julihawi / Facebook
Iraqi MP sounds alarm as parliament moves closer to amending Personal Status Law

Noor Al Jilaihawi has been lobbying to obstruct the passage of changes that would reverse hard-won women's rights in Iraq

MENASeptember 18, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
Activists demonstrate against female child marriages in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad on July 28, 2024, amid parliamentary discussion over a proposed amendment to the Iraqi Personal Status Law. AFP
Iraq's Parliament advances controversial Personal Law amendments despite public outcry

Proposals include lowering the legal age of marriage for girls to nine

MENASeptember 16, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, left, is met in Erbil, in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, by the region's President Nechirvan Barzani. AFP
Iran’s President Pezeshkian visits Iraq’s Kurdish region

Baghdad and Tehran have signed 14 initial accords to strengthen ties

NewsSeptember 12, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
Mohammed Shia Al Sudani, right, welcomes Masoud Pezeshkian at Baghdad International Airport on Wednesday. Reuters
Iraq and Iran stress strengthening bilateral ties on Pezeshkian visit

Iranian leader brings foreign, defence and trade ministers on his first trip abroad

MENASeptember 11, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
Iraqi demonstrators gather at Tahrir Square in Baghdad during anti-government demonstrations in October, 2019. AFP
Alleged mastermind of Iraq’s ‘heist of the century’ to be tried in his absence

Noor Zuhair Jassim is the chief suspect in a scheme that led to the theft of billions of dollars from the Finance Ministry

MENASeptember 09, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
Dr Hasanain Al Ibrahimi in the Iwan Gallery of the Ibrahimi Collection Group in the capital, Baghdad. Aymen Al-Ameri / The National
Postcard from BaghdadIraqi doctor seeks to protect nation's modern art heritage

Over more than two decades, physician Hasanain Al Ibrahimi has assembled the largest private collection of Iraqi artworks from the past century

MENASeptember 06, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
Members of the Popular Mobilisation Forces carry pictures of comrades killed in US air strikes during a funeral procession in Baghdad in February. EPA
Iraqi government increases funding for influential paramilitary group

Decision to increase funding for Popular Mobilisation Forces comes as graduates clamour for more jobs in the public sector

MENASeptember 03, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
Iraqi men join women in a demonstration against child marriage in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad in August. AFP
Iraq’s parliament fails to debate amendments that allow child marriage

The proposed amendments have sparked widespread demonstrations and debate between Iraqis who are pro-civil rights and religious institutions

MENASeptember 03, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
Iraqi officials conducting the country's last official census on October 16, 1997. Reuters
Iraq sets curfew to conduct first census in 27 years

Preparations on track for count to take place on November 20 and 21

MENASeptember 02, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
About 1,300 victims imprisoned by the network were freed, authorities said. Reuters
Major human trafficking ring dismantled in Libya

Operation resulted in the rescue of 1,300 migrants who had been subjected to severe abuse

NewsSeptember 01, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
Mr Al Sudani met Tunisian President Kais Saeid. Reuters
Iraq and Tunisia hold high-level talks to strengthen bilateral ties

Tunis was the second stop for Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani after Egypt

MENAAugust 28, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian is due to visit Iraq in a trip lasting three days. AFP
Iran's President to visit Iraq next month in first official trip abroad

Tehran has wide political influence in neighbouring Iraq and holds significant power over some armed groups

MENAAugust 28, 2024
Lizzie Porter
Noor Zuhair Jassim failed to appear at a Baghdad court on Tuesday. Reuters
Arrest warrant issued for main accused in Iraq's 'heist of the century'

Scandal involved alleged plundering of $2.5bn from government funds

MENAAugust 27, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
A US Marine carries a sand bag during a reinforcement of the American embassy compound in Baghdad in 2020. Kyle Talbot
EXCLUSIVEIran-backed armed factions in Iraq reject call to renew truce with US troops

Commander says US soldiers must leave within six months and warns of attacks against them

MENAAugust 22, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
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