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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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Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani, right, receives Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan in Baghdad on Thursday. AFP
Iraq and Saudi Arabia press for Gaza ceasefire after talks in Baghdad

Prince Faisal bin Farhan met Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani during an unannounced visit to the Iraqi capital

MENAAugust 22, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
A protester waves the flag of Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed Iraqi militia, outside the US embassy in Baghdad. Reuters
ExclusiveIraqi militias co-ordinating retaliatory attacks after truce with US ends

The Iran-backed armed groups have warned that 'all options are available' to target US bases inside Iraq

MENAAugust 21, 2024
Mohamad Ali Harisi
Members of Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces attend the funeral of colleagues killed in an air strike in southern Baghdad on July 31. The PMF held US forces responsible for the attack. EPA
ExclusiveIran-linked Iraqi militias say truce with US is over

Decision follows air strike on militia base that killed four fighters last month and rocket attack on airbase housing US troops

MENAAugust 20, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
Iraqi women demonstrate against underage marriage in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad. Rights advocates say a bill introduced to Iraq's parliament would roll back women's rights and increase underage marriage in the deeply patriarchal society. AFP
Iraqis overwhelmingly oppose plan to allow children as young as nine to marry

More than 73% of respondents strongly opposed to changes that would legalise child marriage

MENAAugust 18, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
Stephen Hitchen, British ambassador to Iraq, is under fire for remarks made on the Bestoon Talk show. Pawan Singh / The National
Baghdad summons UK diplomat after ambassador paints 'bleak image' of Iraq

Stephen Hitchen said 'uncontrolled' weapons and Iran-backed militias have kept many British companies away

MENAAugust 18, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
Najla Imad Lafta practices at the indoor hall of the National Paralympic Committee in Baghdad. Aymen Al Ameri / The National
Bombed but unbroken, the Iraqi Paralympian aiming for table tennis gold

Overcoming severe injuries from an attack when she was three, Najla Imad Lafta now has a chance of glory in Paris

OlympicsJuly 26, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
An ISIS fighter in Mosul in June 2014, after the militant group had taken control of the northern Iraqi city. Reuters
Iraqi forces uncover mass grave of 14 bodies near Mosul

Authorities said grave dates back to the time of the ISIS takeover

MENAJuly 25, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
A handover from US-led coalition troops to Iraqi security forces at Camp Taji, Iraq, in 2020. Reuters
ExclusiveUS and Iraq close in on troop withdrawal deal

One sticking point is an airbase in Erbil the US says it needs to fight ISIS in Syria

MENAJuly 23, 2024
Hadya Al Alawi
The Jordanian Energy Ministry said up to 15,000 bpd of Iraqi oil will be supplied to the kingdom until June 2025. Reuters
Iraq resumes oil deliveries to Jordan at discounted price after pause

Oil official blames 'bureaucracy' for the delay, but political differences are seen as a factor.

MENAJuly 22, 2024
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Mohammed Shia Al Sudani poses with ministers and delegates from the region attending the anti-drug trafficking conference in Baghdad on Monday. AFP
Iraq calls for co-operation in tackling Middle East drug problem

Baghdad hosting one-day anti-narcotics conference in which ministers from Kuwait, Iran and Jordan are taking part

MENAJuly 22, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
Fire in the aftermath of Israeli air strikes on Hodeidah, Yemen, which targeted a power station and fuel tanks. EPA
Houthi-Israel escalation tests Yemeni group's Middle East ambitions

Israel retaliates directly against Iran-backed rebels after fatal drone attack in Tel Aviv

MENAJuly 21, 2024
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati arriving in Baghdad to meet Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani. Photo: Prime Minister of Iraq's Office
Lebanese PM Mikati in Baghdad to hold talks over fuel delivery

Lebanon, which has few natural resources and is suffering from an economic crisis, imports heavy fuel oil from Iraq under a swap deal signed in 2021

MENAJuly 21, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
A tanker carrying oil from Iraq near Lebanon's Al Zahrani power plant in 2021. Iraq has approved a new delivery of fuel. AFP
Iraq approves fuel delivery to prevent blackout across Lebanon

State electricity in the country is severely limited with people relying on private generators

MENAJuly 11, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
Turkish troops, pictured here on an unrelated deployment, made an incursion into Iraq to chase down a Kurdish separatist group, Iraqi officials said. AFP
Iraq denounces Turkish military move in country's north

Delegation led by Baghdad's national security adviser arrives in Kurdish region

MENAJuly 11, 2024
Sinan Mahmoud
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. AFP
Widow of ISIS leader sentenced to death by Baghdad court

She was found guilty of 'working with terrorist gangs'

MENAJuly 10, 2024
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