David M. Witty David M. Witty Iraqi Finance Ministry: the economic crisis is caused by a lack of oil imports & years of mismanagement of our econ… Read More December 19, 2020
David M. Witty David M. Witty Iraqi Parliamentary amendment committee fails to make any progress on article 140 of constitution regarding Baghda… Read More December 6, 2020
David M. Witty David M. Witty Next round of US-Iraq strategic dialogue to begin evening of 18 AUG in Washington. Iraqi delegation includes PM &… Read More August 17, 2020
David M. Witty David M. Witty Iraqi Parliament delays vote on government of PM Mohammed Allawi due to lack of attendance.… Read More March 1, 2020
David M. Witty David M. Witty Iraqi source says political blocs are placing stipulations on new PM designee Mohammed Allawi for formation of gover… Read More February 23, 2020
David M. Witty David M. Witty Iraqi source: political blocs will agree on name of new PM by Thursday. Outgoing Iraqi PM Abdel-Mahdi tells Presiden… Read More December 17, 2019
David M. Witty David M. Witty In Iraq, protesters demand dissolvement of Parliament & early elections.… Read More November 5, 2019
David M. Witty David M. Witty In Iraq, Muqtada Sadr calls for PM Abdel-Mahdi to resign, followed by early elections. PM refuses. Sadr calls on leade… Read More October 30, 2019
David M. Witty David M. Witty In Iraq, Muqtada Sadr calls for PM Abdel-Mahdi to resign, followed by early elections. PM refuses. Sadr calls on the le… Read More October 29, 2019
David M. Witty David M. Witty Iraqi high-level political source: Iraqi PM Abdel-Mahdi will resign due to protests.… Read More October 27, 2019
David M. Witty David M. Witty Iraqi PM Abdel-Mahdi to address the nation tomorrow, one day before planned protests. He will discuss a number of refo… Read More October 23, 2019
David M. Witty David M. Witty Iraqi protest coordinators delay planned 25 October protests until 22 November & give the government 30 days to a… Read More October 18, 2019
David M. Witty David M. Witty Iraqi PM Abdel-Mahdi: tomorrow [Thursday], Parliament will vote on making ministerial changes, amending the const… Read More October 10, 2019
David M. Witty David M. Witty In a ministerial cabinet meeting, Iraqi PM Abdel-Mahdi makes promises to meet demands of protesters: corrupt offici… Read More October 6, 2019
David M. Witty David M. Witty Iraqi political source says US has given the green light to pro-US political blocs to find a replacement for PM Abdel-M… Read More August 11, 2019