ERBIL, Iraq, March 10 (UPI) -- The Iraqi parliamentary speaker called for Arab solidarity with Iraq in a conference in Erbil ahead of a meeting of representatives of Arab parliaments.

BAGHDAD, March 9 (UPI) -- Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani said Sunday a gathering of Arab parliamentarians next week will send a message of international unity.

DAMASCUS, Syria, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad spoke with a relief group and discussed various diplomatic issues with Iraqi officials.

BAGHDAD, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr and his allies will return to the Iraqi Parliament, ending a two-month boycott, the parliamentary speaker announced Sunday.

BAGHDAD, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Despite a threat from followers of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, Iraq's prime minister has decided to attend a meeting with U.S. President George Bush.

BAGHDAD, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- The speaker of Iraq's parliament says there is no immediate likelihood of implementing a plan to partition the country into autonomous ethnic regions.

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BAGHDAD, May 10 (UPI) -- A cell phone that played a Shiite Muslim chant in Iraq's parliament sparked a scuffle between its owner and bodyguards of the chamber's Sunni speaker.