US disturbed by Iraqi law criminalizing Israel ties - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

May 27, 2022

iraq parliament — This picture taken on March 26, 2022 shows a view of the exterior of Iraq's Council of Representatives, the country's unicameral legislature, in the capital Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone." — AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images

This picture taken on March 26, 2022, shows a view of the exterior of Iraq's Council of Representatives.

Iraq's parliament passes anti-normalization law

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

The Bahraini, Israeli and US flags are pictured attached to the Boeing 737 aircraft of Israel's El Al, adorned with the word "peace" in Arabic, English and Hebrew, ahead of the flight to Bahrain's capital, Manama, at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on Oct. 18, 2020.

Bahrain's Gulf Air to offer direct Israel flights starting in June

Al-Monitor Staff

Al-Monitor Staff

Iraqis attend the conference of peace and reclamation organised by US think-tank Center for Peace Communications (CPC) in Erbil, the capital of northern Iraq's Kurdistan autonomous region, on Sept. 24, 2021.

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In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

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