Iraq President

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  Iraqi President On List For Potential Pegasus Surveillance: Report

  The phone of Iraq's President Barham Salih was on a list of 50,000 numbers selected for possible surveillance in the Pegasus spyware case, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

• No Need for Arab Powers to Strike Islamic State: Iraq President Fouad Massoum

  Iraq's president says Arab powers Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia do not need to join airstrikes against the Islamic State group.

• US Congratulates Iraq on Electing New President

  The United States on Thursday threw its weight behind the newly elected president of Iraq, Fuad Masum, and urged him to form a "cohesive government" to help fight Islamic militants.

• Iraq President Jalal Talabani Returns After Long Absence

  President Jalal Talabani returned to Iraq on Saturday for the first time since he suffered a stroke a year and a half ago and was flown abroad for medical treatment, state television said.

• Iraq President to Return After 18 Months: Statement

  Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, who has been in Germany for medical treatment since December 2012, will return home on Saturday, his party said in a statement on Friday.

• Iraq President hospitalized after suffering stroke

  Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd who has mediated among the country's Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish parties, was in hospital on Tuesday after suffering a stroke that left him in "critical but stable condition", government sources said.