Tag: Iraq
Rocket hits site of foreign oil firms in Iraq
The Iraq’s Military has said a rocket struck the site of the residential and operations headquarters of several global major…
U.S. Secretary of State meets Iraqi Speaker over ISIS
U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, met with Iraqi Speaker of Parliament, Mohammed al-Halbousi in Baghdad on Wednesday, according to…
Iraq to play a bigger role in Syria after U.S. withdrawal
The Iraq’s prime minister said on Sunday that top security officials from Baghdad had met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in…
Over 200 mass graves found in former IS territory
More than 200 mass graves containing thousands of bodies have been discovered in Iraqi regions formerly controlled by Islamic State…
Roadside bomb kills 3 Shi’ite pilgrims
Three Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims were killed by a roadside bomb as they walked to a holy site near the northeastern…
Car bomb kills 4, wounds 15 in Iraq
At least four people were killed and 15 wounded in a car bomb blast in the Northern Iraqi Town of…
UN Chief confirms support to Iraq
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday confirmed UN’s support to Iraq and the continuing of its programmes in the war-torn…
Iraq: Protester killed during clashes with security forces
Hundreds of people gathered near a provincial Government building in Iraq’s Southern oil hub Basra on Tuesday to mourn the…
Iran supplies ballistic missiles to Shi’ite proxies in Iraq – Sources
Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shi’ite proxies in Iraq and is developing the capacity to build more there to…
Iraq cuts short national election recount in Baghdad
Iraq’s election commission said it had completed a manual recount of votes from a parliamentary election held in May, after…
Asian Games: Iraq withdraws from football tournament
Iraq have withdrawn from the football tournament of this month’s Asian Games at Jakarta in Indonesia, potentially throwing the competition…
3 gunmen open fire, enter govt building
Gunmen entered the governorate building in Erbil, the seat of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq on Monday,…
Belgian man sentenced to death by hanging for joining Islamic State
An Iraqi criminal court on Tuesday sentenced a Belgian man to death by hanging for joining the Islamic State extremist…
Denmark begins withdrawal of troops from Iraq
Denmark decided to begin the withdrawal of its troops from Iraq, which were sent there as part of the efforts…
Iraq wants to maintain “balance” in its relations with U.S.-Iran
Iraq wants to “keep away” from the U.S.-Iran conflict, Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi said on Wednesday
Iraq orders confiscation of assets owned by Saddam Hussein’s relatives
An Iraqi legal body ordered Monday to confiscate assets of hundreds of relatives and cronies of former leader Saddam Hussein.
Iraq detains 1,500 women, children of Islamic State militants
The Iraqi authorities has detained 1,500 women and children from families of Islamic State (IS) militants and is coordinating with…
Iraq declares Saddam’s eldest daughter Raghad, 59 others wanted
Iraqi security services revealed their “most wanted list” of 60 people, with Raghad, the eldest daughter of Saddam Hussein, on…
Islamic State: Iraq estimates damage at $100 billion
Iraqi authorities have estimated that the cost of the damage from the war against the Islamic State terrorist group amounts…
More than 130 killed as strong earthquake hits Iraq and Iran
More than 120 people were killed in Iran and at least several others in Iraq when a powerful magnitude 7.3…
Shia pilgrims among 80 killed in IS attack in Iraq
At least 80 people, many of them Shia pilgrims, have been killed in a truck bomb attack at a road…
Iraq hangs 36 people sentenced to death for killing troops
Iraq said on Sunday it had hanged 36 militants sentenced to death over the mass killing of hundreds of mainly…
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Breaking: 11 newborn babies killed in hospital fire
At least 11 newborn babies have been killed in a fire at a hospital in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, the country’s…
Iraq bans poultry imports from Nigeria, other countries
Iraq has extended a ban on imports of frozen and live poultry products to cover two dozen countries, including Nigeria,…
2016 will be year of final victory against Islamic state – Iraqi PM
The coming year will see the total defeat of Islamic State in Iraq, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on…
U.S. soldiers quietly help build wall against Boko Haram
(Reuters) – Despite years of intimidation by the violent extremist group Boko Haram, the people of southeastern Niger’s Diffa region…
ISIS terrorist group storms Ghana, begin recruitment
Global Risk Insights, a human right organisation, on Wednesday raised an alert that ISIS terrorist group has started recruiting youths…
IS kidnaps 127 children in Iraq
Politicians in Iraq reported that Islamic State (IS) militants had kidnapped 127 children in IS-held Iraqi city of Mosul to…
Over 50 Turkish jets bomb PKK targets in northern Iraq
Ankara (AFP) – Turkish warplanes launched a massive air operation early Tuesday against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in…
Ghana man joins Islamic State, family says
A 25-year-old Muslim from Ghana has travelled to an Islamic State (IS) training camp, becoming the first known recruit from…