Two bombs have hit convoys supplying US-led coalition forces in Iraq’s southern governorate of Dhi Qar, security sources reported on Wednesday. “A bomb has targeted a convoy carrying logistical...

The Commander of the United States Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, said on Wednesday that his country intends to reduce the number of its forces in Iraq and Syria...

On Thursday 6 August, we were preparing to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. But on Tuesday, we were...

The autonomously-ruled Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq is experiencing a deepening economic crisis due to disagreements between the regional and central governments over the management of the oil wealth...

The Iranian navy boarded and briefly seized a Liberian-flagged oil tanker near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a US military official said today. The US Military’s Central Command (CENTCOM)...

Turkey’s ambassador in Baghdad has been summoned to the Foreign Ministry after a Turkish drone killed two senior Iraqi officers. A visit by Turkey’s Minister of Defence scheduled for...

A roadside bomb hit a convoy of the US-led coalition near the Taji base north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, yesterday, the Iraqi army reported. The army’s Security Media...

The US armed forces are investigating a claim by a newly-formed Iraqi Shia militia that it was responsible for a bombing at the border of Iraq and Kuwait. The...

The UK’s racist Nigel Farage has once again added fuel to the hostile and toxic “debate” on refugees, when he filmed a video patrolling the English Channel on a...

The Iraqi government claims to be investigating the killing of peaceful protesters only from last month. It is thus ignoring the 800+ victims who have been killed since the...

With 3,484 new coronavirus cases, Iraq on Monday reported the highest-ever daily COVID-19 infections, according to the Health Ministry, reports Anadolu Agency. Meanwhile, the ministry reported 72 additional fatalities...

Hundreds of Iraqi protesters yesterday stormed Dhi Qar Governorate building in the centre of Nasiriyah province to protest against poor public services and corruption, the Anadolu Agency reported. The agency quoted...

A Turkish soldier was killed in a clash with terrorists in a cross-border anti-terror operation Saturday in northern Iraq, according to the Turkish National Defense Ministry, Anadolu reports. The...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi is scheduled to visit Washington next week for talks with US President Donald Trump, according to his office on Saturday, Anadolu reports. Al-Kadhimi’s talks...

Iraq announced the resumption of trade movement through the Shalamija crossing with Iran on Sunday, Reuters reports. “Around 250 trucks will cross the terminal from Sunday to Wednesday every...

Polish border guards have detained 34 people from the Middle East, including four women and four children, who were traveling in a trailer of the lorry that came from...

Some 8,615 people have been forcibly disappeared in Iraq since 2017, with the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR)now working to discover their fate. Dr Anas Akram Mohammed,...

The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity yesterday announced its intention to import 200 megawatts of electricity from Turkey to address the severe power shortage it is facing, Anadolu reported. A ministry spokesman,...

Iraq will create an inventory of all “hazardous materials” at its ports and airports as a precautionary measure, after a warehouse filled with ammonium nitrate fertiliser exploded in the...

Iraqi security forces yesterday seized seven Katyusha rockets believed to be designated to attack the heavily fortified Green Zone in the centre of the capital, Baghdad, Anadolu reported. The agency quoted...

American President Donald Trump described the decision to send US forces to the Middle East as “the single biggest mistake” in his country’s history. In an interview with Australian...

Iraqi President Barham Salih yesterday welcomed the call by Prime Minister Mostafa Al- Kadhimi to hold early elections in June next year. In a statement, Salih urged Parliament to...

The extremist group Daesh killed or abducted more than 7,600 Yazidis in its brutal attack in the summer of 2014, the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) has...

Fifteen pro-Iran fighters from Iraq were killed on Monday during raids that targeted the Al- Bukamal city in the Deir Ez-Zor countryside in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for...

When teenager Hamid Saeed’s family saw videos circulating on social media last week showing him being abused by Iraqi security forces, they hoped he was still alive, having looked...

Nesreen Rasho had applied to attend college in northern Iraq when Daesh militants kidnapped her and sold her into slavery in their 2014 assault on her Yazidi homeland. Rasho...

Health authorities in Iraq recorded 63 additional fatalities due to the novel coronavirus on Sunday, reports Anadolu Agency. As many as 2,447 infections were also registered in the past 24...

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Friday called an early general election for June 6, 2021, roughly a year ahead of when it would normally be held, reported Reuters....

The Iraqi government on Thursday said that 560 people were killed in the mass popular protests across the country against the former government led by Adel Abdul-Mahdi, Anadolu Agency reports. “The...

Iraq has sent reinforcements to its borders with Syria and other bordering countries after two senior army officers were killed in an attack by the Daesh in the western...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi on Wednesday instructed security forces to protect the peaceful protesters, to refrain from using any kind of violence against them and to meet their...

The Iraqi ministry of interior yesterday blamed “criminal groups” for the murder of two protesters and the wounding of others during clashes that erupted in Tahrir Square on Sunday...