Iraq

A man's body has been recovered from under a Baghdad building that collapsed on Saturday while an investigation is under way to uncover the circumstances of the accident, the...

Israel's internal security service, Shin Bet, said on Sunday that it has dismantled an allegedly Daesh-affiliated cell over deadly attacks that its members carried out earlier this year. The...

The Iranian bombing of areas north of Erbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan region, has caused the forced displacement of the residents of six villages, local officials said...

Rescue operations are underway

An Iranian pilgrim arrested by Saudi authorities during the Hajj pilgrimage in July has been released by Riyadh following mediation by Iraq and Oman, Anadolu Agency reported. The news...

A Turkish soldier was killed in a terror attack in northern Iraq, authorities said Saturday, Anadolu Agency reported. Yusuf Atas was injured after terrorists opened "harassing fire" in the...

At least 3,000 families in eight Iraqi governorates have been forced to leave their homes due to the drought and the low flow of river levels, the High Commission for Human Rights in Iraq announced on Friday.

The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has condemned the Iranian bombing of areas in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, describing it as a "blatant violation of Iraq's sovereignty and security". In...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said yesterday they fired missiles and drones at militant targets in the Kurdish region of neighbouring northern Iraq, where authorities said 13 people were killed, Reuters reported. The...

Seven Iraqi soldiers were injured in a rocket attack in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone on Wednesday, according to local authorities, Anadolu News Agency reports. In a statement, the Cabinet's...

The agriculture ministers of Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Syria have agreed to support an initiative to boost food security in the region. According to the Jordan News Agency (Petra),...

The Iraqi Foreign Minister, Fuad Hussein, expressed his country's efforts to raise the representation of the meetings between Saudi Arabia and Iran to reach the level of foreign ministers,...

Iraqi Parliament Speaker, Mohammed Al-Halbousi, yesterday submitted his resignation. Parliamentarians are due to vote on whether or not to accept Al-Halbousi's resignation tomorrow, details issued by the parliament's media...

The introduction of an Israeli Mossad agent as the latest Marvel movie character crosses the line, even by Hollywood's poor moral standards. However, the Israeli superhero, Sabra, must be...

Ennahda movement in Tunisia has condemned the arrest of its deputy chairman and former Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh, Anadolu has reported. The arrest, said Ennahda, is only in the...

Tunisian authorities released on Tuesday former parliamentarian for the Ennahda Party, Habib Al-Louz, after the Anti-Terrorism Police interrogated him. Tunisia has detained a number of Ennahda officials on suspicion...

Speaker of the Saudi Shura Council, Abdullah Bin Muhammad Al-Sheikh, has called on Iran to cooperate and stop meddling in the domestic affairs of others and stop "exploiting" the...

Member of the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkiye (DEIK) and President of the Turkiye-Qatar Business Council Basar Arıoglu said the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) railway link project would...

I believe that there is no further point in either hosting or even holding the Arab League's summits. After being an "honour" for the host country and a source...

Prominent Iraqi leader Moqtada Al-Sadr yesterday called to keep the Popular Mobilisation Forces and the Peace Brigades, the military wing of his Sadrist movement, away from any security work...

The official and secret code for implementing the plan for events following the death of Queen Elizabeth II was "London Bridge is down". This was the signal for "Operation...

Muslims continue to be target of hate, bullying, discrimination, says Council on American-Islamic Relations

Following Turkish diplomatic and humanitarian intervention, 161 Iraqi citizens left the Syrian territories via Turkiye to head to their home country on Friday. They had entered Syria in 2014...

The leader of Iraq's Sadrist Movement, Muqtada Al-Sadr, stressed yesterday that the return of his Movement's MPs to the House of Representatives is "absolutely forbidden, under any pretext". Al-Sadr...

The Arab League states have a "lack of understanding" of regional developments and "what is going on in the region", the spokesperson of Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said...

Iran's non-oil exports to neighbouring countries have surged in the five months since the start of the Persian calendar year on 20 March, Press TV has reported. There has...

The US Assistant Secretary of State for Middle East Affairs Barbara Leaf said yesterday that the current political situation in Iraq is concerning for the US administration. "Washington, National...

There is usually a lot of competition between near-equal armed groups in Iraq. Resisting the 2003 US-led invasion provided a good opportunity for emerging groups from Sunni and Shia...

Iran is ready to supply oil to Europe should sanctions imposed on it over its nuclear programme be lifted, spokesman of Iran's Foreign Ministry Nasser Kanani said yesterday. AFP...

"As soon as I left prison, I went to Nael's grave. It is adorned with the colours of the Palestinian flag and verses from the Holy Qur'an. I told...

A Turkish military helicopter crashed in northern Iraq, the National Defence Ministry said early on Monday, Anadolu News Agency reports. Seven of the eight personnel on board were rescued,...

Iraq's rival political groups held a second round of national dialogue on Monday in an effort to resolve the country's months-long political crisis Anadolu News Agency reports. The office...