A week ago, the Naseeb-Jaber border crossing between Syria and Jordan, as well as the Quneitra crossing between Syria and the Golan Heights – currently under Israeli occupation –...

The Iraqi Prime Minister-designate, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, will submit the names of his new cabinet to the Iraqi parliament for approval within the next two days, political sources said on...

Iraqi police yesterday released a video showing a moment of a Daesh militant being arrested in the country’s province of Hawija, local security sources have reported. The militant was...

The Iraqi parliament is preparing to cancel some recent appointment decisions issued by the country’s current government, which is being led by the outgoing Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi. A...

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Sunday it will be harder for countries to get waivers on Iran oil sanctions than during the Obama administration and dismissed concerns...

The ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) came first in a parliamentary election in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq, winning 45 seats, the election commission said on Sunday, positioning...

Iraqi forces dismantled 40 positions belonging to the Daesh terrorist group in the eastern Diyala province, according to a local police officer on Saturday. “Joint forces from the army,...

Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari said all border crossings between Iraq and neighbouring countries will reopen. Speaking at a joint press conference with his Lebanese counterpart, Gebran Bassil, Al-Jaafari...

Najib Ayyad, Head of the 29th Carthage Film Festival, said that 206 films from 47 Arab and foreign countries would be screened during the festival. The Carthage Film Festival...

Iraqi Shia militia is absorbing former Daesh fighters into their ranks, US magazine Foreign Policy has claimed, citing interviews with several Iraqi government officials and activists. The Popular Mobilisation...

The Iraqi Shia cleric and prominent political leader Muqtada Al-Sadr has threatened to investigate former Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki for corruption, Arabi21.com reported yesterday. Sadr’s Spokesman Sheikh Salah Al-Obeidi said the...

The United States’ top military officer said on Tuesday that little progress had been made in dealing with the underlying conditions that have given rise to armed Islamist militants,...

The government in Amman kept its promise to open the border crossing with Syria in the event that the latter met the required conditions. This is contrary to the...

Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari has urged the Arab League to accept Syria’s membership once again, as part of the intensified efforts of the Syrian regime and its allies...

The leader of Iraq’s Sadrist Movement Muqtada Al-Sadr yesterday called on Kurdish leaders to keep all “corrupt” people away from the state’s senior positions. Since the overthrow of the...

Language is not just a means to communicate ideas between people, but is also part of the identity of individuals and communities. Nations and ethnic groups are recognised by...

“The enemy has failed to know you! The enemy has failed to know the Iranian nation! He does not know the Revolution or the revolutionary and faith-based spirit!”, proclaimed...

Awarding Iraqi Yazidi activist, Nadia Murad, the Nobel Peace Prize on October 5, 2018 was the culmination of respect for the Yazidi women who fell into the hands of...

Argentina easily overcame Iraq 4-0 in a friendly in Saudi Arabia on Thursday with three players scoring their first international goals for the twice world champions while German Pezzella...

Disputes over sovereign ministries might undermine the formation of new Iraqi government by Prime Minister-designate Adel Abdul Mahdi, the New Khaleej reported yesterday. The foreign, interior and oil ministries...

An army officer was killed and three soldiers were captured in western Iraq after militants attacked their vehicle, security sources said today. The attack took place late yesterday in...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday vowed to “finish” Kurdish militants in Iraq’s Sinjar and Qandil regions to avenge eight Turkish soldiers killed in a bomb attack in southeastern...

India will buy 9 million barrels of Iranian oil in November, two industry sources said, indicating the world’s third-biggest oil importer will continue purchasing crude from the Islamic Republic...

Yazidi activist Nadia Murad has won the Nobel Peace Prize alongside Congolese gynaecologist Dr Denis Mukwege, for their work in highlighting the use of sexual violence as a weapon...

The Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture yesterday announced that the winter crop area will be reduced by 55 per cent due to lack of irrigation water. “The agricultural plan for...

Germany will next year end its reconnaissance and air-to-air refuelling missions that are part of US-led operations against Daesh, the government decided yesterday, a document seen by Reuters showed....

Iraq’s parliament on Tuesday elected as president Kurdish politician Barham Salih, who immediately named Shia Adel Abdul Mahdi prime minister-designate, ending months of deadlock after an inconclusive national election...

Iraq’s only female presidential candidate Sarwa Abdul Wahid has received threats and is being urged to withdraw from the race, she said on Twitter on Sunday. The former member...

The Iraqi Ministry of Planning announced on Monday that the country’s population exceeded the ceiling of 38 million people this year, 45 per cent of which are under 15-...

There is a rational explanation of why India and Brazil, two countries with vast populations and significant and growing economies, are not permanent members of the United Nations Security...

The first four hours of voting in the semi-autonomous region of Iraq’s Kurdistan have seen a low turnout by voters, a source in the Electoral Commission in Iraq’s Kurdistan...

Iraqi fashion model and media activist, Shaimaa Qasem, yesterday said that she had received “death threats.” Qasem, who held the title of Miss Iraq in 2015, posted a short...