US officials have confirmed that Israel was behind recent airstrikes on alleged weapons depots in Iraq, which were ostensibly being used by Iran to transfer arms to Syria. Senior...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted on Thursday of possible Israeli involvement in attacks against Iranian-linked targets in Iraq, Reuters reports. A series of blasts in the past few...

Iraq’s defence ministry is to sue the commander of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) for insulting the army

The Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), a Shia Iraqi paramilitary group, yesterday blamed the US and Israel for an attack on its arms depots and bases, a statement said. According...

Efforts to share rivers, lakes and aquifers that cross national boundaries are falling short, raising a growing risk of conflict as global water supplies run low, researchers warned on...

The US State Department announced Wednesday it is offering rewards of up to $5 million for information leading to the capture of three Daesh terrorist leaders, Anadolu reports. Washington...

Several blasts hit a position held by Iraqi Shia paramilitaries next to Balad air base north of Baghdad on Tuesday, an Iraqi military official and a source in a...

China’s envoy has warned that there is a clear danger of a revival and resurgence of Daesh forces within Syria, and has urged for faster progress to be conducted...

Members of rival Iraqi biker gangs, clad in studded leather and black berets, burst out of their semi-circles to breakdance, their tattoo-covered arms waving neon glowsticks, reports Reuters. The...

The head of the Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) on Saturday called on Baghdad to extend help to women who suffered under the Daesh terror group in the northwestern province...

Turkish authorities have seized a total of 330 migrants attempting to cross to the Greek island of Lesbos, officials said on Sunday, says Reuters. The coastguard in the Kucukkuyu...

Jordan is facing pressure from Iraq to hand over a number of people who are wanted in the country, including former dictator Saddam Hussein’s daughter Raghad, a Saudi newspaper...

Iraqi Mevan Babakar has been reunited with an aid worker at a refugee camp who bought her a bike 24 years ago after a Twitter campaign reunited the pair....

With the establishment of a safe zone in northern Syria with the aim of getting rid of the YPG/PKK terror group in the region, Turkey hopes to resettle a...

Iraq has slammed Israel’s participation in the US-led Gulf maritime mission, stressing that its involvement will only increase tensions in the region. Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali Al-Hakim wrote...

A large fire broke out on Monday at a weapons depot run by an Iraqi militia group, causing explosions heard across Baghdad, killing one person and injuring 29 others,...

A UN investigator rebuked France on Monday for its possible role in the transfer of seven suspected jihadists from Syria to Iraq, but Paris dismissed her concerns as speculation,...

The economic agreements signed between Kuwait and Iraq have recently raised concerns among Iraqi experts, who warned against “political courtesy” at the expense of the country’s interests in relation...

Daesh leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has nominated Abdullah Qardash as his successor, Anadolu Agency quoted Daesh’s Amaq News Agency as saying. Amaq said, Tuesday, that Al-Baghdadi nominated the Turkmen...

Kuwait yesterday announced that it had received the remains of its citizens who went missing in Iraq after Saddam Hussein’s regime invaded the Gulf country. State official Kuwait News...

The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity announced, Wednesday, that an agreement with Jordan has been signed. The deal focuses on linking powerlines and addressing the issue of future energy shortage...

Daesh is allegedly resurgent in Syria less than five months after US President Donald Trump announced that the group was defeated, according to a new report released yesterday by...

The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Antonio Guterres has warned that Daesh has been left with as much as $300 million following the loss of its territory in...

The Shawshank Redemption -Baghdad style

A new report has revealed that human trafficking in Iraq has prospered since the collapse of the Saddam Hussein regime in 2003, AlKhaleejonline.com reported on Sunday. The report was...

European diplomats revealed to Israeli newspaper Haaretz that Israeli officials have been holding secret meetings with Iraqi government officials. In a long report published by the newspaper yesterday, Zvi...

Iraq has agreed with Kuwait to appoint British energy advisory firm ERC Equipoise to prepare a study for the development of joint border oilfields, the Iraqi oil ministry announced...

The United States will renew sanctions waivers for Iranian nuclear programs that allow Russia, China and European countries to continue their civilian nuclear cooperation with Tehran, White House national...

Iraq's Commission of Integrity claimed that money intended to rebuild 2 hospitals in Mosul has gone missing.

Israeli F-35 fighter jets have been revealed to be responsible for a number of air strikes conducted on Iranian targets in Iraq over the past 11 days, according to...

Iraqi intelligence body known as Falcons Cell said on Monday that the leader of Daesh, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, is in Syria and has strong influence within the organisation. This came in statements...

Bahrain executed three men by firing squad on Saturday morning