Iraq

The transfer of Iraqi oil to Jordan stopped in December 2013, Al-Arab Al-Yawm reported the Chairman of Truck Owners Mohamed Daud saying today. Daud said that the reason behind...

Insurgents took control of Iraq's northernmost city Mosul in the early hours of this morning; this comes after four days of fighting in the city which was attacked by...

The parliamentary bloc of Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr said Sunday that it would join the opposition if Nouri al-Maliki assumed a third term as prime minister of Iraq....

Iraq slammed Turkey for exporting the oil of northern Kurdistan, dismissing it as a sign of "greed." It also warned against dire consequences if Euphrates water supply is cut...

Iraqi authorities said Wednesday that Saudi intelligence sent "messages" to the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIS) urging them to "eliminate moderate Sunnis." The Iraqi official TV quoted...

The Iraqi army threw explosive barrels on populated areas and targeted a hospital during its fight to regain control of the city of Fallujah, in Al-Anbar province west of...

Italian police yesterday arrested the former Environment Minister Corrado Clini on charges of misappropriating environmental assistance funds to Iraq in cooperation with other parties as part of an ongoing...

The UN Secretary General's Special Representative in Iraq, Nikolay Mladenov, has voiced his concern about reports of increased armed activities in Fallujah in the Anbar province and its devastating...

A number of Fallujah neighbourhoods were targeted on Wednesday by artillery shelling and rockets that resulted in collateral damage across people's properties; it is unknown if there was any...

The head of the Iraqiyya opposition bloc, former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, raised questions on Wednesday about the integrity and fairness of Iraq's parliamentary elections. Allawi issued a press...

How has the Arab Spring changed Arab perceptions of their citizenship? Immeasurable sacrifices and atrocities were committed as millions took to the streets with the prospect of shaping democratically-elected...

Iraq's State of Law Coalition, led by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is said to have won majority of votes in the country's Parliamentary elections winning 96 seats out of...

A breaking news item reported by Al-Jazeera Channel earlier today, 16 May, confirmed that aircrafts were bombing locations belonging to Ansar Al-Shar'ah (Supporters of Shari'ah) and the 17 February...

Iraq's Electoral Commission has cancelled the results of 58 polling stations in three provinces, due to irregularities, a top commission official said. Deputy chairman of the Electoral Commission, Qate'...

The former prime minister of Iraq, Ayad Allawi, has criticised the current government's failure to deal with rebels in Anbar province. Allawi described the military failure as an indicator...

Member of the Council of Representatives of Iraq Ahmed el-Masary accused government forces of genocide against the residents of Fallujah city on Friday. Many parts of Fallujah have been...

An Israeli analytic report into the severe repercussions of the US withdrawal from Iraq Authors: Alon Levin and Yuval BustanPublisher: Sikur Memukad magazine website, August 2010 editionOriginal Language: Hebrew...

The official environmental authority in the Iraqi governorate of Missan, which is located 390 kilometres away from Baghdad, has announced the discovery of dangerous radioactive contamination that is attributed...

The US will resume training soldiers from the Iraqi Special Forces in Jordan as Washington seeks to increase US support for the Iraqi government in its war against Islamist...

Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is reportedly negotiating to form a "partnership government" instead of the "majority government" he has been campaigning for to face rivals who want to...

Iraq's top Shia spiritual leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, has warned of attempts to manipulate the parliamentary election results, his representative Sheikh Abdul Mahdi Al-Karbalai said on Friday. Iraqis...

Official figures reveal that more than 1,000 people, mostly civilians, were killed in sporadic incidents of violence across Iraq in April, the health, defence and interior ministries revealed yesterday....

At least 9,000 candidates are competing over the Iraqi parliament's 328 seats in the country's first legislative elections since US troops withdrew three years ago. Nearly 21 million of...

The elections battle on the presidency of the Iraqi ministerial council has become fierce as politicians and religious figures call for political change and reform, as well as urging...

Head of human rights committee in the Iraqi parliament, Salim al-Jibouri, warned on Friday that a new massacre could be committed by the official Iraqi "militias" in Al-Mokhaisa village...

During his eight years in power, Nouri Al-Maliki was not as successful in anything as he was in the Division of Iraq project. He worked hard to fragment Iraq,...

Following the final "prime ministers' debate" the community initiative YouElect conducted a poll which confirms that Palestine and Islamophobia are at the top of Muslim concerns in this General...

The United Nations and the United States of America are calling for an investigation into human rights abuses by the Sri Lankan government and LTTE. Sadly, one of the...

The Iraqi parliamentary elections will be held on April 30th at a time when the political arena continues to be marked by an increasing number of conflicts and fragmentation....

The Iraqi government announced on Tuesday that it had shut down Baghdad's central prison, formerly known as Abu Ghraib, and transferred all the facility's prisoners to detention centres in...

The Iraqi justice ministry has executed more than 600 "terrorists" in the past four years, the Iraqi justice minister Hassan al-Shimri has said. Speaking publicly in Al-Nasiriyeh City, Al-Shimri...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has received authorisation from all parties affiliated to the Shia Iraqi National Alliance to use all means necessary to fight 'terrorism' in Fallujah city...