Iraq condemns 鈥榬epeated Israeli attacks鈥� on Lebanon
Iraq鈥檚 prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Sunday condemned Israeli attacks on Lebanon as he hosted Lebanese president Joseph Aoun, on his first visit to Baghdad since taking office.
Tags : Iraq
Iraq鈥檚 water reserves lowest in 80 years
Iraq鈥檚 water reserves are at their lowest in 80 years after a dry rainy season, a government official said on Sunday, as its share from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers shrinks.
French FM says Iraq should not be dragged into regional conflicts
France鈥檚 foreign minister said on Wednesday that Iraq should not be pulled into conflicts in a turbulent Middle East during his first visit to the country, which has suffered from decades of instability...
Iraq sandstorm closes airports, puts 3,700 people in hospital
A sandstorm swept through Iraq, filling the air with choking dust that closed airports and put more than 3,700 people in hospital with breathing difficulties, the health ministry said on Tuesday...
Global executions soar to highest in nine years: Amnesty
The number of people known to have been executed last year was the highest in almost a decade, with Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia responsible for most executions, Amnesty International said on Tuesday...
CHILD RAPED, FAMILY MURDERED: They walked free because she was Iraqi
ON MARCH 12, 2006, five United States soldiers from the 101st airborne division drank whiskey, plotted a massacre and descended on the home of聽Abeer Qassim al-Janabi, a 14-year-old Iraqi girl. They shot her father, mother and聽6-year-old sister聽execution-style. Then, as her baby sister鈥檚 body cooled on the floor, they took turns raping Abeer. When they were done...
100 Kurdish women, children bodies found in Iraq mass grave
Iraqi authorities are working to exhume the remains of around 100 Kurdish women and children thought to have been killed in the 1980s under former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein, three officials said.
Iraq repatriates 706 from Syria camp
Iraq repatriated 706 people from Syria鈥檚 Al-Hol camp, home to tens of thousands of people including family members of suspected jihadists, a security source said Thursday.
Nightlife now rules in Iraq's former IS bastion
If they had tried to do this a few years ago, the group of Iraqi women enjoying a night out in Mosul would probably have risked severe punishment.
Iran president deepens Iraq ties on first foreign trip
Iran and Iraq on Wednesday signed more than a dozen agreements to deepen already strong ties as Masoud Pezeshkian visited Baghdad on his first foreign trip as president of the Islamic republic...
US-led raid kills 15 Iraq fighters
A joint operation by US and Iraqi forces killed 15 Islamic State group fighters in Iraq鈥檚 western desert, with seven US troops hurt during the operation, US Central Command said.
7 US soldiers injured in Iraq attack
A rocket attack on a base in Iraq wounded seven Americans, a US official said on Tuesday, with Washington blaming an Iran-backed militia group and saying such violence will not be tolerated...
US strike kills four in Iraq
US forces carried out an air strike on combatants who were attempting to launch drones that were deemed a threat to American and allied troops, a US official said...
Rockets fired at bases hosting US troops in Iraq, Syria
Several rockets were launched on Thursday and Friday against bases hosting US-led coalition troops in Iraq and Syria, security officials and a war monitor said.
UN mission in Iraq to end after 2025
At the request of Baghdad, the UN Security Council unanimously decided Friday that the United Nations political mission in Iraq will leave the country at the end of...
Iraq hopes oil reserves exceed 160b barrels
Iraq, one of the world鈥檚 biggest oil producers, aims to boost its crude reserves to more than 160 billion barrels, oil minister Hayan Abdel Ghani said...
Iraq鈥檚 parliament passes bill sentencing same-sex acts to 10-15 years鈥� jail
Iraq鈥檚 parliament passed a bill on Saturday criminalising same-sex relations, which will receive a sentence of up to 15 years in prison, in a move rights groups condemned as an 鈥榓ttack on human rights鈥�.....
Rockets fired from Iraq at US-led coalition base in Syria
Rockets were fired late Sunday from northern Iraq at a military base in Syria housing a US-led coalition, according to Iraqi security forces...