Kurdish PKK says withdrawing all forces from Turkey to north Iraq
The Kurdish militant PKK said Sunday it was withdrawing all its forces from Turkey to northern Iraq, urging Ankara to take legal steps to protect the peace process.
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Attack on Iraqi MP candidate鈥檚 office wounds two
Armed gunmen opened fire early Saturday on the office of an Iraqi parliamentary candidate south of Baghdad, wounding two bodyguards, a security source said.
Iraq criticises US sanctions on firm, militias over ties to Iran
Iraq on Saturday criticised US sanctions on a company, individuals and armed groups Washington has said have ties with Iran-backed militias, calling the move 鈥榙eeply regrettable鈥�.
Iraqi farmers protest cultivation ban amid drought
Hundreds of Iraqi farmers protested Saturday against the government鈥檚 policy of curbing land cultivation to preserve dwindling water supplies, an AFP correspondent said.
Iraq resumes Kurdish oil exports
Control over lucrative oil exports has been a major point of contention between Baghdad and Arbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region, with a key pipeline to Turkey shut since 2023.
Iraq signs $1b deals with World Bank鈥檚 IFC
Iraq signed on Saturday investment deals worth $1 billion in its energy, agriculture and finance sectors with the World Bank鈥檚 private sector arm, as the country seeks to build on its economic recovery following years of unrest...
4 cops among 6 killed in Baghdad clashes
Clashes between members of two local tribes in Iraq鈥檚 capital Baghdad have killed at least six people, including four policemen who intervened in the violence, the interior ministry said on Sunday.
Clashes as Iraqi Kurdistan opposition figure arrested
Three members of the security forces in Iraq鈥檚 autonomous Kurdistan region were killed and 19 wounded during the arrest of an opposition figure on Friday, security officials said.
Iraq starts work on IS mass grave thought to contain thousands
Iraqi authorities have begun excavating the site of a mass grave believed to contain thousands of victims of the Islamic State group near Mosul city, the project鈥檚 director said on Sunday...
Iraq denies role in Iran oil smuggling
Iraqi authorities denied on Friday that the country had played any part in Iranian efforts to evade US sanctions on oil exports after Washington last month linked a local businessman to the practice.
Iraq divided over future of pro-Iran armed alliance
A bill in Iraq that would further formalise the role 鈥� and perhaps, the autonomy 鈥� of a powerful coalition of pro-Iran former paramilitaries has sparked a heated debate, fanned in part by US pressure.
Blazing heat in Iraq as Baghdad, south top 50C
Iraqis grappled on Monday with searing heat in the capital Baghdad and parts of the country鈥檚 south, where the weather service said temperatures reached 51C in the shade.
Iraqi women table tennis players chase Paralympic dreams
Iraqi table tennis player Nur al-Huda Sarmad adjusts her wheelchair before striking the ball into play, braving sweltering heat, social stigma and inadequate facilities as she dreams of taking her team to the Paralympics.
Hundreds protest over water shortages in Iraq
Hundreds of Iraqis protested Friday against severe water shortages exacerbated by the summer鈥檚 sweltering heat in the central province of Babylon, an AFP correspondent said.
60 killed in Iraq shopping mall fire
A fire tore through a newly opened shopping mall in the eastern Iraqi city of Kut overnight, killing at least 61 people, authorities said Thursday as grief-stricken families searched for missing relatives.
Iraq PM reopens Mosul airport years after IS devastation
Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani inaugurated Wednesday the city of Mosul鈥檚 newly restored airport, years after it was destroyed in the battle to dislodge the Islamic State group.
Drone attacks hit three north Iraq oil fields
Explosive-laden drones hit three oil fields in Iraq鈥檚 autonomous Kurdistan region on Wednesday, Kurdish authorities said, a day after a similar attack halted operations at a US-run field.
Iraqi Kurds protest power cuts, one killed
A man was killed in Iraq鈥檚 autonomous Kurdistan region late Sunday during protests against power cuts, residents and a medical source said.
Methane exposure kills 12 troops in north Iraq
Turkey said on Monday that 12 soldiers had died after being exposed to methane gas during a search operation in caves in northern Iraq, increasing its previous toll of eight...
Rockets fired at Iraq airport, wound two
Two rockets struck the military section of Kirkuk airport in northern Iraq late on Monday, slightly wounding two security personnel, a senior security official said...
Qatar intercepts Iran missile attack on US base
Qatar intercepted an Iranian missile attack on the major US military base on its soil and said it could respond in kind as the Iran-Israel war lurched into the Gulf on Monday.
Additional US embassy staff left Iraq due to 鈥榬egional tensions鈥�
More personnel from the United States diplomatic mission departed Iraq over the weekend as part of on-going efforts to reduce embassy staffing due to 鈥榬egional tensions鈥�, a US official said Sunday after Washington attacked Iranian nuclear sites.
Two Iranian drones shot down in Iraq
Two drones launched from Iran towards Israel were shot down over Iraq by the US-led international coalition to defeat the Islamic State group, two Iraqi military officials told AFP on Sunday.
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.
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.
