Tag: Iraq
US urges early Iraq elections as rights group warns of ‘bloodbath’
BAGHDAD: The United States has urged Iraq to hold early polls and carry out electoral reform after a rights group warned a deadly crackdown...
From Kabul to Baghdad, a tale of two ‘Green Zones’
KABUL: A labyrinth of concrete blast walls, spotlights, and checkpoints are eating up ever more of Kabul, standing in stark contrast to a similar...
Turkish diplomat gunned down in Iraq’s Arbil: police
BAGHDAD: At least one gunman killed the Turkish vice-consul to Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region in an attack on Wednesday in the regional capital of...
Pakistan values cordial relations with Iraq, says COAS
RAWALPINDI: Lieutenant General (Staff) Pilot Muhammad Salim Al Araji, Acting Secretary Defence (Administration) and Chief of Logistic Staff, Iraqi Ministry of Defence called on General...
U.S. sanctions Iraq-based company, says it backs Iran’s IRGC
WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday sanctioned an Iraqi company and two of its associates, which it said had helped Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard...
New Zealand to withdraw all troops from Iraq by next June
WELLINGTON: New Zealand announced on Monday that it will withdraw all of its troops from Iraq by next June.
New Zealand has a small contingent...
Iraq hosts regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia at conference
BAGHDAD: Iraq hosted senior parliamentary officials from arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran on Saturday as Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi sought to bolster his...
Saudis open consulate in Iraq in sign of warmer ties
Iraq says Saudi Arabia has opened a consulate in Baghdad for the first time in nearly 30 years in a sign of improving ties.
The...
At least 72 killed as overloaded ferry sinks in Iraq’s Tigris...
MOSUL: At least 72 people died when an overloaded ferry sank in the Tigris river near Mosul in Iraq, medical sources told Reuters on...
Pak-Iran religious tourism witnesses unprecedented surge
--75,000 pilgrims travel to Iran and back within two months; experience improved facilities, security
ISLAMABAD: An unprecedented surge in religious tourism between Pakistan and Iran was...
Ex-Blackwater guard convicted of murder in Iraq shooting spree
WASHINGTON: A former security guard for the US firm Blackwater was found guilty of murder on Wednesday for his role in a notorious massacre...
US-led coalition destroys Syrian mosque used as ISIS command center
WASHINGTON: The US-led coalition in Syria destroyed on Saturday a mosque in the town of Hajin which had been used as an Islamic State...
Pakistani pilgrims stranded in Iraq receive tickets to return home
Pakistani pilgrims stranded at the Baghdad airport for the past four days, have finally received tickets to return back home, a private media outlet reported...
More than 120 Pakistani pilgrims stranded at Baghdad airport seek govt...
More than 120 Pakistani pilgrims were left stranded at an airport in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Tuesday night.
The tour head organising the...
FM Qureshi asks Iraq to issue visas to Pakistani pilgrims
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday expressed concern over the non-issuance of visas to Pakistani Zaireen (pilgrims) aspiring to visit Iraq.
In a meeting...
1100 civilians killed in fight against IS in Iraq, Syria: Pentagon
WASHINGTON: More than 1,100 civilians have been killed in US-led strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria since the operation began in...
Iran demands Iraq hand over Kurdish dissidents, close bases: Fars
ANKARA: The head of Iran's armed forces demanded on Tuesday authorities in neighboring Iraq hand over separatist Kurdish dissidents stationed there and close their...
