Tag: Iraq
Under fire, Iraq PM visits Basra after deadly violence
BASRA: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi tried to ease tensions in the country's oil-rich south with a visit Monday to Basra, rocked by deadly...
Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric demands end to violence as deadly protests...
BASRA: Iraq's most revered Shi'ite cleric called for a political shakeup in Baghdad and a halt to violence against demonstrators on Friday, after days...
Iraq parliament to hold emergency session after Basra burns
BASRA: Iraq's parliament on Friday called an emergency session after a curfew was imposed in the southern city of Basra following a fresh outbreak...
Israel signals it could attack Iranian weaponry in Iraq
JERUSALEM: Israel signaled on Monday that it could attack suspected Iranian military assets in Iraq, as it has done with scores of air strikes...
Iraq’s new parliament meets as rival blocs vie for majority
BAGHDAD: Iraq's newly-elected parliament held its first session on Monday as two blocs, both claiming to hold the most seats, vied for the right...
Iran moves missiles to Iraq in warning to enemies
PARIS/BAGHDAD: Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shi'ite proxies in Iraq and is developing the capacity to build more there to deter attacks on...
US-led coalition service member killed in Iraq crash
BAGHDAD: A member of the US-led military coalition fighting Islamic State militants was killed and several injured when their helicopter crashed on a counter-terrorism...
US forces to stay in Iraq as long as needed
ABU DHABI: US forces will stay in Iraq “as long as needed” to help stabilise regions previously controlled by Islamic State, a spokesman for...
Nationalist cleric Sadr wins Iraq vote recount
BAGHDAD: Nationalist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr's alliance won Iraq's May parliamentary election according to a manual recount, the electoral commission said Friday, paving the...
Iraq to try election officials over fraud: judiciary
BAGHDAD: Iraq will put on trial five election officials in connection with fraud, including vote buying, during the country's May legislative elections, a judicial...
Iraq’s top cleric Sistani makes urgent call for new govt
BAGHDAD: Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called for a government to be formed as soon as possible to tackle corruption and...
Islamic State makes comeback in Iraq with switch to guerrilla tactics
BAQUBA, Iraq: Months after Iraq declared victory over Islamic State, its fighters are making a comeback with a scatter-gun campaign of kidnap and killing.
With...
Iraq says airstrike has killed 20 IS militants outside Mosul
BAGHDAD: An Iraqi military spokesman says an airstrike has killed 20 Islamic State militants outside the northern city of Mosul.
In a statement issued on...
Iraq starts manual vote recount for 6 Shiite provinces
BAGHDAD: Iraq's election commission on Monday expanded its manual recount of ballots from May's parliamentary elections, which were marred by allegations of fraud and...
Iraq to begin manual recount of May election votes on Tuesday
BAGHDAD: Iraq will begin a manual recount of May national election votes on Tuesday, a spokesman for the Independent High Electoral Commission said in...
Turkish airstrikes kill four Kurdish militants in northern Iraq
ISTANBUL: The Turkish military carried out airstrikes in northern Iraq's Avasin Basyan region on Saturday, killing four Kurdish militants, it said on its official...
Iraq hangs 13 prisoners as premier urges rapid executions
BAGHDAD: Iraq hanged 13 prisoners convicted on terror charges, the Justice Ministry announced Friday, following a recommendation by the prime minister to speed up...
