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Kurdish official says 10,000 fled northern Iraq fighting
More than 10,000 people have fled fighting between the Iraqi army and Yazidi fighters affiliated with Turkey’s banned Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), ... Middle East -
Flights grounded as Iraq hit by increasingly frequent dust storms yet again
Iraq on Sunday was yet again covered in a thick sheet of orange as it suffered the latest in a series of dust storms that have become increasingly ... Middle East -
Iraq’s delayed presidential vote back on
The Iraqi parliament on Saturday reopened registration for candidates to run for president, a contest already behind schedule following last October’s ... Middle East -
Rocket attack hits near base hosting US forces in Baghdad: Sources
A Katyusha rocket hit an Iraqi military base hosting U.S. forces near Baghdad’s international airport on Wednesday, Iraqi security and military ... Middle East -
ISIS deputy leader Sami Jasim captured by Iraqi security forces: Iraqi PM
Iraq has captured Sami Jasim, a high-ranking member of ISIS in charge of the group’s finance and a deputy of slain leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Prime ... Middle East -
Polls open for Iraq general election; PM, president cast their votes
Iraqis were voting on Sunday in a general election that many said they would boycott, having lost faith in the democratic system brought in by the ... Middle East -
Iraq refuses to be used as ground for regional, global conflicts: Al-Kadhimi
Iraq refuses to be used as a middle ground for regional and global conflicts, Iraq Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi said at the opening of a summit ... Middle East -
Baghdad’s west without water after ISIS attack on power grid
Baghdad’s west has been cut off from the city’s water network after ISIS attacked an electricity pylon powering a pumping station, authorities and ... Middle East -
Two rockets fired near US embassy in Iraq’s Baghdad: Security source
Two rockets were fired early Thursday against Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone which houses the US embassy, without causing any casualties or damage, an ... Middle East -
Three rockets fired at US embassy in Baghdad: Iraqi army
Three rockets landed near the US embassy in Baghdad overnight into Thursday, the Iraqi army said, after a day marked by rocket and drone attacks ... Middle East -
US forces shoot down armed drone over Baghdad embassy: Iraqi officials
US forces shot down an armed drone above their embassy in Baghdad on Monday night, Iraqi security officials said, hours after a rocket attack on a ... Middle East -
US embassy in Baghdad sounds sirens as security measure: Security source
Air raid sirens have been heard near the US embassy in Iraq’s capital Baghdad, according to Al Arabiya sources.The sirens that sounded at the US ... Middle East -
US says it offers $3 mln for information on Iraq attacks
The US Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program said Thursday it was offering a reward of up to $3 million for information on attacks against ... Middle East -
Baghdad airport attack carried out with ‘booby-trapped drone’
A rocket attack on Wednesday evening targeting Baghdad airport, where US soldiers are posted, was carried out with a “booby-trapped drone”, a security ... Middle East -
Senior Iraqi intelligence officer killed in Baghdad: Sources
Senior Iraqi intelligence officer Nebras Abu Ali was killed on Monday after gunmen opened fire on him in an area east of the capital Baghdad, ... Middle East -
Iraqi officials: Explosion at Baghdad restaurant kills 3, injures 16
An explosion at a crowded restaurant in a northwestern Baghdad neighborhood on Thursday killed three people and injured 16, according to two Iraqi ... Middle East -
Iraq arrests commander in Iran-backed PMU over activist’s murder: Security source
Iraqi security forces arrested a senior official in the Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) militias on Wednesday, on suspicion of ... Middle East -
Iraqi protesters take to streets, decry rising number of targeted killings
Hundreds of Iraqis took to the streets in Baghdad on Tuesday to protest what they say is the impunity of those behind a rising number of targeted ... Middle East -
Baghdad residents celebrate removal of Iran’s Khomeini, Soleimani billboards
Residents in Baghdad have been captured on camera cheering after billboards of Iran’s former and top leaders were torn down in the Iraqi capital, a ... Middle East -
Two rockets target Iraq's Baghdad airport base housing US troops
Two rockets targeted an airbase at Iraq’s Baghdad airport housing US-led coalition troops on Sunday, in the second such attack in 10 days, a security ... Middle East -
Enraged relatives say neglect caused deadly Baghdad hospital fire
Fire extinguishers didn’t work. Outdated medical equipment was being used. The fire alarm system in the hospital was broken.These are the accusations ... Coronavirus -
82 killed in Baghdad COVID-19 hospital fire: Iraqi interior ministry
The death toll from a massive fire at a Baghdad hospital for coronavirus patients rose to at least 82 Sunday as anxious families searched for missing ... Middle East -
At least 27 dead in Baghdad COVID-19 hospital fire after oxygen cylinders explode
At least 27 people were killed and 46 injured in a fire on Saturday at a hospital in southeastern Baghdad that had been equipped to house COVID-19 ... Middle East -
Rockets strike Iraqi military base hosting US contractors
At least five rockets hit the Iraqi military air base at Balad north of Baghdad on Sunday, Iraqi security officials said.For all the latest headlines, ... Middle East -
Exultant crowds gather for Pope's stadium Mass in Iraq despite pandemic
Coronavirus was the last thing on schoolteacher Gladys Koffa’s mind as she waited eagerly for Pope Francis to say Mass at Franso Hariri stadium in ... Coronavirus -
Pope Francis holds first public mass of Iraq trip in Baghdad's St. Joseph church
Pope Francis began delivering Saturday in Baghdad the first public mass of his Iraq trip to a spare gathering of faithful and officials due to ... Middle East -
Rockets target US Embassy in Iraq, no casualties reported: Security sources
A volley of rockets on Monday targeted the high-security zone in the Iraqi capital that is home to the US embassy, the military and security sources ... Middle East -
Syria Kurds hand Baghdad 100 alleged ISIS fighters: Iraq security source
A US-backed Kurdish force in northeast Syria handed over 100 alleged ISIS fighters to Baghdad this week, a senior Iraqi security source told AFP on ... Middle East -
At least 3 Katyusha rockets target US embassy in Iraq’s Green Zone
At least three Katyusha rockets have targeted the US embassy in Iraq’s Green Zone area, according to Al Arabiya’s correspondent.Security sources said ... Middle East -
Iraqi activist Salah al-Iraqi shot dead in Baghdad al-Jadida district
Iraqi authorities are investigating another assassination of an activist after Salah al-Iraqi was shot five times on Tuesday in the country’s Baghdad ... Middle East