Chaos and clashes erupt in Iraq after Muqtada al-Sadr announces his decision to quit politics for ever Several protesters were reportedly killed in Baghdad, as supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr, a very influential Shia cleric, protested [ More … ]
Ten people have been killed in Basra as Iraqi security forces continued their repression of anti-corruption protests, with Iraq’s foremost Shia cleric saying the government must meet protesters’ demands. Police and medical sources say at [ More … ]
Iraqi forces seized the Kirkuk governor’s office – along with key infrastructure – on Monday, as pro-Baghdad troops and militias swooped on the disputed Kurdish-held city. Iraqi forces have entered the Kirkuk and appear set [ More … ]
Iraqi Ambassador to Russia Haidar Mansour Hadi said that Baghdad rejects the referendum in Kurdistan. Iraqi Delegate Praises Russia’s Position on Kurdistan’s Independence Referendum Baghdad rejects the referendum in Kurdistan, it is illegal from the UN viewpoint, [ More … ]
A senior Iraqi general predicts the battle for IS-held Tal Afar to be relatively easy, with IS militants “worn out and demoralised” after their Mosul defeat. A senior Iraqi general predicted a relatively easy victory [ More … ]
At least 31 people were killed, including 14 police officers in attacks overnight in Iraq’s Tikrit that were carried out by the Islamic State militants (ISIS) as a revenge for their huge losses in Mosul [ More … ]
A suicide truck bomber targeted a police checkpoint in Iraq’s Baghdad on Wednesday night, killing 17 people and wounding at least 60 others, in a new chapter of suicide attacks that rocked the Iraqi capital in [ More … ]
A new wave of attacks, thought to be conducted by Islamic state, have rocked Baghdad and Tikrit in the past weeks as the group is being besieged in Mosul and seek desperately to shift the [ More … ]
Bashar al-Assad has approved that Iraqi jets attack ISIS militants across the Syrian border after the request was made by the Iraqi PM last month, a lawmaker from said on Friday. At the height of its [ More … ]
Iraq’s prime minister said Iraqi warplanes have bombed Islamic State targets inside Syria, in retaliation for recent attacks by the group in Baghdad which left dozens of dead civilians. It is the first time Iraqi jets have [ More … ]
In the deadliest attack in 2017, a car filled with explosives blew up on Thursday in southern Baghdad, killing at least 51 people and wounding 55 adding more victims to the growing death list this month. [ More … ]
A suicide bomber detonated a car loaded with explosives in northern Baghdad on Wednesday killing at least nine people, two days after a demonstrations by thousands that ended with civilian deaths and intra-Shiite tension. The powerful blast [ More … ]
BY: BERIL DEDEOĞLU* All players in Iraq and Syria should take a step back to reach a solution to stop the bloodshed in the two war-torn countries Relations between Ankara and the Iraqi government have been [ More … ]
BY: BURHANETTIN DURAN* The PKK is an existential threat for both Iraq and Turkey. Baghdad, Irbil and Ankara need to work more closely on counterterrorism to succeed A nationwide cease-fire in Syria helped Turkey make a [ More … ]
The latest phone call between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has widely opened the door to wondering about the sudden Turkish change toward Iraq after a period of verbal [ More … ]
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