Iraq

US Embassy in Baghdad issued a security alert for its citizens in Iraq, asking them to avoid approaching the embassy where Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) supporters are gathering. The alert comes hours after hundreds of pro-Iran Hashd al-Shaabi members and supporters attempted to storm the US Embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone, …

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi warned on Tuesday against any aggression towards foreign embassies and representations in Baghdad, asking protesters outside the U.S. embassy to leave. Thousands of people have gathered in front of the U.S. embassy to condemn Sunday’s U.S. airstrikes in Iraq. ِAbdul Mahdi, who as caretaker …

The United States’ Embassy in Baghdad has been evacuated after thousands of angry Iraqi demonstrators gathered outside the gates of the compound to condemn Washington’s fatal military aggression that targeted Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). Also on Tuesday, Iraqis held a massive funeral procession in the capital Baghdad for the …

Protesters broke into Iraq’s southern Nassiriya oilfield on Saturday and forced employees to cut off electricity from its control station, taking the field offline until further notice, a security source and two oil sources said. The oilfield produces 90,000 barrels a day (BPD) of crude. Protesters chanted “no homeland, no …

The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), better known as name Hashd al-Sha’abi, says it has fought off an attack by the Daesh terrorist group against an area south of the Iraqi city of Samarra. In a statement on Friday, the Hashd al-Sha’abi said the Daesh elements were trying to infiltrate through …

Iraqi Ministry of Immigration and Displaced revealed on Thursday, the return of (3,905) Iraqi refugees from Syria and Turkey to the country during the current year. “The ministry has returned (3,905) Iraqis from Syria and Turkey voluntarily within its free weekly voluntary return program,” noting that “the return trip for …

Iraqi President Barham Salih has submitted his resignation to parliament after he refused to designate the nominee for the premiership, Assad al-Eidani, arguing that he would rather step down than appoint the position to a figure strongly rejected by protesters. Salih handed his resignation to the Council of Representatives of …

The governor of Basra, Assad Al Eidani, was nominated on Wednesday to serve as Iraq’s next prime minister, reports said, despite the public’s refusal to accept a political figure to head the next government. Rising public anger at the poor quality of public services, corruption and unemployment have led to …

In a move to stem public anger and drawn-out street protests, Iraq’s parliament has approved a new electoral law, which enables the electorate to choose individual candidates instead of picking from party lists. On Tuesday, the legislature lent its blessing to the law, which has constituted a key demand by …

On Monday, Iraq announced that it was opening the Mandali border crossing in Diyala governorate, which connects Iraq with Iran, in the middle of the two countries. The border crossing had been closed for nearly five months, as the Iraqi Border Ports Authority explained. It was shut down last August, …

Thousands of Iraqis protested Monday in Baghdad and other parts of the country after politicians missed an overnight deadline for naming a new prime minister. Anti-government rallies have rocked the capital and the south since October with people protesting against corruption, poor services and a lack of jobs. President Barham …

The Iraqi Ministry of Defense on Saturday released a video recording showing airstrikes on Islamic State sleeper cell positions in the Diyala province portion of the Hamrin mountain range. Iraqi F-16 fighter jets raided one of the terrorist group’s hideouts on the mountain near Lake Hamrin in Diyala. The operation …

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said on Friday that an early election was the only way out of the current unrest in the country and that a new government should be formed soon. “The fastest and most peaceful way out of the current crisis, and avoiding the unknown or chaos or …

Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has strongly condemned lynching of a 16-year-old teenager by a group of protesters in Baghdad’s Al Wathba Square, warning about the consequences of such brutality. In a statement read out by his representative during a sermon on Friday, Ayatollah Sistani said the recurrence of such crimes will …

A group of “protesters” in Baghdad have, in an extremely brutal and shocking way, stabbed into death and cut the throat of a 16-year-old teenager before hanging him by his ankles. The boy, identified as Haitham Ali Ismael, had been berating the protesters for three days for obstructing the street …

The Iraqi army says two Katyusha rockets have landed near the “outside perimeter” of Baghdad International Airport. No casualty or damage has been reported so far following the Wednesday attacks, Reuters quoted a statement from the Iraqi military on Thursday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks. …

At least seven fighters from the Iraqi pro-government Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries when a massive bomb explosion struck their convoy in Iraq’s north-central province of Salahuddin. Safa Tamimi, spokesman for Saraya al-Salam (Peace Brigades) – a group operating under the umbrella …

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry has summoned four Western ambassadors over “interference in internal affairs,” as a wave of protests over unemployment, corruption and lack of public services continues in the country. “The ministry called in French Ambassador (To Baghdad) Bruno Aubert, British Ambassador Stephen Hickey, German Charge d’affaires Jochen Moller …

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani said on Friday that a new prime minister must be chosen without foreign interference after the incumbent Adel Abdul Mahdi announced his resignation a week ago. Al-Sistani urged political leaders to abandon partisan politics in choosing a new head of government and said he would have …

The death toll in Iraq’s anti-government protests has reached at least 460, with tens of thousands more injured, Iraq’s Independent High Commission for Human Rights said on Wednesday. “At least 460 protestors were killed in October and November in various central and southern cities, including Baghdad,” Ali al-Bayati, a representative …