Iraq

Iraqi Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Al-Sahaf said on Thursday that Iraq will not join any “international force” claiming to protect the waterways in the Gulf, and rejects the participation of the Zionist entity in it. Sahaf said in a press statement, “Iraq will not join any international force to protect …

More than a dozen families from the Izadi minority group have repatriated to Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, after four years of displacement caused by the Daesh terrorist group’s occupation of their homeland and brutal atrocities committed against them. The media department of the Iraqi security forces said in a …

Iraqi military intelligence forces announced on Tuesday that five Islamic State terrorists were arrested in the eastern province of Diyala. “Acting on intelligence information, troops of the Iraqi Military Intelligence Directorate caught five Islamic State terrorists in Mandali district in Diyala,” Alsumaria News quoted the directorate as saying in a …

Iraq’s Joint Operations Command announced on early Monday the start of a military operation to “dry up the sources of terrorism” in the desert areas between the provinces of Anbar and Najaf along the Saudi Arabian border. This marks the latest military campaign Iraq has launched among four other operations …

The Prime Minister’s office issued a statement on Sunday, denying the use of Iraqi territory to attack Saudi oil facilities by drones, calling for a peaceful solution in Yemen and protecting civilian lives and saving security of brotherly countries. Here is the statement: “Iraq denies what some Media and Social …

Iraqi security forces have dismantled a terrorist group as it was planning attacks on Shia Muslims during mourning rituals on Arba’een, which marks 40 days after the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Iraq’s Security Media Cell announced in a statement released …

Restoration work will begin at the site of Mosul’s iconic al-Nuri mosque in the first half of 2020, UNESCO director general Audrey Azoulay told Iraq’s culture minister and the governor of Nineveh on Wednesday. According to a statement from UNESCO, Azoulay met with Abdulameer al-Hamdani, Iraq’s minister of culture, and …

Iraq on Saturday signed a gas plant development deal worth USD 1.3 billion with German industrial group  and Egypt-based firm Orascom, as part of efforts to rebuild the war-torn country’s electricity infrastructure. The contract was sealed amid ongoing talks over Iraq’s energy infrastructure in the capital Baghdad, the Iraqi ministry …

Iraqi political and economic circles are optimistic about the upcoming four-day visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to Beijing on September 19. It is reported in some economic circles that the visit will lead to the signing of about 30 memorandums of understanding (MoU) between Baghdad and Beijing …

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry has condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial pledge to annex the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank if re-elected in the September 17 snap polls, describing it as aggressive electoral propaganda. “Iraq categorically rejects the statement made by Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of the …

  Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Forces (CTF) in cooperation with the United States Air Force conducted a bombing raid on an ISIS-infested island in Iraq on September 10, 2019. F-35A Lightning II and F-15E Strike Eagle jets dropped more than 36,000 kilograms of bombs in a terrain denial operation that sought to …

The Iraqi Economic Council member, Ghadir al-Attar announced on Thursday that the visit of French President, Emmanuel Macron to the country will witness signing a contract for the construction of Baghdad suspension train. Al-Attar said in a statement today that “French President, Emmanuel Macron will visit the capital Baghdad during …

On behalf of the United Nations Secretary-General, spokesperson Stephane Dujarric offered condolences to Iraqis on the deadly stampede in Karbala during the Ashura rituals. “The Secretary-General learned with deep sorrow of the loss of life and injuries that occurred near the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala, Iraq,” reads a statement …

Iraq will struggle to generate enough electricity unless it continues to use Iranian gas for three to four more years, the electricity minister said on Tuesday, resisting U.S. pressure to stop the imports from its Middle East neighbor. Iranian oil exports have tumbled since the United States imposed new sanctions …

At least 31 people died and another 100 were wounded on Tuesday during the Muslim religious rituals of Ashura in the Iraqi city of Kerbala, a Health Ministry spokesman said, offering no details as to how they died. Ashura is the 10th day of the lunar month of Muharram when …

Milllinos of Shia Muslim pilgrims gathered amongst heightened security on Monday (September 10) in Karbala to commemorate Ashura. Each year, hundreds of thousands of Ahl al-Bayt followers Muslims travel to Karbala 110 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad to commemorate the death of Imam Hussain, Prophet Muhammad’s grandsons. Strict security …

Iraqi counter-terrorism forces conducted an airdrop operation on Monday in an area between Diyala and Salahaddin provinces where they killed 15 Islamic State (IS) terrorists, security officials confirmed. Ali Haidar, an officer with Diyala intelligence police, said that the Iraqi forces were backed by the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) also …

Iraq’s oil minister Thamer Ghadhban said it would reduce oil production from October. “We are committed to the agreement to reduce production,” , he said in a statement on Sunday. The statement also said Baghdad’s talks over unifying oil exports with the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region were in “advanced stages”.  

Eight Daesh terrorists were killed Sunday in an air raid that targeted a terrorist hotbed in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh. “The US-led international coalition warplanes launched an airstrike, targeting a terrorist hotbed in Hamam al-Alil district in Nineveh,” the Security Media Cell said in a press statement. “Eight …

At least three members of Iraq’s security forces and one civilian were killed on Saturday in three separate attacks by terrorists, security sources said. An army officer and soldier were killed when an explosive went off inside a house they were de-mining in the Sinjar district west of Mosul, and …