Iraq

  Iraqi Kurdistan’s security services said on Saturday they had arrested a man for assassinating a Turkish diplomat in the regional capital Erbil, and believed the suspect was the brother of a lawmaker in the Turkish parliament. “The Kurdistan Region announced on Saturday the arrest of the man who planned …

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi has ordered a probe into an attack by an unmanned aircraft on a base belonging to fighters from pro-government Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha’abi, in Salahuddin Province. Abdul-Mahdi, also the commander-in-chief of Iraqi forces, issued a directive “to …

Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) has said it identified one of the assailants responsible for the killing of a Turkish diplomat in Erbil. Osman Kose was killed on Wednesday when gunmen opened fire in an upscale restaurant where he was dining in Erbil, the local capital of the semi-autonomous region …

Unidentified drones have reportedly attacked a base belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in the Salahuddin Province. The attack killed one PMF member and injured another four, al-Ahad television network reported on Friday. It is yet unclear who orchestrated the operation. Meanwhile, al-Etejah television network reported that an American …

The United States imposed sanctions on Four Iraqis including two former Iraqi provincial governors it accused of human rights abuses and corruption, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday. The sanctions target Rayan al-Kildani and Waad Qado, and former governors Nawfal Hammadi al-Sultan and Ahmed al-Jubouri, the Treasury said in …

Six terrorists were killed and havens destroyed in al-Baaj, Iraq-Syria border crossings, Security Media Cell announced on Thursday. The air strike came according to accurate information by the Nineveh Ops Command.

At least three Turkish officials have been killed in a shooting in the Iraqi Kurdistan capital of Erbil on Wednesday, sources say. The incident took place when unknown gunmen opened fire at a restaurant where the diplomats were dinning, two Kurdish security officials confirmed to Reuters. Deputy Turkish consul in …

Iraq’s oil exports from its southern ports have reached 3.42 million barrels per day (bpd) so far in July, two oil officials said on Monday. Exports from its southern Basra terminals fell to 3.39 million bpd in June from 3.441 million bpd in the previous month. Officials said repair works …

An Iraqi joint force killed on Monday eight terrorists during a security operation in Salahuddin province, a police chief said. Salahuddin Police Chief Maj. Gen. Kandil al-Jabouri said that a joint force consisting of the Iraqi army and the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), supported by the international coalition planes carried …

Iraq has handed over 33 Russian children of suspected Daesh militants to Russia, according to the country’s Foreign Ministry on Monday. The children born to Russian women were sent back to Russia last week in coordination with the Russian Embassy in Baghdad, ministry spokesman Ahmed Sahaf said in a statement. …

A senior Iraqi parliamentarian warns that the US embassy in Baghdad is involved in “suspicious activities,” saying agents of the Israeli spy agency Mossad and the Daesh terrorist group have been spotted regularly visiting the diplomatic mission. “The US embassy in Baghdad has turned into a center for Israel’s Mossad …

Iraqi security forces launched on Friday an operation to clear areas in northeastern Diyala from Islamic State cells, local media reported days after authorities declared efforts to clear regions from the province westwards to the borders with Syria. The Popular Mobilization Forces said in a statement that troops, backed by …

The Central Criminal Court in the Federal Baghdad/ Rusafa resumption presidency sentenced two terrorists from Kyrgyzstan for fifteen years for the crime of belonging to ISIS. “The two terrorists admitted during the interrogation that they had come to Syria through Turkey to join ISIS terrorist gangs with their husbands,” a …

Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali Alhakim chaired his country’s delegation at a security coordination meeting in Turkey. The meeting tackled a raft of important issues, including security cooperation, counter-terrorism efforts, and mutual coordination to achieve aspirations of the Iraqi and Turkish peoples, Alghad Press quoted the Iraqi Foreign Ministry as …

Baghdad Security Media Cell announced, that security forces apprehended two Islamic State terrorists in Baghdad, including the IS Leader of Wilayat al-Falluja. The Cell said in a statement that Iraqi Intelligence forces managed through preemptive operation to arrest two terrorists belonging to the Islamic State group, west of Baghdad. It …

German industrial giant Siemens won a €284 million contract to supply gas and steam turbines and generators for an independent power project in Iraq, which is pushing to upgrade its utility infrastructure. Citic Construction, the contractor building the plant and the project developer Maisan Power Company, jointly awarded the contract, …

At least three people were killed and four wounded when three mortar bombs hit the northern Iraqi town of Shirqat on Tuesday, police officials and hospital sources said. Police officials in the area said Islamic State militants were involved in the attack and the mortars were fired from a nearby …

According to the agreement, which was signed by Finance Minister Fuad Hussein and Yara Salim, a representative to the World Bank, Iraq will focus on improving the power supply in the southern provinces where people have been protesting against the lack of basic public services, including electricity and other related …

Ancient artifacts that have been looted from Iraq and Afghanistan after recent conflicts and illegally exported to the UK will be returned to their country of origin. The British Museum is working with the UK Border Force and other Government law enforcement agencies to help to return the seized items, …

State-owned Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) is expanding into China and the Gulf, seeking to lift its revenues from retail banking and international operations to 30% by 2022 from 25% now, its chairman said on Sunday. The bank plans to open a representative office in China next year and is …