Iraq

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhemi met the US Ambassador to Iraq Matthew Toller on Saturday and discussed mutual files. During the meeting Al-Kadhemi made it clear that Iraq will not be an arena for settling scores. The statement included, “Al-Kadhemi stressed the necessity of cooperation and coordination between the two countries …

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhemi stressed that Iraq is keen to establish the best relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran. Al-Kadhemi received the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraj Masjedi, at his office in the government palace, according to a statement by the media office of the Prime …

76 new cases of Coronavirus have been reported in the country during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Saturday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 25 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 10 cases, Medical City: 19 cases, Wasit: 1 case, Maysan: 1 case, …

Stone by stone, digital artists, and game developers from Mosul are rebuilding Nineveh’s heritage sites in the digital world.

On Saturday, the Iraqi Council of Ministers held its first session, headed by its President, Mustafa Al-Kadhemi. “The Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kadhemi, holds the first session of the Council of Ministers,” Al-Kadhemi’s media office said in a statement. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted to give confidence to the …

MP Jawad Al-Mousawi, on Saturday called for the re-imposition of the comprehensive ban for a period of 14 days. In a statement, al-Musawi said, “We must return to the complete curfew for a period of 14 days during the last ten days of the holy month of Ramadan and the …

60 new cases of Coronavirus have been reported in the country during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Friday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 12 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 19 cases, Medical City: 3 cases, Diyala: 1 case, Maysan: 9 cases, …

Iraq’s new Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi says his country would never allow outsiders to use the Arab country’s territory for any act of aggression against others. Kadhimi made the remarks while addressing a parliamentary session on Wednesday, when lawmakers approved his government and ended months of political deadlock. Kadhimi promised …

Iraq’s parliament has approved a new government, after six months without one, as parties squabbled until the last minute over cabinet seats in backroom deals. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraq’s intelligence chief and a former journalist, will head the government but will begin his term without a full cohort of …

The Iraqi parliament will hold a session tonight to vote on granting confidence to the government of Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Al-Kazemi, and the parliament has a list of 20 ministers, amid expectations of voting on 16 ministers from the list. For the government to obtain the confidence of Parliament, an …

The Iraqi military says three Katyusha rockets have landed in the perimeter of Baghdad International Airport. The army said on Wednesday that it had found a rocket launcher with a timer in a rural area in western Baghdad and that there were no reports of damage or casualties. There was …

Iraq’s Parliament is set to convene on Wednesday to approve a new government proposed by prime minister-designate Mustafa Al Kadhimi, according to officials. For months political deadlock in Parliament has held up the selection of an interim prime minister after Adel Abdul Mahdi resigned in November but stayed on as …

The Royal Air Force (RAF) has carried out a bombing raid in northern Iraq under the guise of combating the terrorist group Daesh. According to a statement from the Ministry of Defense (MoD), a pair of RAF Typhoons and “other coalition aircraft” carried out a bombing raid on “six cave …

Iraqi Commander in chief of the Armed Forces Adil Abd Al-Mahdi has ordered the launch of a large-scale operation against the remnants of ISIS terrorists, according to the spokesperson of Iraq’s Armed Forces. Abdul Mahdi has ordered the armed forces to cooperate with intelligence agencies to target and destroy the …

A senior Iraqi lawmaker says his country will buy long-range surface-to-air S-300 or S-400 air defense missile systems from Russia in a bid to update its own defense infrastructure in case Washington does not help Baghdad in getting modern armaments. “Iraq is contemplating buying S-300 or S-400 systems from Russia …

Iraqi authorities are making preparations to construct a wall around Anbar province in efforts to stop the infiltration of the Islamic State (IS) terrorists into the province, an official said on Monday. Rutba Mayor Emad Al-Dulaimi told reporters that the wall will be 16 kilometers long and two meters high …

The US Department of Defense announced today, Tuesday, the killing of a soldier on May 4, who was part of the “deep-rooted” mission in Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The ministry reported that the soldier died in an accident not related to a military operation, noting that an …

Iraq’s Al-Nujaba Movement, which forms part of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), has claimed that the US has been planning to “transfer” senior Daesh commanders and other terrorists from eastern Syria to neighboring Iraq. “Washington is insisting on the implementation of a plot to return the terrorists to Iraq by …

“The Americans and the ISIL terrorists are repeating the same scenario they played during the collapse of Mosul in 2014, in Babel, Salahuddin, and Diyala provinces and they are attempting to distort security and stir instability in those regions,” said Qasim al-Maamouri, the commander of Hashd al-Shaabi’s Division 26, was …

Fighters from Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, began a major operation against Daesh in Anbar on Monday, managing to kill and injure dozens of terrorists in the western province. According to Iraqi security sources, the area of Haditha, which lies about 130 kilometers southwest of …