Iraq

Haditha clans’ fighters in Anbar province have killed on Monday, ISIS suicide bombers, after they were trapped inside a mosque in Al-Medham village west of Haditha district, 160 km west of Ramadi city west of Iraq. The spokesman of the clans’ fighters said in a video recording that they had …

Muhammad al-Ghabban, head of al-Fateh parliamentary bloc in the Iraqi parliament, said that the Prime Minister-designate Mustafa al-Kadhimi “repeated the mistakes of the former official in the mechanism of selecting the candidates”, as he put it. Al-Ghabban said that “the political blocs have previously agreed with Al-Kadhemi to authorize the …

Iraq’s Badr organization, which is part of the country’s Popular Mobilization Forces or Hashd al-Sha’abi, says the US and Saudi Arabia are seeking to reactivate Daesh, adding that recent attacks by the Takfiri terrorist group serve that aim. Mohammed Mahdi al-Bayati, a senior leader in the Badr Organization, revealed fresh …

Iraq’s total oil exports for April averaged 3.438 million barrels per day (bpd) and oil revenue more than halved to $1.42 billion, a statement from the oil ministry said on Friday. The average price per barrel of oil in April was $13.8. Iraq’s revenue from oil, its main source of …

At least 10 Iraqi fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, have been killed in an attack by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Iraq’s Salahuddin Province. The coordinated assault which took place in the cities of Mekeeshfa and Balad, led to clashes between PMU forces …

Iraqi air force in cooperation with US-Coalition airstrikes destroyed a complex of 10 caves where Islamic State fighters were hiding out in the northern mountains of Iraq, the U.S.-led Operation Inherent Resolve said Thursday. The strikes, carried out in the Hamrin Mountains Wednesday, killed five to 10 militants, the coalition …

Russian Ambassador to Iraq Maksim Maksimov says Moscow is prepared to provide Baghdad with advanced S-400 air defense missile systems once the country makes an official request for the military hardware. “The Russian side has, thus far, not received an official request in this regard. There is no doubt that …

The Human Rights Commission in Iraq’s southern province of Basra is calling for a ‘state of emergency’ as the number of coronavirus cases increases. The commission said in an appeal directed to the Coronavirus task force and governor’s office in Basra that the current situation requires a state of emergency …

The Ministry of Electricity and local officials said on Thursday that the rate of supplying electrical energy in six Iraqi governorates, including the capital, Baghdad, had decreased due to the targeting of power transmission towers in Diyala Governorate with roadside bombs. The Ministry of Electricity said in a statement today …

Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Al Kadhimi has sent his government programme to Parliament in the hope of breaking the country’s political deadlock. Earlier this month, President Barham Salih tapped Mr. Al Kadhimi to lead Iraq, making him the third nominee in 10 weeks to take the position. “My government programme …

At least five hideouts belonging to the Islamic State (IS) terrorists were found in the Iraqi province of Kirkuk on Wednesday, Iraq’s Interior Ministry said in a statement. The hideouts were discovered during an operation by the federal police forces in the village of Garhakazan, in which they also seized …

In violation and blatant interference in the internal affairs of Iraq, the US Secretary of State stated that. Iraqi leaders must put aside a sectarian quota system and make compromises to help the formation of a government and help the bilateral relationship between Washington and Baghdad, U.S. Secretary of State …

British health workers are getting a taste of Iraqi cuisine whilst fighting the coronavirus pandemic. Philip Juma, the British-Iraqi chef renowned for his pop up supper clubs in London, closed his Borough Market spot last month due to the outbreak of Covid-19, but has kept his apron on and is …

Several members of the security forces were injured in the first suicide attack in months Iraq has blamed ISIS for a suicide attack on its intelligence bureau in the northern city of Kirkuk on Tuesday when at least three security force members were wounded. Authorities said two men – one …

The United States and Iraq have agreed to meet in June to discuss the possible withdrawal of US troops from the country, Iraq’s military spokesman has said. Major General Abdul-Karim Khalaf told Kuwait’s al-Sabah newspaper that Baghdad and Washington would negotiate a timetable for US withdrawal from Iraq at the …

The U.S. has again granted Iraq only a month-long sanctions waiver enabling the government to continue importing gas and electricity from Iran, two Iraqi officials said, a sign of Washington’s growing impatience as a deadline looms for Iraq’s latest prime minister-designate to form a government. The issuance of another 30-day …

Iraq has ordered the finance ministry to stop funding to amid an oil spat between the two sides, media reports say. The Council of Ministers said the Finance Ministry was “obliged to stop making payments” to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), read a letter to the country’s Finance Minister Fouad …

The spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces says the Baghdad government is serious about implementation of the parliament’s resolution concerning the withdrawal of US forces from the country. “The letter that US ambassador to Baghdad (Douglas A. Silliman) delivered to caretaker prime minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, was very …

With just two days remaining to the expiration of a thirty-day U.S. waiver to import Iranian gas and electricity, the Iraqi Minister of Electricity says it will take three to four years for the country to stop importing energy from Iran. Luay al-Khateeb said that it would take several years …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health announced, on Saturday, that a 60-year-old infected woman has recovered completely from covid-19. The department said in a statement: “The Maysan Health Department is pleased to announce the recovery of one of the newly infected persons with the Coronavirus, which is the third case that …