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Two rockets have hit near the US embassy in the high-security Green Zone in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, a security source says. The Green Zone is one of the world’s most high-security international quarters. Located in the center of the Iraqi capital, it houses the parliament, the prime minister’s office, …

UN Representative Hennis-Plasschaert deplores the use of hunting guns, renews call for protection of demonstrators UNAMI said that it continues to receive credible allegations of peaceful protesters targeted by “hunting guns” on the road between Al Tahrir Square and Al Khilani Square in Baghdad on the evening of 14, 15 …

Al-Fateh Alliance, led by Hadi Al-Amri revealed on Monday, the existence of a meeting he described as important between Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi and leaders of political blocs. It is supposed that Allawi, who was named Prime Minister after a difficult consensus reached by the political blocs, will …

Without the approval of the Iraqi authorities, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will resume its training operations in the Middle Eastern nation after they were suspended more than a month ago, following the U.S. assassination of Iraqi PMF Leader Abu Mahdi Almohandis and Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. The operations …

Iraq’s capital of Baghdad awoke on Tuesday to a sight not seen in over a decade — their city covered in snow. It was a rare moment of respite during which residents took selfies and children played in parks, lobbing snowballs before the fluffy flakes disappeared and the white cover …

Iraq’s premier-designate Mohammed Allawi has met with dozens of representatives of the protest movement rocking the capital and south since October, a participant in the meetings said Wednesday. The protesters have been demanding an overhaul of the ruling elite and have rejected Allawi as a product of the political class …

Iraqi air forecaster, Sadiq Atiyah said on Tuesday, that the country is on a date next Sunday with the strongest cold wave of this season, the most severe in years. Atiyah stated in a clarification on a Facebook page that a very cold polar wave of origin will strike all …

Iraq’s President Barham Saleh on Saturday assigned Mouhammed Tawfiq Allawi with forming a new government, according to the state-run Television. It is noteworthy that “Allawi, 66,” was the Minister of Communications in the first and second Noori Al-Maliki governments, in addition to being a member of the House of Representatives …

Al-Fateh Alliance, revealed on Saturday, the agreement of political forces to nominate Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi to head the new Iraqi government. “All political forces have agreed to nominate Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi to head the new Iraqi government,” said MP Mukhtar al-Musawi, noting that “this choice has been decided and with …

Iraq’s leading cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, on Friday renewed his support to the protest camps across the country, as security forces stepped up a crackdown against demonstrators. Protesters across Iraq are seeking the removal of what they see as a corrupt ruling elite and an end to foreign interference …

Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi parliament, Bashir Al-Haddad expressed on Thursday the parliament’s readiness to hold an extraordinary session at any time to vote on a new Prime Minister instead of resigning Adel Abdul Mahdi, provided that he enjoys “popular acceptability”. The President of the Republic, Barham Ahmed Saleh had …

Iraq’s Armed Forces opened an investigation this Monday to determine the origin and perpetrators of a rocket bombing that hit the Baghdad Green Zone, where embassies and government offices reside. A report shows that at least five Katyusha-type projectiles hit the site and four of them within the US diplomatic …

Baghdad International Airport administration has taken a series of preventive measures for travelers coming from China to the country through a preventive medical examination to ensure that travelers are not infected with Coronavirus. The airport administration indicated that in agreement and coordination with the Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment, …

Iraqi security forces have cleared concrete blocks from main protest sites in Baghdad and Basra, which a group of protesters had used. Security forces descended on Tayaran Square, Mohammad Qasim highway and Ahrar Bridge in Baghdad on Saturday to open them to traffic. As they began opening roads, a group …

Protesters have been suffocated due to inhalation of tear gas, as security forces tried to break up protests in the capital, Baghdad. The clashes took place in al-Khilani Square, central Baghdad, between demonstrators and security forces from the riot police, when they tried to reopen al-Khilani Square and remove concrete …

At least four million people Friday demanded the departure of U.S. troops from Iraq with a march in Baghdad, which was convened by Iraqi resistance and cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr three weeks after the murder of Iraq’s PMF commander, Abu Mahdi Al-Mohandes. At the country’s capital, streets were filled with an …

According to Iraq’s local media, people from “all of the Iraqi provinces” have gathered in the ongoing rally to condemn the Americans’ illegal presence in the country, after the US assassinated Iraqi PMF commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad earlier this month. The protesters are carrying banners and chanting slogans …

Millions of Iraqis are expected to take part in a mass rally against the US military presence in their homeland on Friday amid a fresh wave of public anger triggered by a recent meeting between President Barham Salih and his American counterpart, Donald Trump. Last week, influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada …

Iraq’s caretaker Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi on Tuesday denounced an earlier rocket attack in the vicinity of the US Embassy in Baghdad’s highly fortified Green Zone. In the early hours today, three Katyusha rockets were again fired at the Green Zone. Sirens at the US Embassy reportedly went off …

Iraqi security forces fired tear gas and live rounds during clashes with anti-government protesters overnight and on Monday morning in Baghdad, wounding at least 13 demonstrators and prompting authorities to close key streets and thoroughfares leading to the city center, officials said. The violence is the latest since protests in …