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The Iraqi Ministry of Transport announced that its seismic observatories recorded, at exactly 05:34:19 pm this afternoon, local time, a 5.6-magnitude magnitude earthquake in the Bu Shahr region in Iran, which is 250 km away from the Iraqi-Iranian borders. Alghadeer Satellite Channel correspondent in Basra reported that the residents of …

Iraq’s Ministry of Oil announced, on Tuesday, it made a contract with a Chinese company for an oil refinery with a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day. The Ministry said in a brief statement, ” the Chinese state-owned CNCEC will work in the Al-Faw investment refinery and will be responsible …

Iraqi Security Media Cell reported today that it had thwarted an attempt to blow up a power transmission tower in Diyala. The cell said in a statement that the Fifth Division of the Iraqi army managed to thwart an attempt to detonate a power transmission tower in al-Safra area with …

Iraq collectively grossed nearly six billion dollars from oil sales last June, according to a survey by the state oil marketer, SOMO. Crude oil exports amounted to 86,765,589 barrels, yielding 6,141,077,000 dollars, SOMO survey said. Exports from Oilfields in Mid and south Iraq were 83,690,352 barrels, while Kirkuk oilfields exports, …

Iraq’s Border Ports Authority seized a hoard of dangerous chemicals in Umm Qasr port in Basra on Friday, INA news agency reported.

Voting process at the Iranian embassy and six consulates across Iraq, in Karbala, Najaf, Basra, Sulaymaniyah, and Erbil, witnessed a massive turnout of voters to elect a President of the Republic. Al-Ghadeer sources at the Iranian embassy in Baghdad reported that the turnout was high in the elections, adding that …

Iraqi security forces apprehended members of death gangs involved in assassinations in the Basra governorate in the far south of Iraq. The spokesperson of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major-General Yahya Rasool, said that the Iraqi Security forces arrested “those who killed the Journalist Ahmed Abdel Samad and a …

Iraqi Ministry of Planning revealed today, Tuesday, that the capital, Baghdad, reached more than 8.5 million people in 2020, followed by the Governorates of Nineveh and Basra. “According to the census, Baghdad’s population has reached 8.558.625 million people over the past year, which is a very high number compared to …

Iraq is building a new oil pier off its southern coast, financed by Japan, that’s expected to boost exports and imports of crude-derived products and increase revenue, officials said Friday. The construction within the port of Khor al-Zubair — Iraq’s main fuel export and import facility — is over 70% …

The Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, dismissed another security official in Basra Governorate, after the incidents of attacking civic activists in the governorate. The spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major General Yahya Rasool, said in a statement received by Alghadeer, “Based on the directives of the Prime …

According to local media and security sources, a US military convoy carrying logistic supplies has been attacked in Iraq on the road between Samawah and Diwaniyah, south of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, on Saturday night. “Four trucks were attacked in the Najme region between Diwaniyah and As-Samawah”, Sputnik quoted …

Iraq reported 1252 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Saturday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa 498 Baghdad / Al-Karkh 165 Baghdad / Medical City 2 Najaf 47 Basra 149 Sulaymaniyah 45 Erbil 29 Kerbala 34 Wasit …

The general manager of the Iraqi Ports Company said, “The incident of the sinking of the Iranian ship (Behbehan) at the entrance of Khor Abdullah, Basra has no effect on maritime traffic.” He added, “It is believed that the cause of the sinking of the vessel loaded with (ceramic) material …

Iraq reported 672 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Thursday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 233 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 60 cases, Medical City: 70 cases, Basra: 28 cases, Najaf: 18 cases, Sulaymaniyah: 57 cases, Erbil: …

Iraq reported 781 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 262 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 109 cases, Medical City: 66 cases, Basra: 41 cases, Najaf: 19 cases, Sulaymaniyah: 46 cases, Erbil: …

Iraq reported 519 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 145 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 166 cases, Medical City: 39 cases, Basra: 25 cases, Najaf: 21 cases, Sulaymaniyah: 28 cases, Erbil: …

Iraq reported 429 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Monday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 80 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 47 cases, Medical City: 45 cases, Basra: 22 cases, Najaf: 6 cases, Sulaymaniyah: 102 cases, Dohuk: …

Iraq reported 306 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Saturday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 96 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 60 cases, Medical City: 12 cases, Basra: 29 cases, Najaf: 2 cases, Sulaymaniyah: 6 cases, Erbil: …

Iraq reported 416 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Friday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 72 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 146 cases, Medical City: 47 cases, Basra: 15 cases, Najaf: 5 cases, Sulaymaniyah: 22 cases, Kirkuk: …

Iraq reported 308 new cases of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, the Iraqi Ministry of Health announced on Saturday. The new casualties were distributed as: Baghdad / Rusafa: 179 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 94 cases, Medical City: 1 case, Basra: 6 cases, Najaf: 1 case, Sulaymaniyah: 7 cases, Erbil: …