Tag Archives: Iraq

Iraq recorded 1537 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Monday. The daily epidemiological report on the COVID-19 situation stated that 32 COVID-19 deaths were registered today. On the other hand, 2588 patients achieved full recovery. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Iraq, …

The 12th Brigade in the Popular Mobilization Forces redeployed its forces to prevent the infiltration of ISIS north of Baghdad in the Tarmiyah district The military units of the 12th Brigade, the Popular Mobilization, continue to redeploy within the sector of responsibility in the Tarmiyah district, within the security plans …

A convoy of more than 30 US military trucks along with tankers has reportedly transported stolen Syrian oil from the northeastern province of Hasakah to the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region in northern Iraq. Local sources, requesting anonymity, told Syria’s official news agency SANA that 33 US military vehicles along with several …

The Independent High Electoral Commission decided to manually recount votes in 297 electoral stations and responded to 461 appeals against the election results. The Commission said in a statement that it is studying the submitted appeals and 483 appeals were presented to the Board of Commissioners today. After completing the …

Iraq recorded 1247 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Sunday. The daily epidemiological report on the COVID-19 situation stated that 24 COVID-19 deaths were registered today. On the other hand, 2139 patients achieved full recovery. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Iraq, …

The 22nd brigade of al-Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) on Sunday initiated a security operation in al-Eith island, east of Saladin, to pursue ISIS terrorists sheltering there. A press release by the PMF’s media said that the troops found a pick-up the terrorists used for transportation in their operations. The …

The Al-Fateh Alliance, led by the Secretary-General of Badr Organization Hadi Al-Amiri, warned against not implementing the demands of the political and popular forces to manually recount ballots in all polling stations in Iraq. The leader, Abu Mithaq Al-Masari, told Alghadeer News, “situation is likely to escalate, especially with the …

Iraqi Electoral Commission announced on Saturday that it had accepted 234 appeals against the election results, after evaluating 340 appeals. The commission said in a statement that Al-Ghadeer received a copy of it, “The Independent High Electoral Commission continues today, Saturday, October 23, to study the appeals submitted to it, …

The Iraqi Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, on Saturday said that the country needs a developed infrastructure that commensurates with its geographic location. Al-Kadhimi’s comments came in a statement he made to journalists at the sidelines of the inauguration of the first compartment of the Baghdad-Hillah road, “we shall develop a …

Iraq recorded 1,064 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Saturday. The daily epidemiological report on the COVID-19 situation stated that 36 COVID-19 deaths were registered today. On the other hand, 2,207 patients achieved full recovery. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Iraq, …

The Huqooq Movement affiliated with the Shiite Coordination Framework rejected on Friday the UN Security Council’s statement, which praised the efforts of the caretaker government and its success in holding the parliamentary elections “The statement of the UN Security Council regarding the elections and its praise of the efforts of …

On Saturday, military intelligence detachments arrested an ISIS family in western Nineveh while crossing the borders with Syria. The Directorate of Military Intelligence in the Ministry of Defense said that a joint force of military intelligence and ground forces ambushed family members and arrested them while crossing the Iraqi-Syrian borders. …

Iraq recorded 1846 new cases of Covid-19 to bring its total to 2,043,963, the health ministry said. It reported 26 deaths to take its coronavirus death toll to 22,901. It also reported 2669 recoveries to bring its total to 1,982,232 (97 %). The COVID-19 intensive care patients count to 225. …

Large crowds protesting election fraud heads to the Green Zone in Baghdad

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the US has not achieved any of its goals during 20 years in Iraq and Afghanistan. “For two decades, the most powerful country in the world has been waging military campaigns in two countries that cannot be compared in any way. It was forced …

The Iraqi military intelligence agency announced arresting the person responsible for smuggling ISIS families from al-Hol camp to Iraq. The agency said in a statement that the Intelligence Division of the 20th Division in West Nineveh Operations Command confirmed the presence of a wanted man in the Al-Jaghifi complex area …

Iraq recorded 1,388 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today, Wednesday. The daily epidemiological report on the COVID-19 situation stated that 26 COVID-19 deaths were registered today. On the other hand, 2,938 patients achieved full recovery. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Iraq, …

The Committee that prepares for demonstrations against the election results demanded, on Wednesday, to bring the head and members of the Board of the Electoral Commission to trial. In a statement, the Committee confirmed that “the Head and members of the Board of Commissioners should be submitted to the judiciary …

In the weeks leading up to the October 10 parliamentary elections, Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) promised to take steps to ensure people with disabilities could vote. But on election day, videos circulated suggested IHEC’s promises to make polling places accessible, with ballot boxes on the ground floor, went …

Investigations into claims of abuse by British troops in Iraq have closed without a single prosecution being brought, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said on Tuesday. Allegations against British soldiers who served in the conflict — and elsewhere around the world — have dogged the government and military. But in June …