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Iraq’s Armed Forces have launched a new military operation against the Daesh terrorist group covering the provinces of Anbar, Nineveh and Salahuddin to the Syrian border. Iraq’s Security Media Cell announced the beginning of the counter-terrorism campaign, dubbed Operation Al Jazeera Lions, on Sunday. “Under the supervision of the Joint …

Iraq reported 50 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: 7 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 10 cases, Medical City: 14 cases, Basra: 13 cases, Maysan: 1 case, Sulaimaniyah: 5 cases. The …

The Iraqi parliament has called for the closure of the office of Saudi-funded TV channel MBC after it insulted late Hashd al-Sha’abi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. In a statement on Friday, the Iraqi Parliament’s Communications and Information Committee said the MBC office in Iraq must be shut down unless it …

Iraq reported 111 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: 57 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 7 cases, Medical City: 6 cases, Basra: 33 cases, Wasit: 1 case, Maysan: 5 cases, Nineveh: …

The Governor of Baghdad, Muhammad Jaber Al-Ata called on Thursday the federal government to impose a complete lockdown in the capital until after Eid Al-Fitr days, as a result of the escalating number of people affected by Corona pandemic. This came after an emergency meeting of the Crisis Cell in …

The Prime Minister and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Mustafa al-Kadhimi has ordered on Wednesday, on his first visit to the Ministry of Defense after assuming the position, to strict weapons in the state, stressing that the ministry is for “all Iraqis.” The statement pointed out that Al-Kadhimi held …

The head of the Parliamentary Crisis Cell, Hassan Karim Al-Kaabi considered the epidemiological situation of recorded infections of Corona Virus Tuesday, and its rise in Baghdad to 71, a very serious alarm bell, warning of a “human and health disaster” in Iraq. “The main and direct reason behind the increase …

Iraq reported 119 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: 35 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 34 cases, Medical City: 13 cases, Basra: 32 cases, Diyala: 1 case, Muthana: 2 cases, Nineveh: …

Iraq reported 95 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: 32 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 26 cases, Medical City: 13 cases, Basra: 18 cases, Diyala: 5 cases, Kerbala: 1 case. The …

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi forces managed to capture 15 ISIS members in Iraq’s Nineveh Governorate during the Ramadan operation. In a statement released by a senior official of Hashd al-Sha’abi forces, he declared that the location of the terrorists in the Nineveh area has been …

A leader in Iraq’s Badr Organization says US forces have transferred Daesh terrorists from Syria into Iraq amid Washington’s attempts to reinforce the American presence in the country. “Eyewitnesses living along the border with Syria have informed security officials that American forces are conducting extensive airborne transfers of Daesh terrorists …

Iraq reported 51 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: 34 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 8 cases, Medical City: 8 cases, Basra: 1 case. The ministry indicated that 1 new death …

Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi called on European companies to invest in Iraq. Al-Kadhimi said during a meeting in his office with the ambassadors of the European Union (EU) that “the EU is a friend and partner and we hope that the countries of the union would continue to support Iraq …

The President of the Iranian Republic, Hassan Rouhani made a phone call to Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi. “Iran will continue its sustainable support to the Iraqi government in achieving the achievements that serve the interests of its citizens,” official Iranian media quoted Rouhani as saying during the phone call …

88 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: 22 cases, Baghdad / Al-Karkh: 37 cases, Medical City: 7 cases, Maysan: 11 cases, Basra: 8 cases, …

Iraq’s pro-government Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, says its anti-terror fighters have killed a top leader of the Daesh terrorist group in the eastern province of Diyala. Sadiq al-Hosseini, a senior official of Hashd al-Sha’abi said that the Daesh senior leader was killed in Haoz al-Waqf area, …

Protests have returned to the streets in Iraqi cities following a period of calm amid public discontent with the prevailing economic conditions. Residents in the southern cities of Kut, capital of Wasit province, as well as Basra blocked roads linking to the cities, burning tires on Saturday night. In Kut, protesters …

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.

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, …