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Iraq’s parliament has approved a new government, after six months without one, as parties squabbled until the last minute over cabinet seats in backroom deals. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraq’s intelligence chief and a former journalist, will head the government but will begin his term without a full cohort of …

The Iraqi parliament will hold a session tonight to vote on granting confidence to the government of Prime Minister-designate Mustafa Al-Kazemi, and the parliament has a list of 20 ministers, amid expectations of voting on 16 ministers from the list. For the government to obtain the confidence of Parliament, an …

The Iraqi military says three Katyusha rockets have landed in the perimeter of Baghdad International Airport. The army said on Wednesday that it had found a rocket launcher with a timer in a rural area in western Baghdad and that there were no reports of damage or casualties. There was …

Iraq’s Parliament is set to convene on Wednesday to approve a new government proposed by prime minister-designate Mustafa Al Kadhimi, according to officials. For months political deadlock in Parliament has held up the selection of an interim prime minister after Adel Abdul Mahdi resigned in November but stayed on as …

A number of terrorists have been killed as forces with Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) carried out a security operation in the western province of Kordestan, which borders Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. A statement by the IRGC’s Hamzeh Seyed al-Shohada Base said several “counter-revolutionary’ terrorists were killed during clashes …

The Royal Air Force (RAF) has carried out a bombing raid in northern Iraq under the guise of combating the terrorist group Daesh. According to a statement from the Ministry of Defense (MoD), a pair of RAF Typhoons and “other coalition aircraft” carried out a bombing raid on “six cave …

Iraqi Commander in chief of the Armed Forces Adil Abd Al-Mahdi has ordered the launch of a large-scale operation against the remnants of ISIS terrorists, according to the spokesperson of Iraq’s Armed Forces. Abdul Mahdi has ordered the armed forces to cooperate with intelligence agencies to target and destroy the …

A senior Iraqi lawmaker says his country will buy long-range surface-to-air S-300 or S-400 air defense missile systems from Russia in a bid to update its own defense infrastructure in case Washington does not help Baghdad in getting modern armaments. “Iraq is contemplating buying S-300 or S-400 systems from Russia …

Iraqi authorities are making preparations to construct a wall around Anbar province in efforts to stop the infiltration of the Islamic State (IS) terrorists into the province, an official said on Monday. Rutba Mayor Emad Al-Dulaimi told reporters that the wall will be 16 kilometers long and two meters high …

Iraq’s Al-Nujaba Movement, which forms part of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), has claimed that the US has been planning to “transfer” senior Daesh commanders and other terrorists from eastern Syria to neighboring Iraq. “Washington is insisting on the implementation of a plot to return the terrorists to Iraq by …

“The Americans and the ISIL terrorists are repeating the same scenario they played during the collapse of Mosul in 2014, in Babel, Salahuddin, and Diyala provinces and they are attempting to distort security and stir instability in those regions,” said Qasim al-Maamouri, the commander of Hashd al-Shaabi’s Division 26, was …

Fighters from Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), also known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, began a major operation against Daesh in Anbar on Monday, managing to kill and injure dozens of terrorists in the western province. According to Iraqi security sources, the area of Haditha, which lies about 130 kilometers southwest of …

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 …

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 …