Tag Archives: Iraq

Nearly 60 people, including 48 police officers, were injured in clashes between security forces and students outside the University of Wasit in Iraq’s eastern Wasit province, media reported on Sunday, citing a security source. “Forty-eight police officers were injured. Eleven demonstrators were also wounded,” the source told Alsumaria Iraqi broadcaster. …

Iraqi Police said on Sunday they have seized 65 explosive devices belonging to the Islamic State (IS) in the Iraqi province of Kirkuk. The police said in an official statement that during separate anti-IS operations they have also seized a large number of materials used by IS to develop bombs. …

A senior source from the Iraqi Shia Fatih Alliance (Conquest Alliance) has rejected recent media reports which claimed that the Shia majority factions are working on the return of Adil Abdul Mahdi, the caretaker prime minister who handed in his resignation last November. Struggling over consensus about a successor for …

Iraqi news websites have published leaked pictures from inside the US Ain Al-Assad Airbase in the Iraqi governate of Al Anbar, following the Iranian missile strike, media reported on Friday. The pictures show severe damage to the airbase, which hosts US forces. Meanwhile, Iranians have also published videos on social …

Iraq’s caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi arrived in Erbil on Saturday for talks with officials in the country’s northern Kurdish region. The talks are expected to tackle recent developments in Iraq and current tensions between Iran and the U.S. following last week’s killing of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in …

A group of amateur ‘artifact detectives’ in Iraq are on a mission to return countless historical items taken from their country over the years. Leading the charge is Wafaa Hassan, a recovery specialist at the National Museum of Iraq, with her team of archaeologists and lawyers. Together, they scour online …

Deliberate internet shutdowns by governments across the world in 2019 have cost economies over $8 billion, according to a new report by Top10VPN. Shutting down the internet as a tactic to stifle dissent came to prominence during the 2011 Egyptian uprising when the government cut off access for several days …

Adel Abdul Mahdi said he had spoken to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to request that a delegation be sent to prepare for the pulling out of forces. Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi of Iraq said on Friday that he had asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to send a …

Israel has launched several airstrikes on eastern Syria near the Iraqi border, killing at least eight fighters of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a key player in the fight against Daesh and other terrorist groups in the region. The air raids struck trucks and weapons depots in Albu Kamal in …

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake hit the border areas between the Iraqi Kurdistan Region and Iran on Thursday. According to United States Geological Survey (USGC) live map, the earthquake center was near the Iranian town of Sar Pole Zahab, with a depth of 7.7 kilometers. People in Kurdistan’s Soleimaniyah province and …

What’s the travel document that opens more doors around the world than any other? It’s a Japanese passport. The Henley Passport Index, which periodically measures the world’s most travel-friendly passports, has released its first report of the new decade. Japan is now top of the leaderboard, offering visa-free or visa-on-arrival …

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday no Americans were harmed in the Iranian missile attacks on military bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq and urged world powers to forge a new nuclear deal with Tehran. “No Americans were harmed in last night’s attack by the Iranian regime. We suffered …

Satellite photos show the extensive damage caused by a series of precision missile strikes by Iran at Ain al-Assad airbase in Iraq, which hosts US forces. US National Public Radio (NPR) released the photos, taken by the commercial company Planet, show hangars and buildings hit hard by a barrage of …

Markets are stabilizing in early trading on Wall Street after being roiled overnight following an Iranian missile attack on U.S. bases in Iraq. The strike was in retaliation for the killing of an Iranian general last week. Stocks opened mostly higher and oil prices retreated after spiking overnight on the …

A senior commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) says it is time for an Iraqi response to the recent US assassination operation on the Arab country’s soil, and that the reaction will be “no less than in size” than Tehran’s missile strikes on two American bases in Iraq. Qais …

The US-led military coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh terrorist group has reportedly relocated its headquarters in Iraq to Kuwait in the wake of recent assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), and the second-in-command of Iraqi Popular Mobilization …

Germany says it is reducing its military presence in Iraq, in the latest fallout from the United States’ assassination of Iranian commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani. The German government told parliament in a letter on Monday that about 30 soldiers stationed in Baghdad and Taji would be moved to Jordan …

NATO Ambassadors met on Monday (6 January 2019) to address current tensions in the Middle East and implications for NATO’s training mission in Iraq. Speaking after the meeting of NATO’s North Atlantic Council, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg stressed that the safety of NATO’s personnel in Iraq is paramount and that the …

Such expressions of support should not be controversial or warrant courage,’ says Washington’s UN mission The U.S. accused Russia and China on Monday of blocking a resolution condemning the attack on Washington’s Baghdad embassy. The U.S. mission to the UN said Moscow and Beijing did not allow the statement to …

Iraq’s Interim Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi said on Monday that the presence of US forces was decided by the Iraqi government and their withdrawal will be decided by the same body. The Prime Minister’s press office said in a statement on Facebook that Abdul Mahdi said in a meeting …