Iraq

Pope Francis meets with Ayatollah Sistani during visit to Iraq

Mar 06, 2021 08:03

Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, has held closed-door talks with Iraq’s prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on the second day of his visit to the Arab country.
Pope lands in Iraqi capital for historic first visit

Mar 06, 2021 04:24

Head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, arrived in Iraq on Friday and is due to deliver speeches in the capital Baghdad.
Lt. General Soleimani’s anti-terror efforts made Iraq safe enough for Pope to visit: Iranian official

Mar 06, 2021 04:16

A senior Iranian official says Pope Francis would not have been able to visit Iraq safely today if it had not been for the sacrifices of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and his companions in the fight against the Takfiri Daesh terror group.
Pope lands in Iraqi capital for historic first visit

Mar 06, 2021 00:58

Head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, arrived in Iraq on Friday and is due to deliver speeches in the capital Baghdad.
Iraqi resistance groups announce confrontation with US occupiers until liberation

Mar 05, 2021 06:45

Iraqi resistance groups have announced a new phase of resistance against US forces in the country, vowing “confrontation with occupiers until the liberation of Iraq.”
Iraqi deputy FM calls on Arab League to end suspension of Syria's membership

Mar 04, 2021 14:45

A senior Iraqi official has renewed his country's call on the Arab League to end its suspension of the Syrian government’s membership in the 22-member pan-Arab body.
US senators offer bill to curb Biden war powers after Syria-Iraq border strike

Mar 04, 2021 03:44

Two US senators have introduced bipartisan legislation to take back the White House's authorization for the use of military force in West Asia, a week after President Joe Biden ordered an attack on the Iraqi-Syrian border.
Katyusha rockets target Ain al-Assad military base housing US terrorist forces in western Iraq

Mar 03, 2021 04:48

Iraqi security forces say a barrage of rockets have struck the Ain al-Assad air base hosting American terrorist forces in the western Iraqi Province of Anbar.
Iraq’s PMU says US raid hit Iraqi-Syrian border, warns of ‘dangerous incident'

Mar 01, 2021 09:13

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) says the recent US raid against its forces was conducted on the Iraqi-Syrian border, and not on the Syrian soil as claimed.
Iraqi warplanes, Hashd al-Sha'abi fighters take on Daesh remnants in Diyala

Feb 28, 2021 09:17

Iraqi warplanes and fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also known as Hashd al-Sha'abi, have embarked on sweeping operations to clear the western border province of Diyala of remnants of the Takfiri terrorist group of Daesh.