Iraq

Iraqi court sentences seven Takfiri Daesh terrorists to life imprisonment

Jul 20, 2018 11:24

A court in Iraq has handed down life terms to seven Iraqi nationals over membership in the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and involvement in acts of terror across the war-ravaged Arab country.
Iran ready to cooperate with West Asian states to control dust storms

Jul 17, 2018 09:40

Iran announced on Tuesday preparedness to cooperate with other West Asian states to control the pollution caused by dust particles and storms.
Iraq overtakes Saudi Arabia in oil exports to India

Jul 15, 2018 10:54

Iraq has for the first time in many years been able to take over Saudi Arabia in exporting crude oil to India – the world’s fastest-growing oil consumer.
Iraq on high alert amid protests, claims of 'infiltration'

Jul 15, 2018 03:16

Iraq has placed its security forces on high alert amid protests against economic hardship spreading in the country’s southern provinces.
US to open new military bases in Iraq, Kuwait: Reports

Jul 14, 2018 07:04

New reports says the United States will open new bases in Iraq and Kuwait in defiance of widespread calls to end its military presence in the region.
Two people dead in protests over economic conditions in southern Iraq

Jul 14, 2018 01:31

At least two people have lost their lives and more than a dozen others sustained injuries in protests over dire economic conditions in southern Iraq as hundreds of other protesters stormed the airport of the holy city of Najaf and disrupted air traffic temporarily.
Iraqi PM visits Basra after deadly protests

Jul 13, 2018 08:13

Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has visited the southern oil city of Basra after deadly protests there against dire economic conditions.
Turkish forces ‘neutralize’ 18 PKK terrorists in Turkey, hit their bases in Iraq

Jul 11, 2018 11:53

Turkish security and gendarmerie forces have “neutralized” more than two dozen members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group when they carried out a string of counter-terrorism operations in the country’s southeastern provinces of Diyarbakir, Sirnak and Osmaniye.
Three Iraqi PMU fighters killed, five injured during clashes with Daesh in restive north

Jul 09, 2018 13:52

Members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group have killed three pro-government Iraqi forces and wounded several others near the country’s biggest oil refinery in the restive north.
Iraqi court hands death sentence to Daesh terrorist over killing 16 civilians

Jul 09, 2018 00:27

A court in Iraq has handed down death sentence to a member of the foreign-sponsored Takfiri Daesh terrorist group over his involvement in the massacre of more than a dozen civilians in the country’s Northern Province of Nineveh.