Iraq

Iraq to start oil swap with Iran ‘in one to two weeks’

Mar 28, 2018 07:35

A senior Iraqi official says his country could start “in one to two weeks” sending crude by truck from Kirkuk to Iran’s Kermanshah refinery.
Iraq vows to prevent cross-border attacks on Turkey

Mar 27, 2018 08:28

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says Baghdad will not allow cross-border attacks on Turkey days after Ankara said it had launched a military campaign against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq.
Turkey begins operations in northern Iraq to hunt down PKK militants: President Erdogan

Mar 26, 2018 01:21

President Tayyip Erdogan has said Turkey had begun operations in Iraq's Sinjar region, an area where it has threatened a military incursion, two days after sources said Kurdish PKK militants would withdraw from the area.
Over 4,000 displaced Christian families return to Mosul after liberation: Official

Mar 25, 2018 13:42

The governor of the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh says thousands of displaced Christian families have returned to the country’s strategic city of Mosul ever since government forces and allied fighters from Popular Mobilization Units fully liberated it from the clutches of Takfiri Daesh terrorists.
Turkish warplanes ‘neutralize’ 38 PKK members in northern Iraq: Report

Mar 21, 2018 09:07

Turkish warplanes have “neutralized” 38 militants of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, who were preparing to attack Ankara’s forces, security sources say.
President Rouhani opens ‘strategic’ rail line near Iraqi border

Mar 20, 2018 15:29

President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday opened a new train line, linking a major city near the border with Iraq to the national railway network.
Bodies of 39 Indian workers kidnapped by Daesh found in Iraq

Mar 20, 2018 14:15

The bodies of 39 Indian construction workers kidnapped in Iraq in 2014 by Daesh Takfiri terrorists have been found in a mass grave, India's foreign minister said Tuesday.
Iraqi army forces arrest two senior Daesh terrorists near Mosul

Mar 19, 2018 10:41

Iraqi army troops have arrested two high-profile members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group near the country’s strategic northern city of Mosul as government forces, supported by allied fighters from Popular Mobilization Units, continue to hunt for the remnants of the terror network.
Iraqi forces capture senior Daesh leader near Mosul

Mar 18, 2018 06:05

Iraqi forces have captured a fugitive Daesh ringleader, who used to hold a “prominent” post within the Takfiri terror group.
PM Abadi welcomes FIFA decision to lift ban on Iraqi stadiums

Mar 17, 2018 10:21

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi welcomed a decision from soccer’s world governing body FIFA to lift a ban on hosting competitive international soccer matches at stadiums in three Iraqi cities.