Iraq

Iran-Iraq oil swap deal delayed over safety issues

Feb 28, 2018 02:45

An oil swap plan between Iran and Iraq is facing delays due to safety problems, secretary of the Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce says.
UK has spent $2.4bn on bombing Iraq, Syria

Feb 27, 2018 09:48

The British government has spent over $2.44 billion (£1.7bn) to carry out airstrikes in Iraq and Syria since 2014, the year the US and its allies formed a so-called coalition to allegedly counter terrorist groups wreaking havoc in the two Arab countries.
Iraq extends air blockade of Kurdistan by three more months: Officials

Feb 26, 2018 12:59

Iraq has once again extended by three months a ban on international flights to and from the Kurdish region, some five months after the region held a controversial vote, which opened up a persisting rift between the semi-autonomous region and the central government in Baghdad.
IRGC official blasts US for pursuing profit-driven approach towards terrorism

Feb 25, 2018 10:19

The Leader's representative at the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ali Saeedi blasted the US for adopting a profit-oriented approach towards terrorism, referring to the US Congress bill to sanction a number of Iraqi popular forces.
Iraq rejects Riyadh's request to extradite over 400 Saudi 'terrorists’

Feb 25, 2018 05:32

Iraq has rejected a request from Riyadh to hand over more than 400 Saudi Arabians, whom it has imprisoned on terrorism charges.
About 3.3 million displaced Iraqis returned to areas of origin by January: IOM

Feb 24, 2018 15:14

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says around 3.3 million Iraqi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) had returned to their areas of origin by the end of January, some two months after the Iraqi government declared the end of military operations against the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group following the total defeat of the outfit in the Arab country.
US warns Iraq of 'consequences' if it buys Russian S-400 missile systems

Feb 23, 2018 14:16

The United States has warned Iraq, among a number of other countries, of the consequences of extending military cooperation with Russia, and striking deals to purchase advanced weaponry, particularly the S-400 surface-to-air missile defense systems.
Iraq hands over four Daesh wives, 27 children to Russia

Feb 23, 2018 03:49

Iraqi authorities have extradited four women and more than two dozen children from the families of Daesh Takfiri terrorists to Russian authorities.
Daesh terrorists kill 20 truck drivers on border with Iraq

Feb 21, 2018 16:41

Members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group have reportedly executed nearly two dozen truck drivers on the border with Iraq’s western province of Anbar as Syrian government forces, supported by allied fighters from popular defense groups, are fighting to drive foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants out of the war-ravaged Arab country.
Turkey moves to revive Iraq oil business as Iran looms

Feb 21, 2018 12:42

Turkey is to host Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi at the end of this week to discuss the resumption of oil exports through the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan.