• Iraq in talks to export Kirkuk oil to Iranian refinery

    Iraq in talks to export Kirkuk oil to Iranian refinery

    Nov 08, 2017 10:37

    Iran and Iraq have reportedly started talks over the shipment of crude oil from the fields around Kirkuk to the Kermanshah refinery inside the Iranian territory.

  • Iraq in talks to export Kirkuk oil to Iranian refinery

    Iraq in talks to export Kirkuk oil to Iranian refinery

    Nov 08, 2017 07:17

    Iran and Iraq have reportedly started talks over the shipment of crude oil from the fields around Kirkuk to the Kermanshah refinery inside the Iranian territory.

  • Abadi calls on Kurdistan govt. to stand committed to Iraq’s unity

    Abadi calls on Kurdistan govt. to stand committed to Iraq’s unity

    Nov 06, 2017 13:23

    Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has called on the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to clearly announce its firm committed to the national unity following tensions between Baghdad government and Kurdish authorities over a non-binding Kurdish independence vote.

  • Iraq's top court bans any secession after Kurdish crisis

    Iraq's top court bans any secession after Kurdish crisis

    Nov 06, 2017 12:26

    Iraq's Supreme Federal Court has ruled that no region or province could secede from the homeland after an unconstitutional Kurdish referendum that ended in failure but brought the country to the brink of a new crisis.

  • Arba'een pilgrimage: Religious trek to Karbala (Video)

    Arba'een pilgrimage: Religious trek to Karbala (Video)

    Nov 06, 2017 09:56

    KARBALA (Tasnim) – The annual congregation of Shia Muslims in commemoration of Arb'aeen, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hossein (PBUH), is reaching its climax as millions of pilgrims walk to the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, which hosts the holy shrine of the revered Imam.

  • Six killed, 12 injured in Iraq's twin bomb attacks

    Six killed, 12 injured in Iraq's twin bomb attacks

    Nov 05, 2017 12:06

    An Iraqi security official says at least six people have lost their lives when twin bomb attacks targeted the country’s oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk.

  • Millions of pilgrims cross Iran into Iraq for mourning

    Millions of pilgrims cross Iran into Iraq for mourning

    Nov 05, 2017 12:04

    Iran’s Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi says more than two million people have crossed the country’s border into Iraq to attend the upcoming Arba’een religious rituals.

  • Over two dozen Daesh hideouts destroyed, 40 villages retaken in west Anbar ops: Official

    Over two dozen Daesh hideouts destroyed, 40 villages retaken in west Anbar ops: Official

    Nov 04, 2017 14:34

    A high-ranking Iraqi military commander says more than two dozen Daesh hideouts have been destroyed and tens of villages liberated ever since army soldiers, backed by allied fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units, launched a multi-pronged operation to retake the last remaining militant bastions in the country’s western province of Anbar.

  • Daesh on verge of final collapse in Iraq, Syria after losing last major cities

    Daesh on verge of final collapse in Iraq, Syria after losing last major cities

    Nov 04, 2017 03:15

    The Daesh Takfiri terrorist group has virtually reached the point of annihilation in Iraq and Syria after its last two substantial urban strongholds in both countries were captured by government and allied forces during operations which reduced the presence of the terror group to pockets of barren desert.