Iraq

  • Iraqis stage mass strike against corruption

    Iraqis stage mass strike against corruption

    Sep 04, 2016 06:29

    Thousands of people in Iraq, including government employees, have staged a two-day walkout along with a hunger strike in protest at the Baghdad government’s inability to fight state corruption.

  • Iraqi cleric calls for two-day strike against corruption

    Iraqi cleric calls for two-day strike against corruption

    Sep 03, 2016 02:32

    Prominent Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called upon Iraqi people to stage a two-day walkout along with a hunger strike in protest at what he calls Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s failure to properly fight against corruption and misappropriation of public funds.

  • Iranian official highlights Iraq’s role in regional stability

    Iranian official highlights Iraq’s role in regional stability

    Sep 03, 2016 01:45

    Ali Akbar Velayati, an International Adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei praised the Iraqi nation for its contribution to regional stability by forcing the US to leave the Arab country after fall of former dictator Saddam Hussein.

  • Rocket attack, bombings leave 15 dead, over 50 wounded in Iraqi capital

    Rocket attack, bombings leave 15 dead, over 50 wounded in Iraqi capital

    Sep 02, 2016 13:58

    At least 15 people have been killed and more than four dozen others injured in a series of bomb explosions and a rocket attack at residential neighborhoods across the Iraqi capital Baghdad.

  • Multiple blasts hit Iraqi capital as pilgrims converge on shrine

    Multiple blasts hit Iraqi capital as pilgrims converge on shrine

    Sep 02, 2016 04:07

    Explosions rock northeastern neighborhoods of Baghdad as tens of thousands from across Iraq and abroad converge on a shrine to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of a Shia Imam.

  • Violence claimed 691 Iraqi lives in August: United Nations

    Violence claimed 691 Iraqi lives in August: United Nations

    Sep 02, 2016 01:53

    Latest figures released by the United Nation show that acts of terrorism and violence left nearly 700 people dead in Iraq in August as Takfiri Daesh terrorists push ahead with their terror activities in the face of joint operations by Iraqi army forces and fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units.

  • Iraq, Kurdistn resume exporting oil from Kirkuk: Sources

    Iraq, Kurdistn resume exporting oil from Kirkuk: Sources

    Sep 01, 2016 16:16

    Iraq’s state oil company and its semi-autonomous Kurdistan region have reportedly resumed joint oil exports from the Kirkuk oilfield, following a months-long halt in the process due to a dispute between the two sides on revenue-sharing.

  • ISIL terrorists flee as government forces close in on Iraqi town

    ISIL terrorists flee as government forces close in on Iraqi town

    Sep 01, 2016 08:22

    ISIL terrorists are reportedly fleeing the Iraqi town of Hawija as the Iraqi army and volunteer forces are gearing up for an operation to liberate the area in the Kirkuk province.

  • Iraq announces execution of 7 al-Qaeda terrorists

    Iraq announces execution of 7 al-Qaeda terrorists

    Sep 01, 2016 03:18

    Iraqi officials have announced the execution of seven convicted al-Qaeda terrorists of various Arab nationalities.

  • ISIL terrorists behead 13 civilians in northern Iraq

    ISIL terrorists behead 13 civilians in northern Iraq

    Aug 31, 2016 11:41

    ISIL Takfiri terrorists have reportedly executed more than a dozen people in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk on charges of facilitating the escape of civilian families from an area under the extremists’ control.