Iraq

Iraq PM sacks Baghdad security officials

Jul 08, 2016 12:55

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has dismissed a number of high-ranking officials responsible for security in the capital, including the head of the Baghdad Operations Command.
35 killed, 60 injured in attack against shrine in Iraq’s Salahuddin

Jul 08, 2016 00:36

At least 35 civilians have lost their lives and 60 others sustained injuries when Daesh militants carried out a bombing and shooting attack near a holy Shia Muslim mausoleum north of the Iraqi capital.
Baghdad blast death toll hits 292: Health Ministry

Jul 07, 2016 12:54

Iraq's Health Ministry says the death toll from a recent deadly bombing attack in the capital, Baghdad, has risen to 292.
UK involvement in Iraq invasion was wrong, illegal: Russia

Jul 07, 2016 12:51

Russia says the damning Chilcot report on Britain’s role in the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 is consistent with Moscow’s longtime position that such military intervention in a sovereign state was “wrong and illegal.”
Iraqis mourn at site of worst bombing in Baghdad

Jul 07, 2016 11:09

Thousands of Iraqis have gathered at the site of a terrorist bombing which killed at least 250 people in Baghdad on Sunday.
Iraq's Abadi accepts resignation of interior minister

Jul 06, 2016 09:56

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Wednesday accepted the resignation submitted by the interior minister in the wake of the major bombing of July 3 that claimed the lives of at least 250 people in Baghdad.
Muslims targeted by US, UK, Zionist terrorism: Leader

Jul 06, 2016 09:31

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says recent bombings in Muslim countries are the fruit of terrorism which US, UK and Israeli intelligence agencies have nurtured in order to consign Palestine into oblivion.
Saudi silence toward terrorist bombings surprises Iraqis

Jul 06, 2016 09:19

Tributes are pouring in from governments and people from around the world to the memory of those killed in recent terrorist bombings in Baghdad, however, some regional states look on poker-faced.
Iraq raises Baghdad blast death toll to 250

Jul 06, 2016 03:20

Iraq's Health Ministry has announced that the death toll from the recent bombing attack in the capital Baghdad has risen to 250.
About 30k foreign terrorists active in Syria, Iraq: UN official

Jul 05, 2016 18:29

A United Nations official says approximately 30,000 foreign terrorists are operating in Syria and Iraq, warning that the militants, who have suffered heavy losses on the battlefield, pose threats to their home countries upon their return.