Iraq

Iraqi government to punish Takfiri terrorists for chemical raid

Mar 12, 2016 13:51

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Saturday the ISIL Takfiri terrorists will be punished for a recent chemical attack in northern Iraq that claimed the life of a young girl.
At least 9 killed in latest bombings and shooting in Baghdad

Mar 12, 2016 13:47

Nine people were killed and a dozen others injured in a series of bomb explosions and a shooting attack Saturday at residential neighborhoods in and around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
Muslim shrines in Iraq and Syria are Iran's redlines: President Rouhani

Mar 12, 2016 09:31

President Hassan Rouhani says Iran will not tolerate terrorist attacks on holy shrines of Shia Imams in Iraq and Syria, and that the revered sites are a “red line” to the Islamic Republic.
Takfiri terrorists burn 100s of ‘Christian books’ in new video

Mar 12, 2016 09:19

The ISIL terrorist group has released a video apparently showing its members lobbing hundreds of Christian books into fire in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
Iraq: Sadr calls for sit-in to pressure Prime Minister

Mar 12, 2016 09:12

Influential Iraqi religious scholar Muqtada al-Sadr has called for a sit-in in the capital Baghdad on the day of a deadline he has set for the country’s prime minister to enact promised reforms.
Iraqi child dies in ISIL chemical attack

Mar 11, 2016 16:06

A three-year-old Iraqi girl has succumbed to injuries she sustained during a chemical attack by the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group on a village in the northern province of Kirkuk.
Iraqi protesters demand formation of new cabinet

Mar 11, 2016 15:55

Tens of thousands of Iraqis held a demonstration in the capital, Baghdad, Friday to call for Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to form a new cabinet of independent and professional ministers.
Iraq, Lebanon defy fellow Arab League states over Hezbollah

Mar 11, 2016 15:51

Iraq and Lebanon have refused to go along with a decision by fellow Arab League members to declare Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement a "terrorist" group.
UN meeting told of disaster if Mosul dam collapses

Mar 10, 2016 08:48

A meeting has been held at the United Nations to discuss the possible collapse of Iraq’s largest dam, with officials calling for prompt action to prevent a disaster.
ISIL’s chemical attack in northern Iraq injures 40 people

Mar 10, 2016 02:58

At least 40 people sustained injuries when the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group used “poisonous substances” during the shelling of a village in Iraq’s Northern Province of Kirkuk, officials say.