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Iraq serious about US troops pullout, negotiations will start next June: Spokesman
Apr 26, 2020 10:09The spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces says the Baghdad government is serious about implementation of the parliament's resolution concerning the withdrawal of US forces from the country.
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Iraqi PM-designate to form committee probing Gen. Soleimani assassination: Group
Apr 24, 2020 08:48Iraq’s Kata'ib Hezbollah resistance group says Prime Minister-designate Mustafa al-Kadhimi has agreed to form a committee to probe the US assassination of Iran’s top anti-terror commander General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.
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Iraqi air force kills 14 Daesh terrorists in north-central province
Apr 21, 2020 12:42Iraqi fighter jets have pounded the positions of the remnants of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group in Iraq’s north-central province of Salahuddin, killing more than a dozen extremists there.
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Germany rejects suit against Merkel over Lt. Gen. Soleimani’s assassination
Apr 20, 2020 10:02A criminal complaint filed by Germany’s Left Party against Chancellor Angela Merkel for helping the US assassinate Iran's top anti-terror Commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani has been dismissed by the office of Germany’s federal prosecutor.
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Continued US military presence on Iraqi soil amounts to occupation: Legislator
Apr 20, 2020 02:06An Iraqi legislator has denounced the continued presence of US terrorist troops in Iraq as a “form of occupation,” calling on the Baghdad government to inform the parliament about the number of the US forces and their function.
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Iraqi parliament demands Baghdad’s procurement of Russia’s S-400 missile system
Apr 19, 2020 03:07The Iraqi parliament's security and defense committee has submitted an in-depth study to the country’s caretaker Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, requesting the procurement of the Russian-built long-range, surface-to-air S-400 missile defense system.
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Iraq summons Turkish envoy to protest deadly airstrike in Kurdistan region
Apr 17, 2020 01:18Iraq's Foreign Ministry has summoned the Turkish ambassador to Baghdad to protest Ankara’s latest deadly aerial raid on a refugee camp in the Arab country's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
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Turkey’s deadly drone strike on Iraqi refugee camp draws angry reactions
Apr 16, 2020 09:38Turkey has launched a deadly drone strike on a refugee camp in Iraq’s northern semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, drawing angry reactions from Iraqi politicians of different factions, who censured the attack as a violation of West Asian country’s sovereignty.
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Iraqi PM-designate says resolved to end illegal foreign military presence
Apr 15, 2020 08:37Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Mustafa al-Kadhimi has expressed his resolve to bring an end to any illegal presence of foreign boots on the ground in the Arab country, saying Baghdad will soon hold talks with Washington in this regard.
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Envoy: Iran backs any PM Iraq’s parliament picks
Apr 13, 2020 01:47Iran’s ambassador to Iraq said Tehran will support any Iraqi prime minister that the Arab country’s parliament would pick in a legal process.