Iraq

Iraq says will not forget Iran's aid as security chief visits Baghdad

Mar 09, 2020 03:05

A senior Iraqi official says Baghdad will never forget Iran's assistance to defeat Daesh, reiterating his country's willingness to continue all-out cooperation with Tehran as the top Iranian security official visits the Arab country.
Shamkhani: Countdown started for expulsion of US forces from region

Mar 08, 2020 14:06

The secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) says the countdown for the expulsion of US forces from the region has already started after the assassination of Iran’s Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his comrades in Baghdad in early January.
Iran's security chief in Baghdad for talks with Iraqi officials

Mar 08, 2020 05:14

Iran's top security official has traveled to Baghdad to hold talks with Iraqi officials and political leaders on security and political issues as well as boosting relations between the two neighbors.
Road crash in Syria kills 22, including Iraqi pilgrims

Mar 08, 2020 04:07

At least 22 people have died after a fuel tanker crashed into two buses and several other vehicles on a road connecting the Syrian capital to Homs province, state media reported.
Iraqi forces cleanse rugged areas in Diyala province of Daesh

Mar 06, 2020 16:16

Iraqi forces have now ensured security in several rugged areas in the eastern province of Diyala following an offensive to hunt down the remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorists.
Over 80 children of Azerbaijani Daesh terrorists return home from Iraq

Mar 05, 2020 03:01

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry says a group of more than eighty Azerbaijani children, whose mothers are being held in the Arab country for membership in the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, have been repatriated from Baghdad to the South Caucasus country.
Iran, Iraq stress joint measures to combat coronavirus

Mar 04, 2020 04:54

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Iraqi counterpart, Mohamed Ali al-Hakim, stressed the need for joint measures to combat the new coronavirus, known as COVID-19.
Iraq’s acting prime minister gives up most duties, calls for snap elections

Mar 03, 2020 04:49

Iraq’s acting Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi says he will stop fulfilling most of his duties while calling for snap elections, a day after prime minister-designate, Mohammad Tawfiq Allawi, withdrew his candidacy after the divided parliament failed to approve his new cabinet.
Iraq's Prime Minister-designate resigns after parliament fails to approve cabinet

Mar 02, 2020 06:10

Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Mohammad Tawfiq Allawi has withdrawn his candidacy after the parliament failed to approve his new government.
US imposes illegal sanctions on senior commander of Iraq’s PMU

Feb 27, 2020 03:12

The United States has imposed sanctions on a senior commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), a group known for its fight against Daesh terrorists in Iraq.