Iraq

Iraqi lawmakers order manual recount for parliament election votes

Jun 07, 2018 02:27

The Iraqi parliament has voted in favor of a manual recount of votes in the country's May 12 parliamentary elections.
At least 18 killed, 90 wounded in Baghdad explosion

Jun 07, 2018 01:54

At least 18 people have been killed and over 90 more injured in an ammunitions depot blast in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
150 Iraqi Daesh terrorists moved to Baghdad to face execution: Police official

Jun 07, 2018 01:37

More than a hundred members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group captured during the liberation of the strategic northern Iraqi city of Mosul have been moved to Baghdad to face execution.
Iraq’s Abadi criticizes Turkey for 'political' dam filling

Jun 06, 2018 03:06

Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has criticized Turkey for holding water behind a dam, a decision which affects irrigation in Iraq, saying the move serves Ankara’s internal political purposes.
Turkey says awaiting right time to attack PKK in Iraq’s Qandil region

Jun 04, 2018 10:13

Turkey says the country’s launching of a military operation against purported positions of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq’s northern monotonous region of Qandil is only a matter of time.
Iraq issues arrest warrant for Kurdish secession leader

Jun 04, 2018 02:34

Iraq has issued an arrest warrant against one of the key engineers of last year’s secession referendum, which controversially sought to end the country’s sovereignty over the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
Iran, Iraq start strategic oil swap scheme

Jun 04, 2018 02:10

Iran says it has started exchanging crude oil with Iraq through a strategic project which is believed to open a new route for Baghdad to export its oil.
Iraqi court sentences French woman to life in jail over Daesh membership

Jun 04, 2018 02:05

An Iraqi court has sentenced a French woman to life in prison for her suspected membership in the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, some six months after Baghdad announced that the terror outfit had lost all of its urban bastions in the Arab country.
Daesh remnants storm house, shoot dead 12 in northern Iraq

Jun 02, 2018 14:45

At least 12 civilians, all members of the same family, have been killed when the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group stormed a house in Iraq's northern province of Salahuddin.
Iraqi Shia Muslim group vows 'revenge' after fresh US sanctions

Jun 02, 2018 08:43

Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq has called on the Iraqi government to take action against a US bill that seeks sanctions on the group after predominately Shia Muslim blocs won most seats in last month's parliamentary election.