Iraq

World strongly condemns deadly Israeli air raids on Palestinians in besieged Gaza Strip

Aug 06, 2022 04:34

The international community has strongly condemned the latest Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip that martyred at least 10 people, including a 5-year-old girl, and injured more than 40 others, voicing its deep concern over the latest rounds of violence by the Tel Aviv regime against Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave.
Iran FM calls for release of detained citizen in Saudi Arabia

Aug 05, 2022 01:01

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has sent an indirect message to Saudi authorities, calling on them to free an Iranian citizen who was arrested last month in the kingdom during the Hajj pilgrimage.
Sadr urges supporters to continue sit-in in Iraqi parliament

Aug 04, 2022 03:56

Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada Sadr has called on his supporters to continue a sit-in inside the parliament until his demands are met, days after they breached Baghdad's heavily fortified "green zone" and occupied the country's legislature.
UN calls on Iraqi factions to find 'urgent solutions' to protracted political crisis

Aug 03, 2022 12:27

The United Nations has called on different political factions in Iraq to set aside their differences and look for "urgent solutions" to the Arab country’s protracted political crisis.
Turkish warplanes continue to bombard northern Iraq despite global outcry

Aug 03, 2022 12:24

Turkish warplanes again launched an aerial attack on an area in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, a fortnight after artillery bombardment against a tourist resort in the same district caused multiple casualties.
Sadr’s rebellious supporters vow to remain inside parliament; Iraqi figures react

Jul 31, 2022 02:47

Supporters of Iraq’s firebrand cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have vowed to continue to remain inside the parliament after they breached Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" and occupied the country’s legislature for the second time in days.
Sadr supporters occupy Iraqi parliament for second time in days

Jul 30, 2022 06:38

Supporters of Moqtada Sadr have breached Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" and occupied parliament for the second time in three days.
Iran’s 4- month gas sales revenues exceed last year’s total: Minister

Jul 27, 2022 12:11

Iran’s natural gas exports revenues in the four months to late July have exceeded figures reported for the entire calendar year to March, according to the Oil Minister Javad Owji.
Rocket attack targets Turkish Consulate in Iraq's Mosul: Reports

Jul 27, 2022 02:31

A rocket attack has reportedly targeted Turkey's Consulate in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, as tensions simmer between Baghdad and Ankara over an alleged Turkish strike on a tourist resort in the Arab country's semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region.
Rocket attack targets Turkish base in Iraq after Ankara's latest strike

Jul 25, 2022 06:57

A rocket attack has targeted a military base housing Turkish troops in northern Iraq, days after a fatal shelling blamed on Turkey hit a village in the Arab country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.