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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security sources said Brigadier General Hadi al-Kinani has been appointed to lead the Baghdad Operations Command. The decision was made as part of a…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Interior has opened applications for the 73rd class of the First Police College in Baghdad, with admissions limited to male candidates,…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of Iraq's parliament prevented her daughter from boarding a flight to Istanbul at Baghdad International Airport on Wednesday evening, according t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s General Customs Authority said customs teams at Baghdad International Airport transferred 13,297 packets of smuggled cigarettes to the Central Regi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Education has published the timetable for entrance examinations for gifted middle schools and Baghdad College High School, according to…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Hundreds of women visited the historic Baratha Mosque in Baghdad on the final Wednesday of the Islamic month of Safer, offering prayers and making persona…
BaghdadKUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — The Asian Football Confederation on Wednesday announced the seeding pots for the 2026-27 AFC Champions League Two, confirming the clubs that have qu…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A dense cloud of smoke from the Dora Refinery in southern Baghdad spread over nearby districts and parts of the capital, footage from the area showed. Res…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Football Federation has accepted the resignation of Cebbar Hashim as administrative director of the country’s youth national team. Federation vi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Police discovered the body of a woman born in 1945 at her home in the Beya district of Baghdad under suspicious circumstances, according to a security sou…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi government is preparing a new roadmap for the consolidation of weapons under state authority ahead of a September 30, 2026 deadline, according t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — OPEC has lowered its 2026 global economic growth forecast to 3%, down from earlier estimates, according to the group's August monthly report. The organiza…
BaghdadDAMASCUS, Syria — Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council President Faiq Zeydan arrived in Damascus on Thursday for an official visit, marking the first formal judicial contact b…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Civil defense teams in the Karkh district of Baghdad extinguished a fire that broke out in a four-story commercial-residential building in the Duwra area,…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A delegation from the Iraqi National Coalition visited the Kurdistan Democratic Party's (KDP) main office in Baghdad on Wednesday, the coalition said in a…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's National Security Service said three people were arrested and about 2 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine were seized in two separate anti-narcoti…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Interior Ministry said security forces seized more than 20 locally manufactured drones and arrested four suspects in two separate operations in Bag…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Transport Minister Wahb al-Hasani met with parliament's Transport and Communications Committee on Tuesday to review the latest stage of the country…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of the Iraqi parliament's Health Committee said the number of medical and health professions graduates awaiting appointment by the Health Ministr…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Central Bank said it disbursed 4.195 trillion dinars in loans during 2025 under a 4 trillion dinar credit initiative. According to the bank's data,…
