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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Veterinary health and epidemic control expert Mohammed al-Jubouri said tighter monitoring of the movement of small and large livestock between provinces a…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s state-run Grain Trading Company said it is waiting for the Finance Ministry to transfer funds to pay 1.545 trillion dinars owed to farmers who deli…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Economist Nassir al-Tamimi stated that proposed adjustments to Iraq’s salary scale serve as an administrative reform tool capable of reducing corruption a…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s housing crisis is intensifying due to rapid population growth, inadequate urban planning, and a persistent imbalance between supply and demand. Off…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Transport Minister Vehb Selman Muhammed al-Husseini has removed four general directors from the state-owned Public Marine Transport Company and appo…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A Beirut airport official said flights were continuing on Monday evening and that no closure decision had been issued for the airport. The official said …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A document says Prime Minister Ali al-Zeydi approved Rabi Nadir’s request to leave his position in the media office administration. The decision was descr…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Environmental expert Adi el-Rubeyi has assessed the impact of a "duck trend" appearing in Iraqi rivers on Monday, June 1, 2026, which gained traction on s…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Environmental expert Adil Muhtar said Baghdad’s green belt project is an important tool in the fight against desertification, but warned that it cannot so…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Former lawmaker and Agriculture and Water Committee member Thair al-Cuburi said on Monday, June 1, 2026, that rehabilitating Iraq’s dams is important for …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A family in the Murtaza neighborhood of Mahmoudiyah, Baghdad, reported that military forces raided their home and detained several family members followin…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Kauther Bashar al-Hasnawi, 15, was killed by relatives in rural Baghdad after she refused to enter a forced marriage. The teenager had previously secured …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Nakhil Center for Human Rights and Press Freedoms said Tuesday that the Oil Ministry’s statements on gasoline shortages in some Iraqi cities contained…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs said the planned increase in allowances for full-time caregivers and the opening of new coverage for people w…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The number of currency exchange and money transfer offices in Baghdad has increased significantly in recent years. Mazhar Mohammed Salih, a financial advi…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zeydi has called for the country to move beyond a socialist economic model, setting off debate in Baghdad over the future dir…
BaghdadChildren in Baghdad’s historic Kifah and Fadl districts are marking the Eid al-Adha holiday with makeshift, manual swings due to a persistent lack of modern recreational …
BaghdadIraqi Oil Minister Bassem Abdul Zahra al-Idani has ordered a mandatory rotation of personnel across oil companies operating in Basra to prioritize meritocracy and integri…
BaghdadTwo individuals were killed in a targeted shooting in the Abu Ghraib district, west of Baghdad, following an escalation in a local family dispute. Unidentified gunmen ope…
BaghdadSupreme Islamic Council Chairman Sheikh Humoudi met with Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad Mohammad Kazem Al-Sadiq to discuss regional stability and the necessity of upholdin…
