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BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Ammar Hakim, head of the Iraqi National Congress (formerly the Supreme Islamic Council), said the 1920 Iraqi revolution was a national achievement indepen…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi anti-corruption and security forces seized a large cache of weapons and 23 horses during a joint operation in the Arab Jubur area south of Baghdad, …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Two suicide deaths, involving a woman and a girl, were recorded in separate Baghdad neighborhoods on Monday evening, a security source said. Both individu…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi counter-terrorism units detained 47 lawmakers, senior officials and former provincial administrators in a large-scale operation carried out on the m…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's livestock sector is facing mounting pressure from rising feed costs, shrinking water resources, deteriorating pastures and recurrent disease outbre…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Electricity Minister Ali Saadi Wahib has signed a ministerial order removing Ghays Najib Obaid, director general of the Southern Electricity Distri…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Water Resources said Monday it is pressing ahead with a campaign to protect strategic groundwater reserves, acting on instructions from…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Jasem Mohamed Al-Budawi will visit Baghdad on Tuesday, according to a statement from the body. The visit…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has begun distributing June stipends to women and men rescued from the atrocities of ISIS, the ministry's Gene…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani on Monday reiterated his government's commitment to ending the proliferation of weapons outside state contro…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Armenia's Ambassador to Baghdad, Ruben Sughian, said annual trade between Armenia and Iraq stands at around $400 million, during a meeting with Iraqi Tran…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Baghdad's Green Zone was reopened to traffic and pedestrians on Wednesday after security forces completed an operation codenamed "Fajr," security sources …
BaghdadNAJAF, Iraq — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Najaf Governor Yusuf Kenawi on Monday to discuss preparations for the funeral of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Electronic fraud networks using fake investment applications have caused billions of Iraqi dinars in losses in recent years, according to a digital market…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Baghdad Mayor Ammar Musa Kazim said digital transformation is a strategic step toward upgrading the Baghdad Service Institution's operations and strengthe…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Federal Public Service Council on Sunday announced an administrative court's ruling that a civil servant dismissed over a forged diploma cannot be …
BaghdadTEHRAN, Iran — Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (Hashd al-Shaabi) said Iran's former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will be buried in Iraq following an official state fune…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The office of former Iraqi Finance Minister Taif Sami on Friday denied social media reports and news outlets that claimed he had fled the country or been …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi lawmaker Mohammed Jasim al-Hafaji has warned that a real estate platform known as "Akarî" set to take effect on July 1, 2026, will impose additional…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Baghdad Municipality has launched a new field operation targeting fixed and unauthorized encroachments in the central Müridi Çarşısı (Mureedi market),…
