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DiyalaBAQUBA, Iraq — Diyala provincial police denied social media reports of an armed attack in the city of Baquba, saying the claims that one person was killed and another wou…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Three convicts sentenced in connection with a 2023 attack on civilians in Diyala province have been arrested following a four-year manhunt, a Diyala polic…
DiyalaBAQUBA, Iraq — Police in Diyala province have arrested a suspect wanted under Article 7 of Iraq's anti-human-trafficking law in the provincial capital Baquba, north of Ba…
DiyalaArgentine forward Lionel Messi has been placed under review by the MLS Disciplinary Committee over an incident in the closing minutes of Inter Miami's 2-2 draw with Phila…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Diyala's Directorate of Agriculture said 73 Datura plants with narcotic properties were seized in the village of Kaluz in the Wihhiyeh district and destro…
DiyalaDAMASCUS, Syria — A Syrian criminal court has sentenced Wassim Assad, a nephew of former President Bashar al-Assad, to death on charges of crimes against humanity and war…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Diyala Provincial Directorate of Security issued an urgent evacuation order overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday for Hashd al-Shaabi headquarters in…
DiyalaDIYALA, Iraq — A source told an Iraqi news agency that Salih Mohammed al-Harbjili has been reinstated as director of the Sunni Endowment Office in Diyala province. The ap…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Diyala’s provincial council elected Jawdat Kadem Hassan as director of the Jubaynah al-Jawl subdistrict and Abdulmuhsin Sa’dun al-Rubai as director of the…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Diyala Provincial Council has removed two committee chairpersons as part of an ongoing investigation, local sources said. The council stripped Derya H…
DiyalaDIYALA, Iraq — Security forces in Iraq's Diyala province have arrested eight people accused of running a blackmail network, a local security source said. The group, made …
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Diyala police announced that all individuals involved in an armed clash in the Harnabat area of Khanaqin district have been taken into custody. Two people…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security forces said they captured three ISIS members in separate preventive operations in Diyala and Anbar provinces on Thursday, and seized a cach…
DiyalaDIYALA, Iraq — A lawyer was stabbed in northeastern Diyala province following a personal dispute over the installation of an additional internet tower near his existing o…
DiyalaBAQUBA, Iraq — Iraqi security sources said the National Security Service detained a federal police lieutenant in Diyala province after a roughly month-long investigation …
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Three people were killed and several others wounded in three separate security incidents reported on Friday in Iraq's Diyala and Dhi Qar provinces. Police…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Specialist teams working with Iraqi security forces carried out a controlled explosion on a drone found near a Hashd al-Shaabi headquarters on the Khalis-…
DiyalaDIYALA, Iraq — Iraq’s Feyli Kurds, estimated at 1.5 to 2 million people, continue to seek political representation, restoration of citizenship and compensation for lands …
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Oil Ministry has approved an increase in the fuel quota for Diyala province, the head of the province's product distribution branch, Izzat al-Abbad…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — One woman was killed and another person wounded on Wednesday when a family dispute escalated into an armed clash in a village in the Khanaqin district of …
