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VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — Wasit's General Directorate of Sewerage has completed 80% of an infrastructure rehabilitation and development project in the district of Hay, the director…
VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi meteorologist Sadek Atia warned that dust clouds will affect desert areas and outer roads in southern Iraqi cities and Wasit province on Wednesday a…
VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Interior Ministry said Sunday that a suspect who killed a security officer and his wife during a robbery in the city of Kut has been arrested. The …
VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security services said they have shut down 71 headquarters operating under false claims of affiliation with the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). T…
VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Border Crossings Authority said a vehicle carrying smuggled goods was seized at the Zarbatiya border crossing after being stopped at an inspection …
VasitA 2015 book by Canadian philosopher Alain Deneault, titled "The Mediocracy" (in French, "La médiocratie"), has resurfaced in Arab-language media discussions about Iraq's …
VasitWASIT, Iraq — A large fire broke out on Monday at the Ahdeb oil field in Iraq's southern Wasit province, a local official said. Civil defense teams were dispatched to the…
VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — Wasit Provincial Council has declared Sunday, August 2, 2026, a public holiday for government offices across the province to coincide with the 40th-day co…
VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — Lieutenant General Mohammed Qasim al-Fadh has been appointed commander of Iraq's Federal Police Forces, taking over from his most recent role leading the …
VasitTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the February 28 attack that targeted Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's office and killed him along with family memb…
VasitJERUSALEM — The Israeli military said it killed four field commanders in Gaza over Sunday and Monday, including three members of Islamic Jihad and one from Hamas, despite…
VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — Arrests of residents in Wasit province who protested power cuts and deteriorating public services have renewed debate in Iraq over how authorities treat m…
VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — Security forces in Kut fired tear gas and water cannons and used firearms against civilians protesting power outages, leaving several people wounded and l…
VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — One person was killed and two others were injured in an armed clash on Wednesday in Wasit province, southern Iraq. Security sources said the confrontation…
VasitWASIT, Iraq — The Wasit Provincial Council held an extraordinary session at the request of Governor Ali Salimon to address recurring power outages across the province. Co…
VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — The head of the Iraqi Bar Association, Ahlam al-Lami, said funds uncovered in the investigation of former Oil Ministry deputy undersecretary Adnan Qumayli…
VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — PHILADELPHIA — The 2026 World Cup Group E match between Iraq and France at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia was temporarily halted early on Tuesday…
VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — The political rivalry surrounding the Wasit governorate's leadership is being examined within the framework of Iraq's 2005 Constitution and the 2008 Provi…
VasitTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN — The Mehran border crossing, one of Iran's main land gateways to Iraq, recorded an unprecedented increase in cargo handling during the first two mo…
VasitDAMASCUS, Syria — DAMASCUS — Protesters gathered in several Damascus neighborhoods in recent hours, targeting areas whose residents are accused of ties to the former Assa…
