Security news from Iraq in English, including law enforcement, courts, border developments, military operations and public safety updates.
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraq Islamic Resistance said on Sunday it would continue its armed resistance and expand its military capacity, stressing that its weapons would not b…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — The governor of Najaf, Yusuf Kinavi, said the Iraqi government is pursuing the construction of a border crossing with Saudi Arabia, with Prime Minister's ap…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — US Central Command spokesperson Tim Hawkins told reporters that Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz and that the waterway remains open to commercia…
IraqDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — WASHINGTON — The US Treasury Department announced new sanctions on Friday against 14 Iranian targets, comprising eight individuals and six c…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's General Directorate for Narcotics Affairs said on Friday that two foreign nationals were detained in two separate operations in Babylon province, w…
DuhokDUHOK, Iraq — Zakho Football Club in Iraq's Kurdistan Region has signed Uzbek forward Sherzod Temirov on a contract announced Friday, the club said. The 28-year-old strik…
IraqA fire broke out on Wednesday at an oil and petrochemical refinery in Billedehr, a city in Iran's western Lorestan province, Iran's state-linked Tasnim news agency report…
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — Health authorities in Nineveh province have confirmed two cases of hemorrhagic fever in siblings from the Bashika area east of Mosul, the provincial health …
IraqEngland manager Thomas Tuchel has told his players not to climb advertising boards while celebrating goals during the 2026 World Cup quarterfinal against Norway. The dire…
IraqLISBON — Jorge Jesus was officially appointed as the new head coach of the Portugal national football team on Thursday, succeeding Roberto Martinez following Portugal's e…
IraqJERUSALEM — The Israeli military said Friday that two senior Hamas commanders were killed in separate airstrikes in northern Gaza earlier this week. In a statement releas…
IraqIsrael's military is struggling with personnel, equipment and budget shortages after nearly three years of fighting, the Hebrew-language newspaper Ma'ariv reported. The a…
BasraTEHRAN, Iran — LONDON — The International Maritime Organization has rejected Iran's recent actions in the Strait of Hormuz and called on member states not to recognize th…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — US President Donald Trump said on Friday afternoon that Iran had agreed to continue talks, and that Washington had told Tehran "the ceasefire is over" wit…
IraqGENEVA — The World Health Organization's emergencies chief said the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is likely two to four times larger than officia…
BaghdadDAMASCUS, Syria — BEIRUT — A board member of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce said Syria's foreign trade has improved noticeably in recent months, with imports rising sha…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's National Security Adviser Qasim al-Araji marked the anniversary of Mosul's liberation from ISIS, calling the city's recapture a turning point for a…
IraqA new US study has found that exposure to air pollution may trigger chemical changes in sperm DNA during sperm formation, researchers reported. The study, conducted in S…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani on Saturday opened the Al-Rahman Magnetic Resonance and Spiral Tomography Center at the Ibn al-Battar Cardiac Surg…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A popular movement formed in opposition to the Khor Abdullah Agreement called on Friday on the Iraqi government to take a firm stance against Kuwait follo…