Security news from Iraq in English, including law enforcement, courts, border developments, military operations and public safety updates.
SulaymaniyahSULAYMANIYAH, Iraq — The Ravinge Foundation held a launch and signing ceremony in Sulaymaniyah for the book "Cultural Criticism," written by Dr. Nuzhad Ahmad Aswad. The e…
IraqCEUTA, Spain — About 10,000 irregular migrants who entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from Morocco are still in the city, Ceuta Mayor Juan Jesús Vivas said, according t…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Education Minister Abdul Karim Abtan al-Jubouri has directed all provincial education directorates to ensure that citizen applications for gifted a…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani said the establishment of an energy city will create new employment opportunities and open a broad field for domes…
IraqA long-term Danish study has found that women with higher body mass index in childhood were less likely to have children later in life, according to researchers. The anal…
DiyalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Security sources in Diyala province said a 14-year-old boy drowned on Tuesday while swimming in the Tevile River in the northwestern district of Helas. Th…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — Ninawa's Roads and Bridges Director Ridvan al-Shahwani said a service project is underway to streamline truck traffic and ease congestion at Mosul's main …
BaghdadRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi-led airstrikes on positions affiliated with the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) have shifted the focus of Iraq's debate over arms control, …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A security unit attached to the Baghdad Police Directorate arrested a man who had opened a fake social media account using the name of the Baghdad Crime C…
IraqTUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia marked 70 years since banning polygamy under the Personal Status Code issued on August 13, 1956 and enforced from January 1957. The law was the f…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has announced a new framework of tuition discounts and exemptions for students at state univer…
IraqDAMASCUS, Syria — A Syrian court has sentenced Atef Najeeb, a former security official and cousin of ousted President Bashar al-Assad, to death for crimes against humanit…
KirkukBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Defense said three soldiers, including two officers, were wounded when an explosive detonated on a Humvee in the Wadi al-Shay area of K…
IraqA solar eclipse on Saturday will track from near the North Pole southward across Russia, Greenland, Iceland and Spain before ending over a small area of northeastern Port…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — Two people were wounded in a rocket attack on offices of an opposition Kurdish party north of Erbil, according to local reports. Security forces were dispat…
IraqADEN, Yemen — Yemen's Houthis announced on Saturday that they targeted a ship linked to Saudi Arabian interests in the Bab al-Mandab Strait. Details of the attack, includ…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Car sales in Iraq fell 28.6% in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period a year earlier, dropping to 59,264 vehicles, according to a report ba…
BabilBABYLON, Iraq — The Babil Provincial Council and the city's local administration have filed a lawsuit against former member of parliament Adnan Nimat Rashid al-Janabi, a …
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Border Crossings Authority has held talks with a Turkish delegation, backed by Saudi support, on raising the country's annual transit truck capacit…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The fourth international chess tournament opened in Erbil with 62 players from across the Kurdistan Region and other parts of Iraq, organizers said. The fiv…
