Security news from Iraq in English, including law enforcement, courts, border developments, military operations and public safety updates.
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Oil prices rose more than 4% on Monday after Iran and the United States exchanged compensation demands, dimming expectations of a swift reopening of the St…
IraqMOSCOW — Russia's Defense Ministry said its air defense forces intercepted 215 Ukrainian drones over the past 24 hours, destroying them across multiple regions and over t…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — In a small workshop in the old quarters of Sanandaj, the capital of Kurdistan Province in western Iran, steam rises from copper vats of natural dye and the …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Police in Baghdad and Diyala carried out separate operations on Monday, resulting in multiple arrests in an arson case and an extortion scheme. The Baghda…
IraqBOGOTÁ, Colombia — Colombia's Foreign Ministry announced on Monday that it has officially recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Syrian Golan Heights. In a written state…
IraqMore than 100 national football federations are holding talks to set up rival competitions to FIFA tournaments, including a parallel World Cup, in the latest escalation o…
IraqMOSCOW — A Russian oncologist and chemotherapy specialist has drawn attention to lung cancer incidence in Russia, saying the country records roughly 60,000 new cases each…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Communications and Media Commission has temporarily halted the sale of mobile phone lines in cities across the Kurdistan Region through authorized …
DuhokDUHOK, Iraq — A Kurdish Turkmen man stabbed his wife to death at their home in the autonomous city of Zap in Duhok province, also seriously injuring another person, a sec…
IraqMUSCAT, Oman — Oman's government has warned that an oil spill from a tanker struck in an unidentified attack in June is expanding and drifting toward the country's coastl…
IraqA doctor at the Moscow-based SM-Clinic network, Subhi Samedov, has warned that misuse of air conditioners can lead to a range of health problems, particularly when units …
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — The director of Nineveh's water authority, Muyed Sadiq, has announced a new plan to address a water crisis affecting districts in the western part of the pr…
BasraHASEKE, Syria — A coordinated return of Kurdish families to the town of Ras al-Ayn in the northeastern Syrian countryside turned confrontational on Monday when six famili…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he is demanding Iran pay compensation for American soldiers killed and wounded i…
IraqKYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's Special Forces said on Thursday that it struck the ZabSibNefteHim petrochemical plant in Russia's Tyumen region with drones, according to a Reut…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Gold prices in Iraq have entered an uncertain phase following a recent rally from earlier lows, with the volatility complicating buying decisions for shop…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump appeared at a Las Vegas event over the weekend with visibly fuller, brighter blond hair, prompting a fresh…
IraqJERUSALEM — Roughly one in five Israelis, or 18 percent of respondents, said they had considered leaving the country in the past two years, according to a survey by the I…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — The head of Iraq's Counter-Terrorism Service, Lt. Gen. Zaid Hawshi al-Musavi, issued new directives on Monday to commanders and officers of the unit durin…
IraqA total solar eclipse will take place on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, tracking across Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia and small parts of Spain and Portugal, according …
