Security news from Iraq in English, including law enforcement, courts, border developments, military operations and public safety updates.
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — CENTCOM said Wednesday it launched heavy airstrikes against targets in Iran following attacks on three commercial ships transiting the Strait …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Interior Ministry has promoted more than 178,000 personnel and approved their annual salary increase under an administrative order issued by Deputy…
IraqDOHA, Qatar — Qatar's Foreign Ministry summoned Iranian chargé d'affaires Mohsen Mohammad Kiani and handed him a protest note after a Qatari-owned LNG carrier, Al Rakiyat…
SulaymaniyahSULAYMANIYAH, Iraq — Kurdistan Region security forces arrested three people in Sulaymaniyah and Kirkuk on suspicion of links to ISIS, the Kurdistan Region Security Counci…
IraqVICTORIA, British Columbia — The Canadian province of British Columbia is preparing to sue OpenAI, alleging that the company failed to report violent messages a ChatGPT u…
BaghdadGENEVA, Switzerland — Iraqi Communications Minister Mustafa Casbar Sanad met Deemah AlYahya, secretary-general of the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO), on the sidel…
IraqMiddle children tend to show stronger cooperative personality traits than their older and younger siblings, according to a large-scale study by researchers at Brock Unive…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi lawmaker Hiyam al-Yasiri has requested that parliament's Transport and Communications Committee summon officials and company representatives to exam…
IraqMOSCOW — The Laboratory of Solar Astronomy, part of the Russian Academy of Sciences, announced that one of the most powerful solar activity waves recorded this year has c…
Dhi QarDHI QAR, Iraq — The manager of the gas investments department at the Dhi Qar Oil Company lost a finger after being bitten by his deputy during a fight between employees, …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Minister of Water Resources, Maitham al-Sudani, met on Sunday with Clemens Seiter, the European Union's ambassador to Iraq, and an accompanying del…
DiyalaBAQUBA, Iraq — A security source in Diyala province said 38 suicide cases have been recorded in the province from the beginning of 2026 to early July. The source said the…
IraqDAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian President Ahmed Sharaa said French President Emmanuel Macron chose to continue his visit to Damascus when explosions rocked the capital during th…
IraqJERUSALEM — Israel's military said two senior Hamas figures were killed in separate airstrikes in the northern and southern Gaza Strip. According to the army, the first s…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned in the strongest terms bomb attacks in the Syrian capital Damascus that injured a large number of civilians. …
AnbarRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia has expanded its role in Sudan beyond military support, conditioning continued assistance on a reordering of power inside the country,…
IraqFormer England forward Wayne Rooney said Portuguese players have not rallied around Cristiano Ronaldo in the way Argentine players have stood behind Lionel Messi, describ…
SulaymaniyahSULAYMANIYAH, Iraq — A symposium titled "Kurdistan Geopolitics and the Situation of Women" began on Friday, bringing together politicians, activists, academics and repres…
IraqANKARA, Turkey — US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States does not need the Strait of Hormuz, citing what he described as large domestic oil reser…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Federal Anti-Corruption Commission said Tuesday that an employee of the Oil Ministry has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for embezzling 1.174 …
