Security news from Iraq in English, including law enforcement, courts, border developments, military operations and public safety updates.
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — Mosul municipality is prepared to begin issuing building permits on land covered by construction bans under the city's master plan once it receives formal…
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — Falih al-Fayyadh, head of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF, or Hashd al-Shaabi), said 110 of the group's headquarters were bombed in past operations …
DuhokDUHOK, Iraq — A 30-year-old man drowned in a recreational area between Sileli and the Dereluk subdistrict in northern Duhok, local civil defense authorities said. Col. Bi…
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — Falih Fayyadh, head of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), said on Thursday that Mosul is rapidly healing from the damage inflicted by ISIS and may no…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's National Security Service said it carried out simultaneous operations in several provinces, targeting unlicensed food production facilities and cou…
Dhi QarBAGHDAD, Iraq — An argument at an agriculture department building in Dhi Qar province escalated into an armed chase on Tuesday, according to local security sources. The …
BasraBASRA, Iraq — STOCKHOLM — The Russian Embassy in Stockholm was targeted in two drone attacks, with one device dropping a container of red paint into the diplomatic missio…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security forces carried out raids in Sadr City, a sprawling district in eastern Baghdad, targeting a network accused of sexually and financially bla…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Iran issued a military warning to the United States and Israel ahead of the funeral of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, which is scheduled to begin on July 4. …
IraqAn Iraqi man convicted in France in 2016 for running one of Europe's largest people-smuggling networks has been living in England, according to a joint investigation by t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence against Ajaaj Ahmed Hardan al-Tikriti for crimes committed during the Anfal operations against Kurdish…
IraqBERLIN — German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon opened a new microchip factory on Thursday, built with an investment of approximately €5 billion. The company said the…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Dozens of women gathered in central Baghdad on Saturday to mark one year since Iraq amended its Personal Status Law to allow citizens to choose the jurisp…
IraqSpain coach Luis de la Fuente said Barcelona winger Lamine Yamal is fit to play a full match at the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada. The 18-year-ol…
IraqADEN, Yemen — Tribes in Yemen's northeastern Al-Jawf governorate have been carrying out a large-scale armed mobilization against the Houthi group for the past week, trigg…
AnbarDAMASCUS, Syria — DAMASCUS/BEIRUT — Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani said Damascus is not currently in talks with Hezbollah but is prepared to engage the Lebanese…
DiyalaBAQUBA, Iraq — Security sources reported two separate suicide incidents in Iraq's Diyala and Nineveh provinces. In Diyala, a fifth-grade high school student took his own …
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — The head of the Iraqi Journalists Union's Anbar branch on Thursday rejected a report by the Nahril Center for Human Rights and Press Freedoms that placed …
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — Health authorities in Nineveh province confirmed a new hemorrhagic fever case in Mosul after laboratory results returned positive on Thursday, the provincia…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iran's Embassy in Baghdad officially announced that the funeral of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will not be held in the Iraqi capital, dismissing e…
