Security news from Iraq in English, including law enforcement, courts, border developments, military operations and public safety updates.
SulaymaniyahSULAYMANIYAH, Iraq — Police in Sulaymaniyah province arrested a man accused of setting fire to an oak tree estimated to be more than 200 years old in the village of Yalav…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A person died by suicide after jumping from the Ziynet Bridge in Baghdad on Wednesday, a security source said. The source reported that the individual jum…
IraqModerna and Merck said a late-stage clinical trial of their personalized mRNA melanoma vaccine, Intismeran autogene, produced positive interim results when used alongside…
DuhokDUHOK, Iraq — Authorities in Duhok province are carrying out rehabilitation work on a historic mosque and its associated spring in Zaviye, the provincial Directorate of A…
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — The director of Nineveh's Civil Status, Population and Residency Directorate said scheduled power outages and the office's lack of a permanent electricity l…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's embassy in Libya said it has located 36 Iraqi nationals who entered the country through irregular channels, working in coordination with Libyan aut…
BaghdadTEHRAN, Iran — U.S. President Donald Trump said he has launched what he described as the toughest economic campaign in history against Iran, accusing Tehran of failing to…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Baghdad's Karkh First Education Directorate has ordered schools and affiliated units to set air conditioners in classrooms and offices to a minimum of 23 …
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's army chief, Major General Ali Abdollahi, has warned Gulf states not to provide any support or facilitation to U.S. forces against Iran, saying Tehra…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A member of Iraq's parliamentary Security and Defense Committee said unidentified individuals detonated approximately 50,000 tank rounds at the Taji milit…
IraqSANAA, Yemen — Yemen's Houthi movement said it carried out new military operations against Saudi Arabia across three maritime zones and inside the kingdom, in a statement…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani received Iranian Islamic Consultative Assembly Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and his accompanying delegat…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The consultation units of Rizgari Teaching Hospital in Erbil reopened to the public on Wednesday following the completion of maintenance and renovation work…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Coordination Framework has established a special commission to open dialogue with armed factions refusing to hand over their weapons to the state, …
BaghdadOil prices climbed to their highest level in nearly three weeks on Friday amid continued uncertainty over shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude gaine…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — A criminal court in Erbil has sentenced a man to death for killing a three-member family and stealing their belongings, with the verdict delivered at the de…
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — TEHRAN — Flydubai and Air Arabia have resumed flights through Iranian airspace following approval from Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization, the regulator sa…
BaghdadCHONBURI, Thailand — Iraq's U20 national team defeated Kuwait 1-0 in a friendly match played in Chonburi, Thailand, as part of its training camp for the upcoming U20 Asia…
KirkukBAGHDAD, Iraq — A contractor in Kirkuk closed a section of the road between Al-Fath and Peyce to protest delays in the handover of his project and in receiving outstandin…
BabilBABYLON, Iraq — Babylon's Directorate for Combating Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances convened doctors, pharmacists and health officials at a seminar to review new rul…
