Security news from Iraq in English, including law enforcement, courts, border developments, military operations and public safety updates.
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Hunters Association has called for an immediate nationwide halt to hunting, saying the woodcock remains in its breeding and nesting season. In a wr…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Police in Baghdad's Karkh district said Wednesday they had identified and detained the suspect in an early-morning shooting in the western Shu'la neighbor…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has ordered state and private universities to widen the application of so-called "processing g…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq has deported more than 47,000 foreign nationals for violating the country's residency law since the beginning of 2025, the Interior Ministry said, as…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq’s Interior Ministry said on Wednesday that an international drug-trafficking network comprising three foreign suspects had been dismantled in Babil p…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Journalists' Union issued a formal statement on 19 August 2026 condemning threats directed at Judge Faiq Zidan, the head of the Supreme Judicial…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi lawmaker Mohammed al-Haffaci has called on Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani to remove the head of the General Traffic Directorate following a…
IraqA medical team delivered two babies in field units set up in tents and temporary gathering areas in parts of Indonesia affected by a major earthquake, after local health …
IraqHeadway, an international forex and CFD broker, is offering swap-free Islamic accounts designed for traders who want to operate in line with Sharia rules. Standard forex …
IraqTEHRAN, Iran — A senior commander in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps compared U.S. President Donald Trump to former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, citing Iran's ex…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Military Intelligence Directorate said Monday that intelligence-led sting operations in Nineveh and Salahaddin provinces resulted in the capture of…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Anbar Provincial Police Command said military engineering teams have begun a controlled detonation operation to dispose of ISIS war remnants and ammunitio…
IraqEuropean Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said Europe has no room to fall behind in the artificial intelligence revolution, warning that AI technologies will be d…
Dhi QarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security forces and Federal Anti-Corruption Commission teams detained five people in two separate operations in southern Iraq, including a man in Ma…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Drivers in Baghdad and several other Iraqi cities have faced long queues at state-run and private fuel stations, with shortages reported in petrol, diesel…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Stars League 2026-2027 season continues Thursday with four second-week fixtures across the country, where 20 clubs are competing. Naft Maysan fa…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A court in Baghdad's Karkh district has acquitted Abbas Yakovbi, the intelligence chief of the Baghdad Belt, ruling that the case file against him contain…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Gold prices declined Wednesday in Iraq's capital and in the Kurdistan Region's administrative center, Erbil, according to local market reporting. On Baghd…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Permanent Mission to the United Nations joined a commemorative ceremony at UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday marking the 23rd anniversary of t…
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — Three sisters fell into the Tigris River on Wednesday when a section of riverbank collapsed in the Nimrud subdistrict southeast of Mosul, a Nineveh Province…
