Security news from Iraq in English, including law enforcement, courts, border developments, military operations and public safety updates.
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraqโs Oil Ministry said private generator owners are not subject to any tax. Ministry spokesman Salim al-Rikabi said all fuel quotas allocated to privateโฆ
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq โ An environmental group called Iraq Green Observatory says most drinking water produced at treatment plants in Basra does not meet national requirements, cโฆ
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Oman's Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi said he was hopeful that practical arrangements could be reached on a temporary corridor in the Strait of Hormuz aโฆ
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's General Meteorological Authority said rain is expected in the northern region over the weekend, with weather conditions varying across the country โฆ
IraqHAMBURG, Germany โ A Ferris wheel at the Sommer Dome fair in Hamburg stopped operating late Tuesday due to a technical fault, leaving 23 people stranded at roughly 30 metโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Election affairs expert Dareed Tawfiq has criticized Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani's proposal to make Iraq's national identity card the basis foโฆ
IraqResearchers said the widely held belief that adults need eight hours of sleep is not an absolute standard, with sleep quality, regularity and timing potentially more inflโฆ
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's Parliamentary Legal Committee and Security and Defense Committee are preparing to advance proposed amendments to the traffic law to a second readinโฆ
IraqFormer Turkish actor Tolga Karel, known for playing "Uฤur" in the television series "Yaprak Dรถkรผmรผ" (widely known as "Dรถnรผลรผm"), left acting roughly a decade ago and moveโฆ
IraqTEHRAN, Iran โ Nearly 20 Iranian oil tankers are holding position off Sri Lanka's coast after a US naval blockade restricted ship movements into and out of Iranian ports,โฆ
IraqREYKJAVIK, Iceland โ Icelandic voters will go to the polls on Saturday to decide whether to reopen accession talks with the European Union, amid a backdrop of growing gloโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Gold prices held steady on Monday as investors awaited key US inflation data and assessed the Federal Reserve's interest rate path, following a three-montโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Oil prices fell by about 2% in Wednesday trading as Iran and Oman resumed talks on establishing a temporary maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz anโฆ
BaghdadMOSUL, Iraq โ The head of the Energy and Oil Committee in the Nineveh provincial council, Ahmed Abd Rabbo, has warned fuel station operators in Mosul that managers who faโฆ
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Anbar Province Police said on Saturday that officers detained a suspect accused of killing a citizen in the province. The arrest was carried out by the Kaโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's Communications and Media Commission said a Baghdad-based journalist who appeared on a local television program criticizing the Popular Mobilizationโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Iraq's Foreign Ministry summoned Tehran's ambassador to Baghdad, Mohammed Kazem Ali Sadiq, following publications by some Iranian diplomatic missions contโฆ
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Finance Minister Faleh al-Sari said public sector salaries are fully guaranteed and that there is no plan to issue payments every 45 days. He said the monโฆ
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq โ Air Force and Gaz al-Shimal drew 1-1 in Week 3 of the Iraq Stars League at Captain Sherar Haidar Stadium in Baghdad, with the match kicking off at 21:45 lโฆ
IraqDAMASCUS, Syria โ The Syrian presidency is preparing two decrees under which Mazlum Abdi, the commander of the formally dissolved Syrian Democratic Forces, will be appoinโฆ
