Security news from Iraq in English, including law enforcement, courts, border developments, military operations and public safety updates.
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Gold prices were unchanged in Baghdad's local markets on Wednesday while recording a slight increase in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, accord…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Baghdad-based economic monitor Ikko Iraq said the government's silence over a reported decision involving the Kurdistan Regional Administration has fu…
IraqIraq's Meteorological Authority said temperatures will climb across the country on Monday, with partly cloudy and hot conditions and some cloud cover in northern areas. T…
BasraBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research has removed the rector of the University of Basra from his position, according to a ministry d…
IraqProlonged psychological pressure can produce real physical pain even when no underlying organic disease is present, with extended anxiety and stress commonly showing up a…
IraqWeight gain during pregnancy varies according to a woman's pre-pregnancy weight, height and body mass index, and health specialists say there is no single ideal range tha…
DuhokDUHOK, Iraq — The Kurdistan Regional Government's Ministry of Health confirmed a case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in a 23-year-old man in Duhok province, ministry …
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Media and Communications Commission has begun work to require social media companies to open official offices inside the country, a parliamentary c…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Medical workers gathered near the Health Ministry in central Baghdad on Wednesday, blocking a road and prompting security forces to deploy in the area, ac…
IraqBEIRUT, Lebanon — The Israeli military said Saturday it killed a senior Hezbollah commander, identified by the code name "Abu Hasan Ala," in an airstrike on the Deir al-Z…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The United States imported no crude oil from Iraq last week, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, marking the seventh consec…
IraqU.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) revised a map published in connection with a regional tour by Lieutenant General Brad Cooper, after the original graphic depicted the West …
IraqDOHA, Qatar — Qatar has confirmed that one of its F-15 fighter jets shot down two Iranian Su-24 warplanes at the start of the US-Israeli war, according to a CNN report ci…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — BAGHDAD — A drone strike targeted an electricity generation station in Zawiya, west of the Libyan capital Tripoli, knocking several production units offli…
IraqHONOLULU, Hawaii — Tropical Storm Lala strengthened into a hurricane on Sunday as it moved toward Hawaii's Big Island, bringing intense rainfall and damaging winds to the…
IraqKABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has called on the United States to reopen its embassy in Kabul, telling the New York Times that the war era…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Local and security officials in Kirkuk convened with tribal leaders this week to review coordination between tribes and state institutions in countering ex…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a condolence message to Indonesia following a series of earthquakes that struck parts of the country, causing ca…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — An Iraqi government commission established by Prime Minister Ali al-Zaydi will travel to Jurf al-Sakhr on Tuesday for its first field visit to reopen the …
DivaniyeBAGHDAD, Iraq — An army officer and a police officer were wounded in a shootout during a drug raid in Diwaniyah, Iraq's Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry's …
