Security news from Iraq in English, including law enforcement, courts, border developments, military operations and public safety updates.
IraqBERLIN — Two Iraqi men, aged 33 and 27, were arrested in the German state of Saxony on suspicion of belonging to ISIS, the country's Office for Combating Extremism, part …
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as "his own worst enemy," according to informatio…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — The US State Department has updated its four-tier travel advisory system, placing Iraq, Russia, Ukraine, Iran and Syria in the hi…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Journalists have accused Iraq's Oil Ministry of imposing a de facto media blackout during a visit by the oil minister to the Feyha oil field in the southern…
IraqA wildfire spread into residential areas of Stourbridge in western England as temperatures reached 38.1°C, destroying six homes and forcing residents to evacuate. Firefig…
AnbarANBAR, Iraq — The head of Rutba district in Iraq's western Anbar province said the country's western desert offers investment opportunities in agriculture, livestock, min…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Delegations from Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the US Central Command met in Riyadh on Tuesday evening to discuss the situation of armed factions in Iraq and rec…
SaladinBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi authorities detained Khalid Ghazai Atiya, deputy director general for transmission and distribution at the Ministry of Electricity, on financial cor…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's anti-corruption commission has detained Khalid Ghazi Atiyyah, the undersecretary for transmission and distribution affairs at the Ministry of Elect…
BasraRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia said Iran must immediately stop its attacks on commercial vessels in the Gulf, according to a statement from the Saudi Foreign Ministr…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Fishermen in the Sunniya district of Diwaniya are struggling to sustain their livelihoods as river water levels drop and waterways shift, sector represent…
IraqThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has classified the mosquito as "the world's deadliest animal" despite its small size, citing its role in spreading fat…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Anbar's Environment Directorate has opened legal proceedings against more than eight unlicensed sand extraction plants operating in the Jazeera (Al-Qaim) …
IraqMOSCOW — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Moscow will step up measures against Western countries providing arms and other support to Ukraine, …
IraqRIVERSIDE, California — Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have found that vanillin, a flavoring widely used in high concentrations in e-cigarettes, …
VasitBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security services said they have shut down 71 headquarters operating under false claims of affiliation with the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). T…
IraqThe number of recorded invasive marine species in the Mediterranean Sea has surpassed 1,000, with a new species entering the basin's waters roughly every two weeks, accor…
BaghdadMore than 500 people in Spain sought medical assistance following the total solar eclipse observed across the Northern Hemisphere on August 12, according to Infobae. Spai…
SaladinSALADIN, Iraq — A US military expert has said that Iraq's Counter Terrorism Service and Kurdish Peshmerga forces have the training and experience needed to take over fiel…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A man described as an Iraqi citizen from Sulaymaniyah was left on the sidewalk outside a Baghdad hospital for hours because he had no identification docum…
