Latest Iraq news in English from Baghdad, Basra, Najaf, Kirkuk, Erbil and across Iraq. Follow politics, security, economy, energy and regional developments with professionally edited updates.
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq has entered the second phase of an anti-corruption campaign known as "Fajr," with a special commission under the prime minister reviewing files of se…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned a bombing at a cafe in Damascus that killed seven people and wounded 22, according to initial figures. The mi…
BabilBAGHDAD, Iraq — Political groups in Iraq have set up candidate selection committees to fill remaining ministerial seats in the government, a source familiar with the talk…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — The First Brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) carried out a wide-ranging military operation across the Anbar desert, reaching the border of t…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — A full moon that turned orange-red over the city of Kirkuk on Friday evening drew the attention of residents, many of whom stopped to photograph the sight …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A security source with the Baghdad Police Directorate denied on Saturday reports that security forces had raided the homes of several officials in the cap…
MaysanBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security forces said Friday they arrested a foreign national described as a crystal methamphetamine dealer in Maysan province, seizing about one kil…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Baghdad Governorate has declared next Wednesday a public holiday for employees of state institutions across the capital. Authorities said the decision…
MaysanMAYSAN, Iraq — The Maysan Province narcotics unit said it arrested a foreign national on Friday after seizing one kilogram of crystal narcotics. The unit said the suspect…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Security sources said two people were injured in two separate altercations in Kirkuk on Friday. In the first incident, a man opened fire on his 20-year-old…
BasraWASHINGTON, United States — ANKARA, Türkiye — NATO leaders will place the Iran issue at the center of their upcoming summit in Ankara on July 7-8, the first such gatherin…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Police in Baghdad's Karkh district said they foiled an armed robbery attempt at a jewelry shop on Friday and arrested a suspect at the scene. The Karkh Po…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — More than 300 people were killed and around 250 others wounded on July 3, 2016, when a bomb-laden vehicle detonated in Baghdad's Karrada district during t…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi parliament is scheduled to convene on Monday for the first session of the second half of its current legislative year, with the first reading of…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — A draft cybercrime bill in Iraq would impose fines of up to 35 million dinars and allow sentences of up to life in prison, the Iraq-based Ecoo Iraq Observ…
BasraBASRA, Iraq — Official data from the Basra Directorate of Water Resources shows a significant year-on-year decline in salinity levels at monitoring stations across the ci…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's health minister has ordered an urgent investigation into the death of a young woman at Al-Zahra Hospital in Baghdad, the Health Ministry said. The …
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — A man in his twenties drowned after his boat capsized while fishing at a water facility in Leylan, east of Kirkuk, a security source said. The source ident…
NajafNAJAF, Iraq — Questions over whether Wednesday will be declared a public holiday in Iraq have circulated among workers and residents as the body of Iran's Supreme Leader …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Turkey and Iraq opened high-level talks in Ankara days before the expiry of their 1973 Kirkuk–Ceyhan crude pipeline agreement, with Turkey seeking a new f…
