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.
BabilThe London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies said Russia carried out a coordinated campaign targeting nuclear facilities across Europe, launching drones…
AnbarDAMASCUS, Syria — An explosion at a café near the Palace of Justice on Nasr Street in central Damascus killed four people and wounded 11, Syria's Director of Emergency Re…
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Anbar provincial government clarified on Saturday that a Cabinet decision to provide free kerosene to private electricity generators does not apply to…
MosulBAGHDAD, Iraq — Mosul municipality is prepared to begin issuing building permits on land covered by construction bans under the city's master plan once it receives formal…
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — Falih al-Fayyadh, head of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF, or Hashd al-Shaabi), said 110 of the group's headquarters were bombed in past operations …
DuhokDUHOK, Iraq — A 30-year-old man drowned in a recreational area between Sileli and the Dereluk subdistrict in northern Duhok, local civil defense authorities said. Col. Bi…
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — Falih Fayyadh, head of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), said on Thursday that Mosul is rapidly healing from the damage inflicted by ISIS and may no…
NajafBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's National Security Service said it carried out simultaneous operations in several provinces, targeting unlicensed food production facilities and cou…
Dhi QarBAGHDAD, Iraq — An argument at an agriculture department building in Dhi Qar province escalated into an armed chase on Tuesday, according to local security sources. The …
BasraBASRA, Iraq — STOCKHOLM — The Russian Embassy in Stockholm was targeted in two drone attacks, with one device dropping a container of red paint into the diplomatic missio…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security forces carried out raids in Sadr City, a sprawling district in eastern Baghdad, targeting a network accused of sexually and financially bla…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Court of Cassation upheld the death sentence against Ajaaj Ahmed Hardan al-Tikriti for crimes committed during the Anfal operations against Kurdish…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Dozens of women gathered in central Baghdad on Saturday to mark one year since Iraq amended its Personal Status Law to allow citizens to choose the jurisp…
AnbarDAMASCUS, Syria — DAMASCUS/BEIRUT — Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani said Damascus is not currently in talks with Hezbollah but is prepared to engage the Lebanese…
DiyalaBAQUBA, Iraq — Security sources reported two separate suicide incidents in Iraq's Diyala and Nineveh provinces. In Diyala, a fifth-grade high school student took his own …
AnbarBAGHDAD, Iraq — The head of the Iraqi Journalists Union's Anbar branch on Thursday rejected a report by the Nahril Center for Human Rights and Press Freedoms that placed …
MosulMOSUL, Iraq — Health authorities in Nineveh province confirmed a new hemorrhagic fever case in Mosul after laboratory results returned positive on Thursday, the provincia…
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iran's Embassy in Baghdad officially announced that the funeral of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will not be held in the Iraqi capital, dismissing e…
ErbilERBIL, Iraq — The head of the Kurdistan Region's General Directorate of Trade said trade activity in the region has fallen noticeably this year, citing the ASYCUDA custom…
Dhi QarBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Counter-Terrorism Service announced Thursday that its forces, working with the Directorate for Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances and local poli…
