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.
IraqRABAT, Morocco — Moroccan security forces have stopped dozens of people heading north from the town of Ouezzane in recent days, sending them back to their cities of origi…
IraqJERUSALEM — The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hezbollah carried out an attack targeting Israeli soldiers in a security zone in southern Lebanon…
IraqMUSCAT, Oman — An oil spill from a tanker that ran aground off Ras al-Mirad in northeastern Oman has coated about 12 kilometers of coastline, the country’s Environment Au…
IraqTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country will continue to strengthen ties with Kurds and protect their rights in regional states, in an interview with Qata…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Ministry of Electricity has issued a ministerial order allowing the removal of personnel in administrative and technical posts at state-owned elect…
IraqWASHINGTON, United States — WASHINGTON — A White House report estimates that transshipment of goods through more than 40 low-tariff countries and territories costs the Un…
AnbarTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s Environmental Protection Organization has called for strict conservation measures around the so-called “Bat Cave” in the western city of Ilam, sayin…
IraqRussia's Ministry of Science and Higher Education announced that researchers at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and the Moscow Regional Clinical Research I…
SaladinBALAD, Iraq — Fig harvesting has begun in the Balad district of Saladin province, where orchards along the Tigris River produce the fruit long associated with the region'…
SulaymaniyahSULAYMANIYAH, Iraq — The first book fair dedicated to Kurdish-language publications opened on Friday at the Aile AVM shopping center in Sulaymaniyah, northern Iraq. Runni…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Communist Party on Saturday condemned ongoing drone and missile attacks on the Kurdistan Region and called on the federal government to identify…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi Equestrian Federation held an extraordinary general assembly in Baghdad with the participation of the legal representative of the Formation Coun…
IraqDAMASCUS, Syria — Syria's wheat production for the current season is forecast to exceed 3.5 million tons, said Saed Ibrahim, head of the Agricultural Economy and Planning…
KarbalaBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi security forces have arrested an Iranian national in connection with the killing of an Iraqi driver on the highway between Baghdad and Anbar provinc…
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Arshad al-Salihi, head of the Turkmen Bloc in the Iraqi parliament, has called for amendments to the Yezidi Survivors Law, saying the legislation does not…
AnbarRAMADI, Iraq — Security forces in Anbar province sealed off main roads in central Ramadi on Saturday after a parked vehicle raised suspicion in the Al-Adil neighborhood. …
BaghdadBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi army Lt. Gen. Hadi al-Kanani assumed command of the Baghdad Operations Command on Saturday, taking over the management of security operations in the…
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Ammar al-Hakim, head of Iraq's National State Forces Coalition, and Hadi al-Amiri, secretary general of the Badr Organization, met in Baghdad on Monday an…
KirkukKIRKUK, Iraq — Armed assailants opened fire with automatic weapons on four residential houses in the Benca Ali area of Kirkuk, causing material damage to the facades and …
IraqBAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's Communications and Media Commission has banned Saudi media figure Mohammed Al-Maleh from broadcasting on Iraqi television channels for 30 days, cit…
