IRAQ WARS - NANO DAILY

Iraq's Sadr must work with pro-Iran groups to choose PM

Oct 14, 2021 (AFP)

War-scarred Iraq -- an oil-rich country plagued by corruption and poverty -- last Sunday held its fifth parliamentary elections since the 2003 US-led invasion t...

In Iraq vote, big blocs lurk behind 'independents'

Oct 06, 2021 (AFP)

In theory, the changes will strengthen local voices as candidates can now run at the district level and as independents, allowing new hopefuls such as tribal le...

Youth in Iraq protest hub vow to boycott 'rigged' polls

Oct 05, 2021 (AFP)

Ahead of the parliamentary polls, the mood in Nasiriyah and much of Iraq is sombre with little hope the election will bring much-needed change to the war-scarre...

Paramilitaries fear Iraq vote plans disenfranchise fighters

Oct 03, 2021 (AFP)

Security force personnel will vote in the country's parliamentary election on October 8 in locations where they are stationed, two days ahead of the main poll, ...

Iraqis to elect new parliament amid deep crisis, apathy

Oct 03, 2021 (AFP)

The country is emerging from almost two decades of conflict and insurgency since the 2003 US-led invasion toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, promising to bring fr...

Hundreds of Iraqis rally to mark protests anniversary

Oct 01, 2021 (AFP)

Brandishing Iraqi flags and portraits of "martyrs", they marched to Tahrir Square, an epicentre of the 2019 revolt, surrounded by a large number of riot police,...

Iraq issues arrest warrants over ties with Israel forum

Sep 26, 2021 (AFP)

More than 300 Iraqis, including tribal leaders, attended Saturday's forum in autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan organised by a US think-tank. The judiciary, in a statem...

US to hand over 3,500-year-old 'Gilgamesh' tablet to Iraq

Sep 20, 2021 (AFP)

The ancient tablet, which a wealthy US collector had acquired along with other Iraqi artifacts to display in the Washington Museum of the Bible, will be handed ...

Church in former IS Iraqi stronghold gets new bell

Sep 18, 2021 (AFP)

Dozens of faithful stood by as Father Pios Affas rang the newly installed bell for the first time at the Syriac Christian church of Mar Tuma, an AFP corresponde...

EU observers call for 'peaceful' Iraq vote

Sep 16, 2021 (AFP)

"I strongly encourage everyone to make sure this is a peaceful process," von Cramon told reporters in Baghdad, adding that "violence and intimidation have no pl...

Iraq's Hashed to reinstate 30,000 members

Sep 13, 2021 (AFP)

The announcement, which came weeks before the country's October 10 parliamentary elections, follows months of demonstrations by ex-members whose jobs had been t...

EU, UN hope for 'credible' Iraq polls

Sep 07, 2021 (AFP)

"Our purpose is to do whatever we can in order that the electoral process be as good as possible," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told a news conference ...

German prosecutor to head UN probe into IS crimes in Iraq

Sep 07, 2021 (AFP)

Ritscher succeeds Karim Asad Ahmad Khan of Britain, who was sworn in as prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in June. The UN team aims to support the ...

IS jihadist attack kills 13 Iraqi police: security, medics

Sep 05, 2021 (AFP)

The attack, in the region of Al-Rashad around 65 kilometres (40 miles) south of Kirkuk city, took place just after midnight, a senior Iraqi police officer told ...

Top Iraqi Shiite cleric dies in Najaf

Sep 03, 2021 (AFP)

Funeral ceremonies will be held on Saturday in Najaf and its twin holy city of Karbala, a source within his office told AFP. Hakim "underwent surgery three days...

Six Iraqis on death row executed, three for 'terrorism': medic

Aug 30, 2021 (AFP)

The source said the hangings took place in Nasiriyah prison, where death row prisoners are held. Those not executed for "terrorism" were sentenced over "crimina...

Macron visits IS former stronghold in Iraq's Mosul

Aug 29, 2021 (AFP)

He also visited a church and the site of a mosque IS destroyed in 2017 in a gesture towards all the communities in Iraq. In a speech at the devastated city's Ch...

Iraq's Mosul struggles to rebuild without funds

Aug 29, 2021 (AFP)

"Life has gradually resumed," said Riad, who runs a shop selling rice, pasta and tins of tomato paste in the Corniche market, along the banks of the Tigris rive...

Iraq's Sadr reverses vote boycott

Aug 27, 2021 (AFP)

A firebrand with millions of followers and in command of paramilitary groups, Sadr is a crucial player in Iraqi politics who has often protested against the inf...

Graft and security issues feed the trade in Iraq's past

Aug 23, 2021 (AFP)

On auction site liveauctioneers.com, bidding for the Sumerian clay tablet starts at 550 pounds ($750). The item weighs just 70 grams (2.5 ounces) but bears trac...