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Three years after IS, slim funds keep Mosul in ruins
Jul 10, 2020 (AFP)
He is among tens of thousands of Iraqis who have filed claims to the Nineveh province's Subcommittee for Compensation, seeking reparations for material goods, i...
Killing of Iraq expert stirs fear of new violent phase
Jul 08, 2020 (AFP)
Hashemi, 47, was gunned down outside his home in east Baghdad late Monday by masked assailants on motorcycles. While the perpetrators remain on the run, experts...
Iraqi jihadism expert Hisham al-Hashemi killed
Jul 06, 2020 (AFP)
Hashemi was an authoritative voice on Sunni jihadist factions including the Islamic State group, but was also frequently consulted by media and foreign governme...
Rockets target US interests despite arrests: Iraq military
Jul 05, 2020 (AFP)
Since October, US diplomats and troops across Iraq have been targeted by around three dozen missile attacks which Washington has blamed on pro-Iranian armed fac...
Iraq virus spike risks pushing strained doctors over the edge
Jun 30, 2020 (AFP)
"We're collapsing," said Mohammed, a doctor at a COVID-19 ward in Baghdad who declined to use his full name so he could speak freely. "I just can't work anymore...
In first, Iraq detains pro-Iran fighters accused of anti-US rockets
Jun 26, 2020 (AFP)
Since October, nearly three dozen deadly rocket attacks have hit US military and diplomatic installations in Iraq, with the US blaming pro-Tehran faction Kataeb...
New rocket attack in Baghdad, 6th in two weeks
Jun 22, 2020 (AFP)
The airport has been shut to commercial flights since mid-March in an effort to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, which has infected more than 20,000 in...
Rockets hit Baghdad's Green Zone
Jun 18, 2020 (AFP)
AFP journalists heard at least three explosions, followed by the sound of sirens in the Green Zone. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. Lik...
Rockets hit near Baghdad airport: Iraq military
Jun 16, 2020 (AFP)
A statement from the Iraqi military said the Katyusha-type projectiles were fired from the southwestern edges of Baghdad, where security forces found more rocke...
Rockets hit Iraqi base north of Baghdad: military
Jun 13, 2020 (AFP)
A statement from Iraq's security forces said the rockets were launched north of Baghdad and did not cause any damage to the Taji base. A coalition official conf...
US pledges to reduce Iraq troops as tensions ease
Jun 12, 2020 (AFP)
The United States also promised support to prop up the struggling Iraqi economy as the two nations held their first strategic dialogue in more than a decade. Te...
Iraq, US find new stability in talks after tensions
Jun 11, 2020 (AFP)
Due to coronavirus travel restrictions, top-level talks expected to take place in Baghdad were demoted to a brief online kick-off session, as Iraq faces a spike...
Iraq, US launch strategic talks, with tempered expectations
Jun 11, 2020 (AFP)
Due to coronavirus travel restrictions, top-level talks expected to take place in Baghdad have been demoted to a brief online kick-off session, as Iraq faces a ...
US general sees Baghdad keeping American troops in country
Jun 10, 2020 (AFP)
"It is my belief that the government of Iraq is going to want to retain US and coalition forces," General Kenneth McKenzie, the commander of US forces in the re...
Rocket hits Baghdad airport: army
Jun 08, 2020 (AFP)
While a wave of similar attacks that began in October has since eased, the latest strike came three days ahead of US-Iraqi talks as part of a "strategic dialogu...
'We want to breathe, too': solidarity from Iraq
Jun 06, 2020 (AFP)
Whether in Baghdad's Tahrir Square or on Twitter, Iraqis are closely watching the unprecedented street protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd, an unarm...
Iraq parliament approves last 7 members of new govt
Jun 06, 2020 (AFP)
Ihsan Ismaeel, the former head of the Basra Oil Company (BOC), was appointed minister of oil of OPEC's second-largest producing country. He will inherit a chall...
UK's Iraq war crimes probe dismisses all but one complaint
Jun 02, 2020 (AFP)
The Service Prosecuting Authority director Andrew Cayley told BBC radio that it was "quite possible" that none of the original allegations would lead to a prose...
Britain's Iraq war crimes probe dismisses thousands of complaints
Jun 02, 2020 (AFP)
The Service Prosecuting Authority director Andrew Cayley told BBC radio that it was "quite possible" that none of the original allegations will lead to a prosec...
British Royal Air Force struck Islamic State in Iraq four times in May
Jun 01, 2020 (UPI)
Although RAF Typhoon fighter planes and Reaper drones have flown continuous missions against IS strongholds since 2019, the May attacks, and two in April, were ...
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