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Jordan drone attack: US retaliates with massive air assault on over 85 targets across Iraq, Syria
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Iranian strikes in Pakistan and Iraq inflame regional tensions
BAGHDAD: Iran hit its neighbours Pakistan and Iraq with missile strikes Tuesday, prompting strong denunciations from both countries and raising fears that upheaval in West…
Kirkuk: Security forces deploy in Iraqi oil city after four protesters killed in ethnic clashes
SULAIMANIYA: Iraqi security forces deployed in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Sunday to prevent further violence as the death toll in clashes…
Iraqi Kurdistan demonstration in support of jailed journalist
SULAIMANIYAH: Hundreds of people protested in Iraq‘s autonomous Kurdistan region on Sunday in support of a jailed journalist hit with a new sentence before he…
Iraq threatens to sever ties with Sweden if Quran burnt
BAGHDAD: Iraq warned on Thursday that it would sever diplomatic ties with Sweden if a second Quran burning protest within several weeks goes ahead in…
Iraq plans $17 billion transportation project linking Asia to Europe
IRBIL: Iraq‘s PM on Saturday announced plans for a $17 billion regional transportation project intended to facilitate the flow of goods from Asia to Europe….
Iraqi Kurdistan Strikes: Two killed in Iraqi Kurdistan in strikes blamed on Turkey
SULAIMANIYAH: At least two people have been killed and two others wounded in northern Iraq‘s Kurdistan region, officials said Sunday, blaming a drone strike carried…
Populist Iraqi Cleric Announces Suspension: Populist Iraqi cleric announces suspension of his movement
BAGHDAD – Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Friday that he would suspend the movement he leads for one year,…
Iraq: Iraq, Syria’s Kurdish leader condemn attack on airport
BAGHDAD: The commander of the main U.S.-backed force in Syria and Iraq‘s presidency Saturday condemned what they say was a Turkish attack on an airport…
Turkey: Iraq calls on Turkey to ‘apologise’ for shelling Sulaymaniyah airport
ERBIL: Iraq called on Turkey on Saturday to apologise for what it said was the shelling of Sulaymaniyah airport in Iraq’s north, saying the Turkish…