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Iraq hails 'new page' in Iran-Saudi relations
Mar 10, 2023 (AFP)
Riyadh cut ties with Tehran after Iranian protesters attacked Saudi diplomatic missions in the Islamic republic in 2016 following the Saudi execution of revered...
Pentagon chief visits Iraq nearly 20 years after US-led invasion
Mar 07, 2023 (AFP)
"I'm here to reaffirm the US-Iraq strategic partnership as we move toward a more secure, stable and sovereign Iraq," Austin tweeted as he landed in Baghdad. His...
In jihadi-ruined Iraqi city, restored church bells signal hope
Mar 07, 2023 (AFP)
"They ring for everyone," the UN's cultural chief Audrey Azoulay said on a visit to the northern metropolis of Mosul, Iraq's second city. Her agency, UNESCO, is...
Pentagon chief in Iraq says US wants to 'strengthen' ties
Mar 07, 2023 (AFP)
Defense Secretary Austin also told Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani that US troops were "ready to remain" in the country at Baghdad's invitation, a ...
UNESCO chief in Iraq to visit war-battered cultural sites
Mar 06, 2023 (AFP)
UNESCO chief Audrey Azoulay was to visit reconstruction projects and meet top officials including Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and President Abdel Lat...
Iraq customs ordered to start enforcing alcohol import ban
Mar 04, 2023 (AFP)
But the specialist retail stores that dominate alcohol sales in the virtual absence of bars or licensed restaurants remained open for business, at least in Bagh...
UN chief in Iraq for 'solidarity' visit
Mar 01, 2023 (AFP)
The UN chief's visit comes as Iraq, blighted by corruption and broken infrastructure, prepares to mark the 20th anniversary of the US-led invasion that toppled ...
UN chief on 'solidarity' visit to Iraq
Mar 01, 2023 (AFP)
The UN chief's visit, his first to Iraq in six years, comes as the war-torn country prepares to mark the 20th anniversary of the toppling of longtime dictator S...
Four Iraqi soldiers killed in raid on suspected IS fighters
Feb 16, 2023 (AFP)
Clashes broke out in Tarmiya, an agricultural area about 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the capital where Islamic State group fighters operate. The raid came as ...
Iraqis protest after father kills YouTuber daughter
Feb 05, 2023 (AFP)
Tiba al-Ali, 22, was killed by her father on January 31 in the southern province of Diwaniyah, interior ministry spokesman Saad Maan had said on Twitter on Frid...
Iraqis outraged after father kills YouTube star daughter; German TV team quits Iraq after pressure
Feb 03, 2023 (AFP)
Tiba al-Ali, 22, was killed by her father on January 31 in the southern province of Diwaniya, interior ministry spokesman Saad Maan said on Twitter on Friday. P...
German TV team quits Iraq after pressure: broadcaster
Feb 03, 2023 (AFP)
Deutsche Welle has lodged a protest with Baghdad's embassy in Berlin, a statement from the broadcaster said. Officials at Iraq's interior ministry and the state...
Iraq to hang 14 people for IS massacre of cadets
Jan 26, 2023 (AFP)
The massacre, one of the worst committed by IS in Iraq, saw the extremists in June 2014 abduct up to 1,700 mainly Shiite cadets from the Speicher military base ...
Iraq repatriates 142 families from Syria camp
Jan 18, 2023 (AFP)
The US military's Central Command said in a statement Wednesday that "142 Iraqi families comprising 580 people" were transferred to Iraq's Jadaa facility on Jan...
Iraq PM backs continued US troop presence
Jan 15, 2023 (AFP)
"We think that we need the foreign forces," Sudani told The Wall Street Journal in his first US interview since taking office in October. US and NATO forces hav...
Between war and red tape, many Iraqis lack official papers
Jan 04, 2023 (AFP)
The 37-year-old has to overcome countless hurdles just to get her children into school, and she cannot register her family to obtain the food subsidies she and ...
Iraqi court summons justice minister amid graft probe
Jan 04, 2023 (AFP)
Investigations began last month into "suspicions of corruption" in the delivery of prison meals, with "poor quality" and limited food provided compared to the p...
In Iraq, graft helps push property prices out of reach
Jan 04, 2023 (AFP)
"Even if your income increases, it will never be up to the exorbitant prices of houses or land", said 29-year-old Ahmed, who earns a "comfortable" monthly salar...
Iraq says ex-official returned fraction of stolen billions
Jan 03, 2023 (AFP)
The scandal, implicating businessmen and former high officials, has provoked widespread anger in Iraq. The country is oil-rich but ravaged by endemic corruption...
Two Iraqi soldiers killed in ambush blamed on jihadists
Dec 22, 2022 (AFP)
There was no immediate claim for the attack which took place late Wednesday near Dibs outside the northern city of Kirkuk, but army officers blamed the killing ...
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