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Denmark offers to lead NATO training mission in Iraq
Nov 26, 2019 (AFP)
The year-old NATO mission, which provides around 500 soldiers that advise and train Iraqi troops, is currently led by Canada, whose time in charge ends in late ...
In protest-hit Iraq, parties cling to lucrative posts
Nov 24, 2019 (AFP)
The demonstrations rocking the capital and Shiite-majority south since early October are the biggest grassroots movement the country has seen since the 2003 US-...
Six protesters killed in south Iraq as unrest intensifies
Nov 24, 2019 (AFP)
Three demonstrators died and around 50 were wounded in clashes with security forces near the key southern port of Umm Qasr, the Iraqi Human Rights Commission re...
American VP avoids Baghdad leaders on surprise Iraq visit
Nov 23, 2019 (AFP)
In his first visit as vice president, Pence visited American troops at Ain al-Asad base in western Iraq's Anbar province and also travelled to Arbil, capital of...
Four protesters killed in Iraq capital: medics, police
Nov 21, 2019 (AFP)
Anti-government demonstrators have spread from their main protest camp in Tahrir (Liberation) Square onto three bridges linking the banks of the river Tigris. S...
'This is my sacrifice': Thousands maimed in Iraq protests
Nov 20, 2019 (AFP)
"This is my sacrifice for Iraq," said the 16-year-old, his strained voice barely audible over the phone in Baghdad. "If I could walk, I would be back in the pro...
Iran spy agency leaks reveal 'vast' sway in protest-hit Iraq
Nov 18, 2019 (AFP)
The New York Times and online publication The Intercept reported that the hundreds of documents from Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security painted a rich...
Washington silent as US-crafted regime under fire in Iraq
Nov 18, 2019 (AFP)
Its apparent absence during a key turning point in Iraq lays bare how much its interests and influence have waned since the 2003 US-led invasion that opened the...
From Mosul to Baghdad, a song of Iraqi solidarity and resistance
Nov 17, 2019 (AFP)
In a viral music video clip, the World War II-era Italian anti-fascist song has been tweaked to "Blaya Chara" -- meaning "no way out" in Iraqi dialect. It captu...
Iraqis seal bridges, roads as protests pick up pace
Nov 17, 2019 (AFP)
Sit-ins have become the go-to tactic for rallies that erupted in early October in fury over corruption, a lack of jobs and an out-of-touch political class. They...
Protest-swept Iraq will never be the same: top cleric
Nov 15, 2019 (AFP)
Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani's comments sent waves of protesters into the streets of Baghdad during the day, but panic set in just before midnight with a bomb bl...
Tear gas grenades kill Iraq protesters as govt feels heat
Nov 14, 2019 (AFP)
Iraq's political elite has come under renewed pressure in recent days from both the street and the international community to seriously address calls for reform...
Iraq officials must 'step up' to enact reforms: UN envoy
Nov 13, 2019 (AFP)
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, who heads the UN's Iraq mission (UNAMI), said the country's authorities must "step up to the plate and make things happen". "They ar...
Iraqi protesters rally as UN steps up mediation efforts
Nov 12, 2019 (AFP)
Backed by the country's top Shiite authority, the UN's phased plan demands an immediate end to violence that has killed more than 300 people since protests erup...
UN, top Iraq cleric urge 'serious' reforms after protests
Nov 11, 2019 (AFP)
Mass rallies calling for an overhaul of the ruling system have rocked the capital Baghdad and the country's Shiite-majority south since October 1 -- the largest...
Iraqis keep up sit-ins amid fears of 'bloodbath'
Nov 10, 2019 (AFP)
Mass rallies calling for an overhaul of the ruling system have rocked the capital Baghdad and the Shiite-majority south since early October, but political force...
Threats, killings: Iraqi protesters face 'psychological' war
Nov 09, 2019 (AFP)
Speaking to AFP using pseudonyms, they have described an apparent campaign of surveillance and intimidation by government forces and unidentified actors. "We kn...
In Baghdad's protests, all bridges lead to 'revolution'
Nov 07, 2019 (AFP)
As the weeks-long demonstrations drag on, activists have trickled from their main encampment in Tahrir (Liberation) Square to take position along four consecuti...
Renewed live fire in Iraq capital as blackout, sit-ins persist
Nov 06, 2019 (AFP)
Mass rallies have continued in Baghdad and across Iraq's Shiite-majority south, despite a renewed internet blackout and violence that has left nearly 280 dead. ...
Mounting toll in Iraq protests as internet cut again
Nov 05, 2019 (AFP)
A first wave of protests that erupted on October 1 met with brutal violence, with at least 157 people killed over six days, most of them protesters in Baghdad, ...
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