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Protesters shun politicians they blame for Iraq woes
Oct 03, 2019 (AFP)
"This movement doesn't look like any of the previous ones -- it's a popular, apolitical movement that isn't linked to a party or a tribe," said Majid Saher, 34,...
Iraq-Iran border crossing shut as protests rage
Oct 03, 2019 (AFP)
The border post at Khosravi, around 570 kilometres (350 miles) east of Tehran, was shut during the night and was still closed as of Thursday afternoon. It comes...
Thousands in bloody protests across Iraq, 30 dead
Oct 03, 2019 (AFP)
Defying curfews, tear gas and live rounds, they gathered by truckfuls to vent their anger against corruption, unemployment and poor services in the biggest chal...
Shots fired as deadly Iraq protests resume despite curfew
Oct 03, 2019 (AFP)
Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi ordered the ban on movements across the capital starting at 5:00 am (0200 GMT) to stem the popular demonstrations over widesprea...
Iraq police fire to disperse new protests despite restraint calls
Oct 02, 2019 (AFP)
The protests are the first significant popular challenge to Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi, who formed his government a year ago this month and who controversi...
Calls for restraint after deadly Iraq protests
Oct 02, 2019 (AFP)
Hundreds took to the streets of the capital and cities across the south on Tuesday in the first major challenge to the government, formed a year ago this month....
Two dead, more than 200 injured in clashes at Iraq protests
Oct 01, 2019 (AFP)
More than 1,000 protesters had descended on the capital before security forces dispersed the crowds with a volley of gunfire and tear gas. Protests in Baghdad l...
In first, Iraq PM points finger at Israel on base attacks
Sep 30, 2019 (AFP)
The Hashed al-Shaabi force has blamed the series of explosions at its bases and arms depots on Israel and the US, but the central government had so far said it ...
Iraq, Syria reopen major border crossing retaken from IS
Sep 30, 2019 (AFP)
Iraqi security forces had re-taken the border post near the town of Al-Qaim in late 2017 as part of a massive operation backed by an international coalition aga...
When Chirac opposed war in Iraq
Sep 26, 2019 (AFP)
Chief UN inspector Hans Blix had submitted a report on Iraq's attempts to develop weapons of mass destruction and suggested that more inspections were needed. B...
Two rockets hit near US embassy in Baghdad: security sources
Sep 23, 2019 (AFP)
The latest attack within the walled-off Green Zone, which hosts foreign embassies and Iraqi government buildings, comes amid heightened tensions between Baghdad...
Seven killed in Baghdad suburb despite anti-IS sweep: security sources
Sep 22, 2019 (AFP)
The overnight attacks Saturday into Sunday targeted the homes of tribal fighters belonging to the powerful Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force, as well as army ...
New spats shake Iraq's teetering stability -- and its PM
Sep 17, 2019 (AFP)
It has been a shaky 11 months for Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi's government since it was painstakingly stitched together in the prolonged wake of May 2018 el...
Iraq parliament strips outspoken liberal MP of immunity
Sep 17, 2019 (AFP)
A constant critic of Iraq's endemic corruption, Fayeq al-Sheikh Ali won a parliamentary seat last year after promising to counter Islamists' efforts to ban alco...
The Iraqi displaced no one wants
Sep 13, 2019 (AFP)
Left in limbo, they represent the complex legacy of the IS sweep across Iraq, which is keen to move on two years after ousting the jihadists but apparently unab...
Iraqi cleric Sadr joins supreme leader at Iran ceremony
Sep 11, 2019 (AFP)
The office of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued pictures of Sadr flanked by Khamenei on one side, and the commander of the elite Quds Force of Iran's...
Shorter sentences for three convicted in 2007 Blackwater carnage
Sep 10, 2019 (AFP)
The three Americans -- Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard -- were sentenced to 15, 14 and 12.5 years respectively in Washington on Thursday, according t...
Across decades, families of missing Iraqis share endless anguish
Sep 04, 2019 (AFP)
Khasro, who hails from a once-persecuted Shiite Kurdish minority, says her family was gutted by the disappearance of so many loved ones -- and the anguish of no...
Iraq suspends US-funded TV over report on corruption in religious bodies
Sep 02, 2019 (AFP)
The 12-minute documentary broadcast on Saturday claimed that Sunni and Shiite Muslim authorities were misusing state funds and had suspicious ties to armed fact...
Iraq slams Bahrain statement on paramilitary base attacks
Aug 29, 2019 (AFP)
A string of Hashed al-Shaabi bases across Iraq have been hit by explosions and drone sightings over the past five weeks that the force has blamed on Israel and ...
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