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Iraq court condemns to death IS leader widow: judiciary
Jul 10, 2024 (AFP)
The wife of the polygamous Baghdadi was brought back to Iraq after being detained in Turkey, judicial sources told AFP under cover of anonymity because they wer...
Sweden to protest Iraq death sentences for three citizens
Jul 04, 2024 (AFP)
Sweden's Iraq embassy, whose activities are temporarily being managed from Stockholm, "has received confirmation from local authorities that a total of three Sw...
Murdered and forgotten: Iraqi victims of gender-based violence
Jul 03, 2024 (AFP)
Domestic violence and femicide have long plagued Iraq's conservative society, including through so-called "honour killings" -- the murders of women deemed to ha...
Five IS bombs found hidden in iconic Iraq mosque: UN agency
Jun 29, 2024 (AFP)
Five "large-scale explosive devices, designed to trigger a massive destruction of the site," were found in the southern wall of the prayer hall on Tuesday by th...
Iraq's top Christian leader reinstated as head of church
Jun 11, 2024 (AFP)
Sako, Iraq's top Christian leader and the architect of Pope Francis' historic visit to the country in 2021, is a key interlocutor between the Iraqi government a...
Iraq says several arrested over attacks on US-linked outlets
Jun 04, 2024 (AFP)
Dozens of men attacked two restaurants in Baghdad on Monday including a KFC, security officials said, as calls grow to boycott US brands over Israel's war in Ga...
US-linked restaurants attacked in Baghdad: security sources
Jun 03, 2024 (AFP)
The incident is the latest in a series of attacks targeting Western-linked brands in Iraq that started last week. A group of "30 men attacked" a branch of the U...
Iraq hangs eight convicted of 'terrorism': sources
May 31, 2024 (AFP)
Courts have handed down hundreds of death and life sentences in recent years to Iraqis convicted of "terrorism", in trials that rights groups have denounced as ...
UN mission in Iraq to end after two decades
May 31, 2024 (AFP)
The Iraqi government welcomed the decision, saying it reflected progress and stability in the country since the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAM...
US envoy condemns attacks on Western-linked brands in Baghdad
May 30, 2024 (AFP)
A stun bomb exploded at 1:20 am in front of a dealership of the US construction equipment company Caterpillar in the Jadriyah neighbourhood of Baghdad, the Iraq...
Iraq's Sadr demands closure of US embassy after Rafah strike
May 28, 2024 (AFP)
Health officials in Gaza said the Sunday night strike killed at least 45 people in a displaced persons' camp in Rafah, the south Gaza city where Israel launched...
Swiss return three confiscated artefacts to Iraq
May 24, 2024 (AFP)
During a ceremony at the culture ministry in Bern, Swiss Interior Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider handed over a partial statue and two Mesopotamian reliefs t...
Iraq parliament fails to elect a speaker
May 18, 2024 (AFP)
It is the latest in a series of failed attempts to replace the former head of parliament who was dismissed in November, with political bickering and divisions b...
Measured support for end of UN mission in Iraq
May 16, 2024 (AFP)
Last week, in a letter to the council, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani called for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), which has ...
Iraq calls for UN mission's departure by 2025
May 10, 2024 (AFP)
In the document sent to the Security Council, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani described what he said were "positive developments and the achievement...
Powerful Iraqi pro-Iran group says US troops must leave
May 07, 2024 (AFP)
Washington and Baghdad have been engaged in talks over the presence of US troops in Iraq, who are stationed there as part of an international anti-jihadist coal...
IAEA chief in Iran as concern grows over nuclear activity
May 06, 2024 (AFP)
The visit comes at a time of heightened regional tensions and with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) criticising Iran for lack of cooperation on ins...
Iraq hangs 11 convicted of 'terrorism': security, health sources
May 06, 2024 (AFP)
A security official confirmed on condition of anonymity that the executions took place at Al-Hut prison in the southern city of Nasiriyah in Dhi Qar province, w...
Iraqi female TikTok star shot dead; as LGBTQ people face 15 year jail terms
Apr 26, 2024 (AFP)
An unidentified attacker shot Om Fahad in her car in the Zayouna district, a security official said, requesting anonymity because he was not cleared to speak to...
US troops targeted in western Iraq: official
Apr 23, 2024 (AFP)
It followed another attack over the weekend in which rockets were fired from northern Iraq at a base in Syria that houses forces from the US-led coalition again...
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