IRAQ WARS - BIO FUEL DAILY

Jordan king visits Iraq for first time in decade

Jan 14, 2019 (AFP)

It is the latest in a string of top-level visits to Iraq in recent weeks, which kicked off with a surprise Christmas trip by US President Donald Trump. King Abd...

Mosul demolishes iconic building used by IS for 'gay' killings

Jan 14, 2019 (AFP)

Labourers and bulldozers on Monday could be seen removing rubble and twisted metal from the gutted ruins of the National Insurance Company in the city's west. I...

By necessity or design, Iraqi women launch Mosul firms

Jan 10, 2019 (AFP)

In red letters "Umm Mustafa and sons" looms large over a modest grocery, standing out in a sea of shop facades daubed with male proprietors' names. "At first so...

Visits to Israel by Iraqi officials stir controversy

Jan 07, 2019 (AFP)

Israel's foreign ministry said on Twitter on Sunday that three Iraqi delegations visited Israel in 2018, and details were also later released by media. Baghdad ...

6 killed in clashes, fire at Baghdad women's facility

Jan 04, 2019 (AFP)

A further "six women and one warden were injured" at the Dar al-Zuhur centre in Baghdad's Azamiya neighbourhood, a police officer told AFP on condition of anony...

Conditions for papal visit to Iraq 'not yet met': Vatican

Jan 02, 2019 (AFP)

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, told the Catholic TV channel TV2000 that "the problem of terrorism has not been resolved". Parolin spok...

New Iraq minister quits over videos linking her brother to IS

Dec 30, 2018 (AFP)

Shaima al-Hayali announced her decision in a tweet on Saturday, two weeks after parliament approved her nomination, saying she had handed her resignation to Pri...

Trump's surprise troop visit sparks criticism in Iraq

Dec 27, 2018 (AFP)

The Wednesday visit, Trump's first with US troops in a conflict zone since he took office two years ago, came days after a shock decision to pull all American t...

Trump acknowledges security concerns over Iraq visit

Dec 27, 2018 (AFP)

On a lightning trip to Iraq that came after mounting criticism that he had not already visited US forces abroad, Trump said he was concerned about making the jo...

US-Iraq relations since 2003

Dec 27, 2018 (AFP)

Here are key dates since the US-led invasion in 2003: - Invasion - On March 20, 2003, a US-led invasion of Saddam Hussein's Iraq is launched after claims his re...

Trump tweets video of secretive SEAL team in Iraq

Dec 27, 2018 (AFP)

Ordinarily, the whereabouts of special operations forces are a closely held secret. In the rare instances when they are filmed while in a combat zone, their fac...

IS claims deadly Iraq attack

Dec 25, 2018 (AFP)

"A car bomb exploded near a cafe in the Ras al-Jadah district in the centre of Tal Afar," said Abed Alaal Abbas, an official in the city some 70 kilometres (40 ...

Kids in Iraq camps dream big, but can't enroll in school

Dec 23, 2018 (AFP)

The makeshift primary school in the dusty Hammam al-Alil 2 camp in Iraq's north opened earlier this year, but several thousand displaced children are unable to ...

Former Blackwater guard convicted for 2007 Baghdad massacre

Dec 19, 2018 (AFP)

Nicholas Slatten, 35, was convicted of first-degree murder by a federal jury in US District Court in Washington after five days of deliberations. Slatten was co...

After shedding IS, Mosul embraces makeovers

Dec 19, 2018 (AFP)

But more than a year after the Islamic State group's ouster, the Iraqi city is flaunting its more fabulous side. Need to zap away a scar or a burn? Cover up a b...

Iraq okays 3 new ministers, deadlocked over interior, defence

Dec 18, 2018 (AFP)

The brief session brings to 17 the number of filled posts in Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi's 22-ministry cabinet. The other 14 were approved by parliament in ...

Iraq lays cornerstone to rebuild iconic Mosul mosque

Dec 16, 2018 (AFP)

The famed 12th century mosque and minaret, dubbed Al-Hadba or "the hunchback," hosted Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's only public appearance as IS chief, when he declare...

Nobel laureate Murad urges Iraq to probe fate of abducted Yazidis

Dec 12, 2018 (AFP)

The 25-year-old, the first Iraqi to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, made the appeal during a visit to Baghdad. "I'm very happy because three years ago I left Ira...

Iraq premier says lagging govt formation 'not his decision'

Dec 11, 2018 (AFP)

"It's not my decision," he told reporters gathered at a weekly news conference, in response to an AFP question. More than two months after being appointed premi...

A year after IS defeat, Iraq in throes of political crisis

Dec 10, 2018 (AFP)

Unified against the common menace of IS, Iraq's political elites are now at loggerheads over the drawn-out formation of a cabinet as the threat of renewed popul...