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Iraq gets US sanctions break to keep the lights on

Nov 08, 2018 (AFP)

With US measures imposed Monday taking aim at Iran's banking and energy industries, there were concerns Iraq -- which heavily relies on its eastern neighbour fo...

Two Iraq ministers risk sack over Saddam-era posts: officials

Nov 08, 2018 (AFP)

The Accountability and Justice Commission is responsible for the policy of "de-Baathification", or ensuring no Saddam-era officials or senior members of his Baa...

More than 200 mass graves found in former IS territory in Iraq: UN

Nov 06, 2018 (AFP)

The United Nations in Iraq (UNAMI) and its human rights office said they had documented a total of 202 mass graves in parts of western and northern Iraq held by...

Iraq parliament holds off vote on key ministers

Nov 06, 2018 (AFP)

On October 25, lawmakers gave their stamp of approval to 14 of the country's 22 ministries, with the finance, foreign affairs and oil ministers named. Due to de...

Hotel poses challenge for tribal tradition in Iraq

Nov 05, 2018 (AFP)

In the heart of Ramadi, the provincial capital, a tall building is lit up with neon lights. "Rose Plaza Hotel" reads a bright sign in Arabic and English. The 80...

Money moves again in Iraq's Mosul, but not via banks

Nov 04, 2018 (AFP)

This is how salaries are paid and bills settled in the northern metropolis, despite the banks reopening since Iraqi forces seized it back last year from the Isl...

Blasts across Baghdad kill six people: sources

Nov 04, 2018 (AFP)

In northern Baghdad's Aden roundabout area, two civilians were killed and another six wounded by a blast near a bus stop, the sources told AFP. A bomb in the ne...

IS kills 3 Iraq village chiefs in a week: officials

Nov 03, 2018 (AFP)

Iraq declared victory against the Islamic State group last year, but small jihadist cells still wage attacks, especially in mountainous areas like the northern ...

Iraq reinforces border with Syria, fearing IS spillover

Nov 02, 2018 (AFP)

For weeks, IS has fought back an assault by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on a key jihadist-held pocket in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province ne...

Millions mark Shiite religious festival in Iraq's Karbala

Oct 30, 2018 (AFP)

Arbaeen is one of the world's biggest religious festivals and marks the end of the 40-day mourning period for the seventh-century killing of Imam Hussein by the...

Iranians find joy in serving pilgrims on road to Karbala

Oct 29, 2018 (AFP)

Farther down the road another cleric stands on a chair holding a Koran over the heads of passing crowds, blessing them as they march in the thousands towards th...

Almost 2 million Iranian pilgrims head into Iraq for Arbaeen

Oct 28, 2018 (AFP)

Iranian organisers say more than 1.8 million Iraqi visas have been issued for Iranians this year for the Arbaeen pilgrimage which culminates on Tuesday as the d...

France to take in 100 Yazidi women stranded in Iraqi Kurdistan

Oct 25, 2018 (AFP)

Macron's offer came after a meeting in Paris with Nadia Murad, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this month for her campaign to end sexual violence as a wea...

Iraq cabinet holds first post-Saddam meeting outside Green Zone

Oct 25, 2018 (AFP)

The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi and 14 new ministers whose positions were approved overnight by parliament. The cabinet meeting was ...

Iraq parliament okays 14 ministers for new cabinet

Oct 24, 2018 (AFP)

A total of 220 lawmakers out of 329 elected in May to a deeply divided parliament, approved Abdel Mahdi's 14 picks, including for the ministries of foreign affa...

Six killed by car bomb near Iraq's Mosul

Oct 23, 2018 (AFP)

Images of the scene posted on social media showed a devastated market in the town of Al Qayyarah, 60 kilometres (40 miles) south of Mosul, with wounded being ev...

Islamic State Ahvaz 'mastermind' killed in Iraq says Tehran

Oct 16, 2018 (AFP)

The five were killed "during a reconnaissance and surprise operation by forces of the resistance this morning in Iraq's Diyalah province," northeast of Baghdad,...

Syria, Iraq say joint border crossing to re-open soon

Oct 15, 2018 (AFP)

"We are now looking at the interest of the Syrian and Iraqi people in opening up the Albu Kamal crossing... as soon as possible," Syrian Foreign Minister Walid ...

US diplomat heads to Iraq for talks with newly elected leaders

Oct 14, 2018 (AFP)

Sullivan will visit Baghdad and Arbil, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, the State Department said. The US deputy secretary of state will meet...

Kurdish, Iraqi forces arrest IS financiers: coalition

Oct 11, 2018 (AFP)

Iraqi commandos and Kurdish counter-terrorism forces arrested the members of the al-Rawi network in operations October 7-9 in Baghdad and Erbil in northern Iraq...