IRAQ WARS - BIO FUEL DAILY

In Iraq's city of bookshops, theology and poetry rub spines

Oct 10, 2018 (AFP)

Since leaving his native Bangladesh for the Shiite holy city three years ago, religious student Mohammed Ali Reda has regularly frequented secondhand bookstores...

PM-designate asks Iraqis to apply online for cabinet

Oct 09, 2018 (AFP)

The unprecedented measure comes as Abdel Mahdi, a former Iraqi vice president, battles to overcome sharp party political differences and forge a viable governin...

Iraqi PM designate gets challenge of forming government

Oct 03, 2018 (AFP)

In a surprise move late Tuesday, new President Barham Saleh handed Abdel Mahdi -- seen as an independent -- the difficult responsibility only hours after being ...

Murders of trailblazing Iraqi women spark conspiracy fears

Oct 01, 2018 (AFP)

The deaths have sparked fear among women who dare to break the mould and visibly achieve in the conservative country. The latest to die was 22-year-old social m...

Iraq court condemns to death 'deputy of IS leader'

Sep 19, 2018 (AFP)

Ismail Alwan Salman al-Ithawi was hunted down, caught and extradited after a joint operation involving Turkish, Iraqi and US intelligence agencies, according to...

Iraq parliament elects pro-Iran candidates

Sep 15, 2018 (AFP)

National politics has been in paralysis since the May 12 ballot, but Saturday's selections are expected to solidify new parliamentary alliances. The pro-Iran bl...

Iran says US blame over Iraq protests 'astonishing'

Sep 12, 2018 (AFP)

Both the US consulate in Iraq's third city Basra and its embassy in Baghdad were in areas that came under attack. But the main target of the unrest in Basra wer...

US vows to respond 'decisively' to attacks in Iraq by Tehran allies

Sep 11, 2018 (AFP)

"Over the past few days, we have seen life-threatening attacks in Iraq, including on the United States consulate in Basra and against the American embassy compo...

Under fire, Iraq PM visits Basra after deadly violence

Sep 10, 2018 (AFP)

After 12 demonstrators were killed and many of Basra's institutions torched, calm returned to the city late Saturday as Abadi's rivals in Baghdad said they want...

Two hospitals reopen in war-damaged Iraqi city Mosul

Sep 09, 2018 (AFP)

The hospitals -- one an emergency centre, the other specialising in gynaecology and obstetrics -- replace buildings that were destroyed in fighting that culmina...

Curfew imposed in Iraq's Basra as one dies in protests

Sep 07, 2018 (AFP)

The rare assault by unidentified attackers on the heavily-fortified green zone, which houses Iraqi government officials and the US Embassy, came "without any vi...

Free from jihadist grip, Iraqi weightlifters target medals

Sep 06, 2018 (AFP)

An easy way to escape the group's two-year occupation of Iraq's second city, one might think. But there was a big catch. "IS wanted us to hoist their flag inste...

Iraq's Sadr urges 'radical' solutions after deadly unrest

Sep 06, 2018 (AFP)

Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in the southern city of Basra, angry at pollution of the water supply which has put 30,000 people in hospit...

Iraq forces open fire on protesters during new clashes, one dead

Sep 05, 2018 (AFP)

An AFP journalist reported gunshots and tear gas were fired by security personnel directly at demonstrators, who had gathered in their thousands outside the reg...

Six protesters killed in southern Iraq rally

Sep 04, 2018 (AFP)

"Six demonstrators were killed and more than 20 wounded," said Mehdi al-Tamimi, head of the government's human rights council in Basra province. Security forces...

4 million Iraqis return home after war on IS: IOM

Sep 04, 2018 (AFP)

When IS swept across Iraq in 2014, eventually seizing around one third of the country, it forced six million Iraqis to flee for safety, said the International O...

Eight civilians killed in Iraq in suspected IS attacks

Sep 03, 2018 (AFP)

The extremist group has stepped up its attacks since the release of a purported new audio message late last month from IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. On Monday...

Rivals jostle for power as Iraq parliament meets

Sep 03, 2018 (AFP)

The country's next leaders will face the mammoth task of rebuilding a country ravaged by the war against jihadists as well as tackling public anger over corrupt...

Iraqi amputees take the plunge to forget horrors of IS

Sep 02, 2018 (AFP)

Abdel Zahra Kazem, a soldier from southern Iraq who was wounded in an attack in Baghdad, said getting back in the pool had helped him to rediscover one of his p...

Iraq's Sadr and Abadi form biggest parliamentary bloc

Sep 02, 2018 (AFP)

A close aide to Abadi told AFP that the bloc consists of 177 deputies, which is more than half of the 329 lawmakers elected in legislative polls. As the largest...