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Toy guns banished as Iraqis celebrate peaceful Eid in Mosul
Jun 15, 2018 (AFP)
But nearly a year after security forces reclaimed a devastated city at the end of a brutal battle to dislodge the Islamic State group, there is little tolerance...
Iran pushes Sadr alliance in Iraq to maintain clout
Jun 14, 2018 (AFP)
When nationalist cleric Moqtada Sadr's bloc scooped the most seats at May's poll it was seen as a blow for Tehran, long the dominant foreign player in conflict-...
In Iraq's Mosul, women desperate for news of 'disappeared'
Jun 13, 2018 (AFP)
Dressed in black, with children in tow and brandishing photos, some fear their men have fallen victim to a cruel double jeopardy. They had been imprisoned by or...
Ex-miss Iraq calls for peace on Israel visit after selfie scandal
Jun 13, 2018 (AFP)
Baghdad-born Sarah Idan, 28, had posted the picture on her Instagram account with her newly made friend, Israel's Adar Gandelsman, during the 2017 Miss Universe...
Iraq's Sadr announces alliance with pro-Iranian Ameri
Jun 12, 2018 (AFP)
The two blocs won first and second place in the war-scarred country's May 12 parliamentary election. The move by Sadr, who is staunchly opposed to Iranian invol...
Corruption and negligence blamed for death trap sewers in Iraq
Jun 11, 2018 (AFP)
In separate parts of the country, young people have stumbled into neglected sewers where they suffocated, with would-be rescuers succumbing to the same gruesome...
Police among four arrested after Iraq ballot fire
Jun 11, 2018 (AFP)
The prosecutor's office in Al-Russafa, a district of eastern Baghdad, "arrested four people suspected of involvement in the arson attack on the electoral commis...
Fire hits Iraq's biggest ballot warehouse before recount
Jun 10, 2018 (AFP)
A senior security official, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said the fire broke out in a warehouse located in Al-Russafa, one of the largest voting d...
Sadr strengthens legislative bloc ahead of Iraq poll recount
Jun 08, 2018 (AFP)
The former militia leader reached a coalition agreement on Thursday with Shiite Ammar al-Hakim's Al-Hikma list and the secular outgoing vice-president Iyad Alla...
Iraq parliament orders full election recount
Jun 06, 2018 (AFP)
After several failed attempts because of a lack of quorum, outgoing MPs met to order a recount at all polling stations, covering almost 11 million votes, in res...
Iraq court sentences French woman to life for IS membership
Jun 03, 2018 (AFP)
Melina Boughedir, a mother of four, was sentenced last February to seven months in prison for "illegal" entry into the country, and was set to be deported back ...
Confusion reigns in Iraq amid election fraud charges
May 30, 2018 (AFP)
Since the May 12 victory of anti-establishment electoral lists, long-time political figures pushed out by Iraqi voters hoping for change have called for a recou...
Spirit of Ramadan returns to Iraq's IS-free Mosul
May 29, 2018 (AFP)
The Islamic State (IS) group which controlled the city for three years before its ouster last July had banned drumming, along with other Ramadan traditions that...
Iraq orders probe after voting machines fail hacking test
May 25, 2018 (AFP)
The May 12 poll delivered a shock win for populist cleric Moqtada Sadr, who faces a huge task to form a governing coalition despite winning the most seats in pa...
Five dead in Baghdad cafe suicide bombing claimed by IS
May 24, 2018 (AFP)
"A suicide bomber blew up his explosive belt while he was surrounded by police near a public garden in Al-Shoala district," a mainly Shiite northern neighbourho...
Saudi urged not to turn Iraq into 'cold war' front with Iran
May 22, 2018 (AFP)
Iraq, located between Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia and predominantly Shiite Iran, could undergo political change following an upset election victory by cleric Moqta...
Iraq cleric Sadr wants 'inclusive' coalition formed soon
May 21, 2018 (AFP)
The Shiite preacher's Marching Towards Reform alliance scooped 54 seats in an upset at May 12 polls to become the biggest bloc in Iraq's 329-seat parliament. Bu...
Nearly a year since fall of Iraq's Mosul, hunt for bodies goes on
May 21, 2018 (AFP)
Some 10 months after dislodging the Islamic State group, they are still extracting bodies from the ruins of the shattered Old City. "Over three days, 763 bodies...
Moqtada Sadr: fiery Iraq cleric who battled US
May 19, 2018 (AFP)
After the toppling of Saddam Hussein his militia fought fierce battles with American troops and he was identified by the Pentagon in 2006 as the biggest threat ...
Marriage a distant dream for many in Iraq's Mosul
May 17, 2018 (AFP)
"I haven't found a husband or a job -- my life consists of household chores," says the 24-year-old university graduate, who feels increasingly trapped in her pa...
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