IRAQ WARS - BIO FUEL DAILY

25 killed in IS attacks in northern Iraq: officials

Mar 12, 2018 (AFP)

The attacks came despite Baghdad's declaration of victory over the jihadist group late last year and as the country gears up for parliamentary elections. "Islam...

Iraq's Sadr and communist sickle join forces for election

Mar 11, 2018 (AFP)

Populist preacher Moqtada Sadr has defied his clerical rivals and opted to campaign for the May 12 poll alongside former enemies, Marxists who demand a secular ...

Friar trains Iraqis to preserve 'treasures' rescued from IS

Mar 09, 2018 (AFP)

"My duty is to save our heritage, a significant treasure," the Dominican friar told AFP in a telephone interview from his office in the city of Arbil, capital o...

Iraqi women 'reclaim their rights' with Mosul marathon

Mar 08, 2018 (AFP)

Mosul's first ever women's marathon was held to coincide with International Women's Day. The 900-metre run was not the length of a full marathon, but organiser ...

Red Cross warns Iraq of resentment over IS detainees

Mar 07, 2018 (AFP)

The ICRC's Peter Maurer called for reconciliation in the country three months after the Iraqi government declared victory over the IS jihadists. "This is a crit...

Iraq force that helped beat IS turns to reconstruction

Mar 07, 2018 (AFP)

But after years of digging for victory, he and his comrades have now turned their skills to civilian use: gouging out irrigation channels for farmers in the sou...

NATO chief says alliance troops staying in Iraq

Mar 05, 2018 (AFP)

"We are here because Iraq wants us to be here, we are not here without the consent and without an invitation from Iraq," Stoltenberg told AFP. "We should not st...

Iraq orders seizure of assets of Saddam-era officials

Mar 05, 2018 (AFP)

The list of ex-regime bosses was drawn up by the Iraqi agency charged with tracking down former officials from Saddam's Baath Party, and includes their relative...

Iraq adopts 2018 budget, slashing allocations for Kurds

Mar 03, 2018 (AFP)

The reduction comes after a controversial independence reference by the Kurds last year sparked a furious dispute with the central government. The budget is bas...

In Mosul, hundreds fear arrest for sharing names with jihadists

Mar 03, 2018 (AFP)

Like hundreds of others, the 24-year-old Iraqi father of two has not dared to approach security forces for fear of being detained because of his name. "I can't ...

Hotel hunting: mission impossible in tribal Iraq

Mar 02, 2018 (AFP)

The western region along the Syrian border was long held by Islamic State (IS) group jihadists, and few outsiders managed to venture into its capital Ramadi unt...

Iraq MPs call for timetable for foreign troop pullout

Mar 01, 2018 (AFP)

"The Iraqi parliament expresses its gratitude to all countries which have supported Iraq in its fight against Daesh (the Islamic State group) and calls for the ...

Families of IS suspects in Iraq face 'collective punishment': HRW

Feb 25, 2018 (AFP)

"Iraqi security officers are routinely denying relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) members the security clearance needed to obtain identity cards and othe...

Yazidi survivor won't return to Iraq for fear of new 'genocide'

Feb 23, 2018 (AFP)

"Everything is still the same. The same people who joined (IS) are still in those neighbourhoods. How can we return and trust them again?" Khalaf said in an int...

Iraqi state holds key to Yazidi return to Sinjar: ICG

Feb 20, 2018 (AFP)

A report by the conflict analysts said Baghdad must set up a local administration and mediate between factions who hold sway over Sinjar to pave the way for the...

Lebanese president makes landmark visit to Iraq

Feb 20, 2018 (AFP)

Aoun held talks with Iraqi President Fuad Masum and Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi before he was due to travel to Armenia on Wednesday. "We had constructive tal...

IS ambush kills 27 pro-government fighters in Iraq

Feb 19, 2018 (AFP)

IS members disguised as soldiers attacked a Hashed al-Shaabi unit in the Hawija region about 300 kilometres (185 miles) north of Baghdad on Sunday evening, the ...

Iraq hands 6-year jail term to German jihadist teen: judiciary

Feb 19, 2018 (AFP)

The source told AFP that the girl, aged 17, was on Sunday handed a five-year term for belonging to IS and one year in prison for crossing illegally into Iraq. O...

Battle to free Mosul of IS 'intellectual terrorism'

Feb 17, 2018 (AFP)

The ulema, or Islamic scholars, aim to set up "brigades" tasked with ridding Mosul residents of extremist ideas following the city's recapture last July which e...

Romance returns to Iraq's war-torn Mosul

Feb 14, 2018 (AFP)

Shops did a brisk trade selling plastic roses and heart-shaped balloons, something that under their former jihadist rulers would have been a crime punishable by...