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Rights group criticises Iraq over jihadist suspects
Dec 05, 2017 (AFP)
In "Flawed Justice: Accountability for ISIS Crimes in Iraq", HRW said Baghdad and the Kurdish authorities in the north were holding "thousands of trials of Isla...
Iraq death toll at lowest level in five years
Dec 04, 2017 (AFP)
The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq said new lows were recorded in October and November. In November, a total of 117 civilians and police were killed...
'Reasonable basis' for British war crimes in Iraq: ICC
Dec 04, 2017 (AFP)
The disclosure came in a 74-page report on preliminary inquiries as the ICC's member states gather in New York for its annual nine-day meeting to discuss matter...
Iraqi Shiites slam calls to disband militia group after IS fight
Dec 03, 2017 (AFP)
The 60,000-strong Hashed al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilisation Forces, was formed in 2014 after IS routed government forces to seize swathes of northern Iraq, and ...
Macron calls for 'dialogue' in Iraq and dismantling of militias
Dec 02, 2017 (AFP)
"France calls for a constructive national dialogue to engage in Iraq," Macron said at a joint news conference in Paris with Iraqi Kurdish leaders, including Pri...
The world 'owes' Iraq a Marshall Plan, says FM
Nov 30, 2017 (AFP)
"We are calling for a Marshall Plan to help us with the reconstruction," Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari said at a conference in Rome. "The world owes us th...
Britain's May tours Mideast amid Islam row with Trump
Nov 30, 2017 (AFP)
Trump has infuriated British authorities with his tweets on terrorism in Britain, including highly publicised run-ins with London's Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan. On ...
Iraqis throng to Picasso in Baghdad
Nov 28, 2017 (AFP)
The exhibition at the Hiwar gallery -- one of the last to remain open in the city -- includes 24 Picasso lithographs. For gallery owner Qassem Sabti, "this exhi...
Suicide bombers kill 11 in Iraq attack claimed by IS
Nov 27, 2017 (AFP)
"Five suicide bombers attacked a market and shops in the Nahrawan area" east of the Iraqi capital, a police captain told AFP. "The police killed three of them b...
Iraq to resume paying war reparations to Kuwait
Nov 24, 2017 (AFP)
It said the two countries had agreed during a visit to Kuwait City by President Fuad Masum on Monday for Iraq "to resume payment of the five-percent tax on oil ...
Iraq forces say IS retreating deep into desert
Nov 24, 2017 (AFP)
IS has already been driven out of all of the towns it once held, but Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said he will not proclaim victory until the jihadists ha...
Baghdad cafe marks 100 years as intellectual hub
Nov 24, 2017 (AFP)
Since opening its doors a century ago, the establishment has become a hub of Baghdad's intellectual life, drawing poets and politicians to its wooden benches an...
'Child marriage' bill stirs outrage in Iraq
Nov 23, 2017 (AFP)
Conservative Shiite deputies on October 31 proposed an amendment to a 1959 law that set the minimum age for marriage at 18. The initial legislation, passed shor...
US Blackwater guard in 2007 Baghdad shooting to face new trial
Nov 22, 2017 (AFP)
Federal prosecutors said Nicholas Slatten, who was originally found guilty of first-degree murder, will face retrial as early as May, The Washington Post report...
Iraq attacks at lowest since IS 'caliphate' declared: study
Nov 22, 2017 (AFP)
"Non-state armed group attacks and resulting fatalities represented the lowest monthly totals since the formation of the Islamic State and the declaration of th...
Yazidi mass grave found in Iraq's Sinjar
Nov 22, 2017 (AFP)
"The mass grave contains the bodies of 73 people, men, women and children executed by the Islamic State group when they controlled the region," local official C...
Suicide car bomb kills 24 in town north of Baghdad
Nov 21, 2017 (AFP)
Dozens more were wounded when the attacker blew up the vehicle in the middle of the fruit and vegetable market in Tuz Khurmatu. Mayor Adel Shakur al-Bayati said...
Mosul jihadist families sent to Baghdad 'for expulsion'
Nov 20, 2017 (AFP)
"This is the second wave of expulsions, and two or three more will follow," said Nureddin Qablan, deputy head of the Nineveh provincial council. Iraq's second c...
After fall of last town, IS loses grip over Iraqis
Nov 19, 2017 (AFP)
A day after government forces ousted the Islamic State group from the last town it held in the country, the banner is now just a reminder of the vast "caliphate...
Iraq forces retake last IS-held town in country
Nov 17, 2017 (AFP)
The lightning recapture of the small Euphrates valley town of Rawa after an offensive launched at dawn came as the jihadists were also under attack for a second...
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