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US offers $3 mn for information on Iraq attacks
Jun 10, 2021 (AFP)
The announcement comes a day after an attack was carried out with three "explosive-laden" drones on Baghdad airport, where US troops are deployed. "O faithful p...
Iraq frees pro-Iran commander arrested over activist murder
Jun 09, 2021 (AFP)
On Wednesday evening, two rockets were fired at Baghdad's airport where US troops are based, a security official told AFP, an hour after five others targeted an...
Iraqis give blood in hope of identifying mass grave victims
Jun 09, 2021 (AFP)
The Badush prison massacre was one of the worst crimes IS carried out after it seized control of a third of Iraq in a lightning offensive in 2014. In June that ...
Five rockets target Iraq base housing US contractors: security source
Jun 09, 2021 (AFP)
"There were no victims or damage," the official said. Balad airbase, north of Baghdad, is used by US company Sallyport to service F-16 fighter jets flown by Ira...
Five Iraqi Kurd troops killed in clash with PKK rebels
Jun 05, 2021 (AFP)
The PKK maintains rear-bases in northern Iraq which have come under renewed assault by Turkish forces since April. Two peshmerga troops were also wounded in Sat...
Fire at Yazidi camp in Iraq destroys tents, injures 25: officials
Jun 04, 2021 (AFP)
A short circuit triggered the fire at the Sharia camp in Dohuk province, in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, officials said. The camp is home to some 12,000 me...
Amnesty urges Iraq to account for 643 missing boys and men
Jun 03, 2021 (AFP)
The men and teenagers disappeared during an operation by the Hashed al-Shaabi in June 2016 to retake Fallujah in the western desert from the IS, which then held...
Searching for Gertrude Bell, colonial 'mother' of modern Iraq
Jun 02, 2021 (AFP)
Down an alley in the heart of the capital, through a heavy locked gate into the Protestant cemetery, and then amid a confusing maze of gravestones, caretaker Al...
Fear in Iraq's Mosul as IS families return from Syria
May 28, 2021 (AFP)
Around 300 people from some 90 families left the Kurdish-run Al-Hol camp in northeast Syria on Tuesday under Iraqi army escort, a Kurdish administration officia...
US 'outraged' by violence against protesters in Iraq
May 28, 2021 (AFP)
"The violation of Iraqi sovereignty and rule of law by armed militias harms all Iraqis and their country," Price said, two days after two Iraqis were killed dur...
UN mission in Iraq extended, widened to observe October vote
May 27, 2021 (AFP)
The mission, known as the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), will now run through May 27, 2022, according to a resolution drafted by the United...
Iraq arrests paramilitary commander over activist's murder: security source
May 26, 2021 (AFP)
Qasem Muslah, a commander in the state-sponsored Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary coalition, is the first high-ranking official in the powerful group to have been ...
Hundreds of Iraqis repatriated from Syria camp: Kurdish official
May 25, 2021 (AFP)
"On Tuesday 94 Iraqi families, or 381 people, left the Al-Hol camp, under Iraqi army escort," said a Kurdish administration official on condition of anonymity. ...
Two killed as clashes erupt at Iraq rallies over unpunished killings
May 25, 2021 (AFP)
Medics and police said demonstrators were injured when police fired tear gas to disperse them, while five policemen were hurt by projectiles thrown at them duri...
Killings in Iraq spark calls for election boycott
May 24, 2021 (AFP)
Killings, attempted murder and abductions have targeted more than 70 activists since a protest movement erupted against government corruption and incompetence i...
UN calls for 'credible' parliamentary elections in Iraq
May 11, 2021 (AFP)
"The failure to hold credible elections would cause significant, lasting, widespread anger and disillusionment, which in turn could further destabilize the coun...
US contractor leaves Iraq base over rocket attacks
May 11, 2021 (AFP)
At least five attacks have targeted the Balad airbase, where other US companies including Sallyport are also present, since the start of the year. At least thre...
Iraq journalist targeted in shooting undergoes brain surgery
May 10, 2021 (AFP)
The attack on Ahmed Hassan came exactly 24 hours after anti-government campaigner Ihab al-Wazni was shot dead, also in the south, sending protest movement suppo...
Iraqi reporter seriously wounded day after activist's killing sparks protests
May 10, 2021 (AFP)
Anti-corruption campaigner Ihab al-Wazni was shot dead early Sunday in Karbala, sending protest movement supporters onto the streets to demand an end to such bl...
Nobel winner demands justice after UN finds 'genocide' against Yazidis
May 10, 2021 (AFP)
"International tribunals are needed to address the universal magnitude of ISIL crimes against humanity," said Murad, using another acronym for the group. "We as...
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