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Two rockets fired near US embassy in Baghdad: security source
Jul 29, 2021 (AFP)
One rocket hit the ground near the Al-Rahman Mosque in the capital's Mansur district, which borders the Green Zone, the interior ministry said, condemning the e...
Iraq arrests suspected murderer of activist's son: ministry
Jul 27, 2021 (AFP)
"The killer of Ali Karim, son of the activist Fatima al-Bahadly, has been arrested" in the northern region of Kurdistan, the interior ministry said. The autonom...
Pro-Iran groups welcome US pledge to end Iraq combat operations
Jul 27, 2021 (AFP)
US President Joe Biden declared on Monday that "we're not going to be, at the end of the year, in a combat mission," as he hosted Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa a...
US takes steps to return 3,500-year-old 'Gilgamesh' tablet to Iraq
Jul 27, 2021 (AFP)
The rare fragment, which recounts a dream sequence from the epic in Akkadian cuneiform script, is one of many ancient artifacts from Iraq and the Middle East co...
Biden announces end of US combat operations in Iraq
Jul 26, 2021 (AFP)
Amid the threat of an Islamic State resurgence and Iran's powerful influence in Baghdad, Biden stressed that Washington remains "committed to our security coope...
Biden to welcome weakened Iraq PM amid Iran hostility
Jul 26, 2021 (AFP)
At the heart of the meeting will be the presence of US troops in Iraq and more broadly, whether Baghdad has what it takes to stand up to residual Islamic State ...
Iraq says militants planned other attacks during Muslim holiday
Jul 25, 2021 (AFP)
The ministry released photos of five suspects arrested, including three brothers, after last Monday's attack that, according to the official toll, killed 30 peo...
Iraqi PM to focus on US troop withdrawal in Biden meeting
Jul 24, 2021 (AFP)
The White House talks between the two allies come just a week after a deadly attack claimed by the Islamic State group, despite Baghdad declaring the Sunni extr...
Iraq arrests 'cell' over deadly bombing claimed by IS
Jul 24, 2021 (AFP)
The attack sparked revulsion and renewed fears about the reach of IS, which lost its last territory in Iraq after a gruelling campaign that ended in late 2017, ...
U.S. to revise Iraq mission, withdrawing combat troops, retaining advisers
Jul 23, 2021 (UPI)
The announcement is expected on Monday when Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi visits U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington, the Wall Street Journal, Poli...
Iraqi officials discuss US military presence on Washington visit
Jul 23, 2021 (AFP)
US President Joe Biden is set to host Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi at the White House on Monday, and Kadhemi is expected to push for a concrete time...
Iran's Khamenei urges water protesters not to fall prey to 'enemy'
Jul 23, 2021 (AFP)
Khuzestan, Iran's main oil-producing region and the wealthiest of the country's 31 provinces, has been gripped by drought since March, with protests erupting in...
Iraq reels as dozens killed in IS suicide blast on eve of Eid
Jul 20, 2021 (AFP)
The bloody carnage Monday evening, one of the deadliest attacks in years in the war-scarred country, reportedly cost at least 36 lives, mostly of women and chil...
Iraq market suicide bombing claimed by IS kills nearly 30
Jul 19, 2021 (AFP)
In a message posted to its Telegram channel, the militant group said a suicide bomber named Abu Hamza al-Iraqi detonated his explosive belt in the middle of a c...
Iraqis protest against unpunished killings of activists
Jul 18, 2021 (AFP)
Assassinations, attempted murders and abductions have targeted more than 70 activists since a pro-democracy protest movement erupted against government corrupti...
Biden to host Iraqi PM at White House on July 26
Jul 17, 2021 (AFP)
The July 26 meeting will "highlight the strategic partnership between the United States and Iraq," the White House said in a statement. Kadhemi and US envoy Bre...
Armed men who attacked Baghdad hospital arrested: police
Jul 17, 2021 (AFP)
Security forces "arrested an armed group which attacked al-Kindi hospital", one of the main ones in the Iraqi capital, a police statement said. About ten people...
Iraq says suspects arrested for murder of academic Hashemi
Jul 16, 2021 (AFP)
A specialist on Sunni extremism and a government adviser with a vast network of contacts among top decision makers, Hashemi was shot dead outside his Baghdad ho...
Iraq and US discuss troop withdrawal, after Iran talks
Jul 15, 2021 (AFP)
"Discussions took place about mechanisms for (US) combat troops' withdrawal from Iraq, and moving forward to a new stage in strategic cooperation," the Iraqi pr...
Iraq to probe migrant smuggling to Lithuania via Belarus
Jul 15, 2021 (AFP)
At a joint news conference in Baghdad with his Lithuanian counterpart Gabrielius Landsbergis, Hussein said his government will launch a probe into "the plan to ...
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