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Rocket attack, 3rd in 3 days, targets US in Iraq: army
May 04, 2021 (AFP)
The two rockets fell on an unoccupied segment of the Ain-al-Assad airbase, "without causing damage or casualties," the army said. The latest rocket attack follo...
Rockets target Iraqi base hosting US contractors
May 03, 2021 (AFP)
Three rockets initially fell in an area where US company Sallyport -- the contractor that maintains F-16 aircraft purchased by Iraq from the US -- is located, t...
Two rockets target Baghdad airport base housing US troops
May 02, 2021 (AFP)
One of the projectiles was intercepted by the C-RAM counter rocket, artillery and mortar system deployed to protect US troops in Iraq, a security source told AF...
Iraqis blame hospital fire on mismanagement and corruption
Apr 25, 2021 (AFP)
Iraqis, some of whom evacuated the injured themselves, blamed Health Minister Hassan al-Tamimi, who was suspended Sunday, with calls for him to be sacked resoun...
Five wounded in rocket attack on Iraq base hosting Americans
Apr 18, 2021 (AFP)
Two of the rockets fired at Balad airbase, north of Baghdad, crashed into a dormitory and a canteen of US company Sallyport, a security source told AFP. Two for...
Pro-Iran factions up the ante in Iraq with drone strike
Apr 16, 2021 (AFP)
On the second day of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan, in the autonomous Kurdish north of Iraq, the quiet of the day was broken by the news of two simu...
Ramadan breeds dread in crisis-hit Iraq
Apr 13, 2021 (AFP)
"After a whole day of fasting, we have to eat something," even if the price of a kilo of tomatoes has more than doubled, said Umm Hussein, a single mother of fi...
Iraqi youth see little hope 18 years after Saddam's fall
Apr 09, 2021 (AFP)
When American troops seized Baghdad on April 9, 2003, a different Hussein was barely three years old. Living in Nasiriyah, a cradle of revolts throughout histor...
Iraq toughens Covid policies ahead of Ramadan as cases surge
Apr 09, 2021 (AFP)
Ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins next week and is normally accompanied by family gatherings and mass prayers, concrete barriers have been...
US agrees to move 'remaining combat troops' from Iraq
Apr 07, 2021 (AFP)
After a first "strategic dialogue" under President Joe Biden's administration, the two nations said that the Iraqi military had made substantial improvements. "...
Iraqi engagement with US, allies upsets pro-Iranians
Apr 07, 2021 (AFP)
After recently visiting or hosting senior figures from pro-US Arab states, his government Wednesday joins a new "strategic dialogue" with Washington under Presi...
Two rockets hit near Iraq airbase hosting US soldiers
Apr 04, 2021 (AFP)
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the strike at Balad airbase, which caused no casualties or property damage, but the US routinely blames Iran-...
Iraq PM seeks to soothe security concern on Saudi visit
Apr 01, 2021 (AFP)
In January, explosive-laden drones crashed into the main royal palace in Riyadh, with American media citing US officials as saying they were launched from neigh...
'Worse than a jungle': the cartel controlling Iraqi borders
Mar 31, 2021 (AFP)
The prime beneficiaries are Iran-linked Shiite paramilitaries that intimidate federal officials who dare obstruct them, sometimes through chillingly specific de...
'Pyramid' of corruption pushes Iraq family to emigrate
Mar 29, 2021 (AFP)
"You can't live here without paying bribes," the unemployed father-of-four told AFP. "I've given everything I can, and this country is still sinking lower." The...
'I don't have money!': Iraq's graft-busting budget baroness
Mar 29, 2021 (AFP)
Meet Taif al-Sami, Iraq's budget baroness. Detractors say she's an old-fashioned micromanager, while fans praise her as a bulwark against pervasive state corrup...
Kuwait receives tonnes of national archives from Iraq
Mar 28, 2021 (AFP)
It is the third shipment that Kuwait has received since 2019, according to officials from both countries. Kuwait's assistant foreign minister Nasser al-Hain wel...
Iraq's Saddam-era laws being used to silence critics
Mar 25, 2021 (AFP)
Late Thursday night, Ibrahim al-Sumeidi was arrested at his house after he criticised politicians over revisions to a law on the Supreme Court in a private onli...
British fighter planes attack Islamic State strongholds in Iraq
Mar 15, 2021 (UPI)
Typhoon fighter planes conducted airstrikes, using Storm Shadow missiles and Paveway IV guided bombs, in northern Iraq last week, the Ministry of Defense said i...
7 rockets target Iraq base housing US troops: security source
Mar 15, 2021 (AFP)
The evening attack on Al-Balad did not cause any casualties or damage inside the base, the security official said. The other five rockets crashed into a nearby ...
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