IRAQ WARS - NANO DAILY

American embassy in Iraq under rocket fire, US cuts troops

Nov 17, 2020 (AFP)

The violence came as Washington announced a historic cut in its troop numbers in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to the Iraqi military, four of the rockets land...

Iraq hangs 21 'terrorism' convicts: medics, police

Nov 16, 2020 (AFP)

The Iraqi men from various provinces had all been convicted under a 2005 Counter-Terrorism Law, which carries the death penalty, but there were no details on th...

Holy smoke: Waterpipes keep bubbling in Iraqi shrine city

Nov 16, 2020 (AFP)

About 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of Iraq's capital, within walking distance of Karbala's two Shiite shrines, avid smokers drag puffs of fruit-flavoured tob...

Iraq shuts last 'safe haven' camps for vulnerable families

Nov 13, 2020 (AFP)

The Habbaniyah Tourist Camp, a former luxury resort used to house Iraqis fleeing the Islamic State group, closed this week as part of a sudden government push t...

Iraq's pro-Iran factions see smoother sailing with Biden at helm

Nov 09, 2020 (AFP)

Baghdad has long been caught in a tug-of-war for influence between its two main allies Washington and Tehran, made even more tense by outgoing US President Dona...

Flash protests turn to clashes in Iraq

Nov 01, 2020 (AFP)

In Basra, police officers and troops fired into the air to disperse around 500 protesters who had been throwing rocks, AFP correspondents said. Meanwhile, a few...

Iraq protesters revive year-old revolt against the system

Oct 26, 2020 (AFP)

Thousands took to the streets in Baghdad, some waving portraits of fallen "martyrs" killed in protests last year, with peaceful demonstrations also taking place...

Iraqis protest Macron comments outside French embassy

Oct 26, 2020 (AFP)

A cleric at the rally, Aqil al-Kadhemi, demanded an "apology to all Muslims because the Prophet is a symbol of Islam and Muslims" and visual depictions of him a...

Saddam's right-hand man dead: dictator's daughter

Oct 26, 2020 (AFP)

After Saddam's capture following the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, the wiry, red-haired general remained the "King of Clubs" in Washington's deck of cards of wa...

NATO says will reinforce Iraq mission

Oct 23, 2020 (AFP)

"While the security situation remains challenging, NATO remains committed to stepping up our support," said Stoltenberg after a two-day defence ministers' meeti...

Iraqis prepare anniversary rally of anti-government protests

Oct 23, 2020 (AFP)

Security has been increased in key areas including Baghdad's Tahrir Square -- the epicentre of the massive demonstrations last year -- and where new concrete ba...

Iraq arrests ex-governor for multi-million dollar graft

Oct 19, 2020 (AFP)

Nawfel Akoub, who was sacked as governor of Nineveh in March 2019 after a ferry sank killing 150 people, had evaded arrest by hiding in the northern autonomous ...

Orange hits Iraq with legal claim over 'expropriation'

Oct 14, 2020 (AFP)

Orange, which has been present in Iraq since 2011, said it was determined to recover "equitable indemnification for its investment" via arbitration proceedings ...

Shiite pilgrims in Iraq mourn martyrs old and new

Oct 08, 2020 (AFP)

Huge crowds of pilgrims have walked to the shrine city of Karbala for Arbaeen, one of the world's largest religious gatherings, which concludes Thursday, held i...

Pilgrims flood Iraq's Karbala for Arbaeen despite virus fears

Oct 04, 2020 (AFP)

Arbaeen marks the end of the 40-day mourning period for the seventh century killing of Imam Hussein, Prophet Mohammed's grandson, by followers of Caliph Yazid, ...

In Iraq's Mosul, new statues rise from ashes of IS rule

Oct 03, 2020 (AFP)

It is one of a half-dozen works by local artists that have been erected across the northern Iraqi city since the Islamic State group lost control of it three ye...

'Beacon of light' of Iraq's Yazidis dies at 87

Oct 02, 2020 (AFP)

Baba Sheikh Khurto Hajji Ismail died late Thursday at the age of 87, his office said. The funeral was held the very next day in accordance with Yazidi tradition...

Thousands of Iraqis march on anniversary of their 'revolution'

Oct 01, 2020 (AFP)

The protests, which were sparked in October last year and lasted months before running out of steam, will be revived, demonstrators said, if no reform is carrie...

US says 'can't tolerate' attacks by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq

Oct 01, 2020 (AFP)

"We can't tolerate the threats to our people, our men and women serving abroad," David Schenker, assistant secretary of state, for near Eastern affairs, told re...

Iraq says 'not happy' with 'dangerous' US pullout threat

Sep 30, 2020 (AFP)

Several political and diplomatic sources have told AFP that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued an ultimatum last week that all US personnel would leave Ir...