iraq
Islamic State makes comeback in Iraq with switch to guerrilla tactics
Middle East
July 24, 2018
Islamic State makes comeback in Iraq with switch to guerrilla tactics
Months after Iraq declared victory over Islamic State, its fighters are making a comeback with a scatter-gun campaign of…
Protesters gather at entrance to Iraq’s Zubair oilfield: police
Middle East
July 17, 2018
Protesters gather at entrance to Iraq’s Zubair oilfield: police
Iraqi police used batons and rubber hoses on Tuesday to disperse about 250 protesters who gathered at the main…
Iraq police fire in air as protesters try to storm Basra govt. building
Middle East
July 15, 2018
Iraq police fire in air as protesters try to storm Basra govt. building
Iraqi police fired in the air as hundreds of protesters tried to storm the main provincial government building in…
Artist captures war as seen by children – toys included
Middle East
July 11, 2018
Artist captures war as seen by children – toys included
US photographer Brian McCarty wants you to see the horrors of war, but through the eyes of a child.…
Turkish warplanes strike Kurdish militants in Iraq’s Qandil, Erdogan says
Middle East
June 17, 2018
Turkish warplanes strike Kurdish militants in Iraq’s Qandil, Erdogan says
Turkish warplanes have struck a meeting of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Iraq’s Qandil mountains, President Tayyip…
Iraqi ballot box storage site catches fire in Baghdad
Middle East
June 11, 2018
Iraqi ballot box storage site catches fire in Baghdad
A storage site housing half of Baghdad’s ballot boxes from Iraq’s parliamentary election in May caught fire on Sunday,…
At least 18 killed in Baghdad explosion: source
Middle East
June 7, 2018
At least 18 killed in Baghdad explosion: source
At least 18 people were killed and over 90 wounded in an explosion in Baghdad’s Sadr City district on…
Populist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s coalition wins Iraq’s election
Middle East
May 24, 2018
Populist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s coalition wins Iraq’s election
Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s political coalition has won Iraq’s parliamentary election, the election commission announced late Friday. The Saeroon…
Populist cleric Sadr all but wins Iraq election
World
May 15, 2018
Populist cleric Sadr all but wins Iraq election
Populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a long-time adversary of the United States, has all but won Iraq’s parliamentary election, the electoral…
Shiite cleric al-Sadr leads in Iraq’s initial vote results
Middle East
May 14, 2018
Shiite cleric al-Sadr leads in Iraq’s initial vote results
The political coalition of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr took an early lead in Iraq’s national elections in partial returns…