Sergio Vieira de Mello, the United Nations’ representative to Iraq, was killed in a car-bomb attack on U.N. headquarters in Iraq.
Mysterious US Military Movements in Iraq… Syria a Possible Target
Photos of US military convoys moving in separate cities are circulating on the local media in Iraq amid reports that the Shiite factions are “aware of an imminent operation, and have been asked to …
Cfr: Instability In Iraq
Since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, Iraq has undergone a long period of instability, with armed groups like the self-proclaimed Islamic State taking advantage of the power vacuum left by the …
Unapologetic Shiite cleric blasts corruption in Iraq and Lebanon, and attempts to silence him
A Lebanese Shiite cleric who has angered politicians and religious leaders in Lebanon and Iraq says that groups including Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah are trying to silence voices of dissent within …
Iraq needs 4mln new houses: official
Iraq currently needs to build at least four million new houses to tackle a post-war festering residential crisis due to supply shortages, an official was quoted on Tuesday as saying. The Iraqi …
Iraq receives $1.4bn loan from Japan’s JICA for refinery upgrade project
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), a development aid agency under the Japanese Government, has signed an official development assistance (ODA) loan agreement of up to Y203.0bn ($1.4bn) with the Government of the Republic of Iraq to fund the …
Terrifying video shows DC Uber driver who fled Iraq ducking bullets during shootout
An Uber driver who fled Iraq to escape violence and his passengers narrowly survived a wild drive-by shooting in the heart of the nation’s capital Friday night, leaving the refuge to compare
DNO partly resumes oil production in Iraq
Norwegian oil company DNO said on Thursday that last month it partly resumed production at its Tawke field in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, delivering oil to the local market at a discount as a key …
Iraq Northern Oil Output Partly Resumes Even as Exports Halted
Norway’s DNO ASA has partially resumed production at the Tawke oil field it operates in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq even as the main export pipeline remains shut.Most Read from …
Water scarcity in Iraq leads to the disappearance of a signature rice
As climate change tightens its grip on Iraq, amber rice is the latest casualty. Farmers are grappling not only with a loss of income, but a way of life.