From Amwaj Media. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. In key concession to Turkey, Iraq bans PKK Iraq’s government has …
German woman loses appeal of 14-year sentence for letting Yazidi slave girl die in Iraq
A German federal court has rejected a woman’s appeal of her 14-year sentence for allowing a Yazidi girl she and her husband kept as a slave when they were members of the Islamic State group in Iraq to …
On This Day, March 20: U.S. begins invasion of Iraq
In 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published. In 1854, in what is considered the founding meeting of the Republican Party, former members of the Whig Party met …
Trump visited US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan while president | Fact check
Trump first visited a U.S. military combat zone on Dec. 26, 2018, when he traveled to Al Asad Airbase in Iraq. He spent about three hours on the ground, meeting with soldiers in a dining hall and …
UN mission probing Islamic State crimes forced to shut in Iraq
A United Nations mission set up to help Iraq investigate alleged Islamic State genocide and war crimes is being forced to shut prematurely before it can finish its probes, following a souring of its …
Predictable Outcomes: Australia, the National Security Committee, and invading Iraq
On January 1, the NAA diligently followed a long standing convention of releasing a stash of cabinet documentsrunning into 240 from the Howard government, a period in Australian history when finance …
Turkish warplanes strike Kurdish militant positions in Iraq after attack kills soldier, wounds 4
Turkey’s defense ministry says its warplanes have carried out a new round of airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in neighboring Iraq …
Iraq’s former defense minister arrested in Swedish airport for alleged benefits fraud
Iraq’s former defense minister, who holds citizenship in both Iraq and Sweden, was arrested on Monday in Sweden on suspicion of illegally receiving benefits.
Turkish warplanes strike Kurdish militant positions in Iraq, 4 wounded
Turkey carried out a new round of airstrikes targeting Kurdish militants in neighbouring Iraq on Tuesday, Turkey’s defence ministry said, hours after a Turkish soldier was killed and four others were …
Iraq’s former defense minister wanted in Sweden for fraud is arrested at the Stockholm airport
Authorities say that Iraq’s former defense minister, who holds dual Iraqi-Swedish citizenship, has been arrested in Sweden …