An Australian man whose family argue he is being “held hostage” in Iraq has now spent 1,000 days in prison. Robert Pether was jailed in 2021 on fraud charges, but the UN has described it as an …
Australian jailed in Iraq reaches grim milestone
An Australian man whose family argue he is being “held hostage” in Iraq has now spent 1,000 days in prison. Robert Pether was jailed in 2021 on fraud charges, but the UN has described it as an …
Iran exports products worth $6.9b to Iraq in 9 months
TEHRAN- Iran exported commodities valued at $6.9 billion to Iraq during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-Decemebr 21, 2023), the head of the Islamic Republic of …
Israel-Hamas war threatens to spill over, AI, and a seismic US election: 5 predictions for 2024
Proxy attacks by Iran-backed factions in Iraq – like the recent strike on the US embassy in Baghdad – are becoming bolder and more common. And further attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels on global shipping routes through the Red Sea and Suez Canal could make energy prices soar.
Greens demand full release of government documents on ‘disastrous’ decision to join Iraq invasion
Nick McKim says national security committee documents used to justify the war may answer questions about momentous foreign policy decision …
Australia went to war in Iraq based on ‘oral reports’ to cabinet from John Howard
Cabinet papers from 2003 show there was no formal submission before decision was taken to join US-led ‘coalition of the willing’ …
US forces around the world in 2023: From bolstering allies to attacks in Iraq, Syria
And we have seen threats by Iran to affect that choke point.” Elsewhere in the Middle East, American forces were busy battling the threat of terrorism in Iraq and Syria. In December, the Senate voted …
Newly Launched News Channel in Iraq Tries to Preserve the Assyrian Language
But now, after campaigning by some groups, a newly launched television channel, Al-Syriania, with funding from the Iraqi government, is hoping to change that. The community says it’s a good move …
Saudi Elevator Company Signs Agency Agreement In Iraq
Saudi Arabia’s Gulf Elevators and Escalators Co. (GEEC) , a subsidiary of Mayar Holding , has signed an exclusive agency agreement with Midpoint Trading and Agencies Ltd. in Iraq.
US service member seriously injured in attack at Iraq base transferred to Germany in stable condition
An American service member who was seriously injured in a Christmas Day attack on an airbase in Iraq has been transferred to a hospital in Germany in critical but stable condition, two defense …