DHI QAR, Iraq – Severe drought has taken its toll on the wetlands of Iraq’s southern province of Dhi Qar, turning them into a barren desert and threatening them with extinction.Walking towards the …
Iraq’s PM urges need to boost neglected private sector
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani on Sunday affirmed the government’s intention to boost the country’s largely disregarded private sector with Iraqis routinely …
Chief of Iraq’s anti-corruption agency resigns as authorities investigate scandals
Iraq authorities investigate a number of major corruption scandals involving the theft of billions of dollars. AFP . The head of Iraq’s …
Chief of Iraq’s anti-corruption agency resigns as authorities investigate scandals
Iraq authorities investigate a number of major corruption scandals involving the theft of billions of dollars. AFP . The head of Iraq’s …
Iraq Integrity Commission chairman resigns under pressure over «robbery of the century» scandal
The chairman of Iraq’s Integrity Commission, Alaa Jawad al Saadi, has resigned after deploring the harassment he received amid one of the country’s biggest recent economic scandals, the theft of 2.5 …
Robert has been jailed in Iraq for over a year. His wife fears she’s watching him ‘die slowly’
Engineer Robert Pether has been detained in Iraq since April last year, when he arrived to solve a business dispute. Earlier this year a United Nations report found his detention to be arbitrary and a …
Lebanon Extradites to Iraq ‘Saddam Grandnephew’ Accused of IS Link
Lebanon extradited a man said to be a grandnephew of Saddam Hussein to Iraq, where he is accused of involvement in a massacre by the Islamic State group, a security source said Saturday. Abdullah …
Will Iraq’s new government reconsider dinar exchange rate?
A number of leaders of the Coordination Framework, the bloc leading the new Iraqi government, are pushing to increase the value of the dinar in an attempt to support the poor — yet some argue the …
Iran-linked militia group claims responsibility for murder of American aid worker in Iraq
Tennessee native Stephen Troell was killed in Iraq on Monday. The Iranian-backed militia group Saraya Ahl al’Khaf has claimed responsibility for the murder.
US President Joe Biden mixes up Ukraine with Iraq in 79-year-old’s latest slip
US President Biden made another gaffe in front of reporters at the White House on Wednesday evening as he discussed the war in Ukraine and quickly had to correct himself …