Iraq’s economy could reach irreversible lows within the next year unless urgent reform measures are adopted, its finance minister warned on Monday. “Reform …
Without urgent reform, Iraq economy will face irreparable shocks: minister to AFP
Iraq’s economy could reach irreversible lows within the next year unless urgent reform measures are adopted, its finance minister warned in an exclusive interview with AFP on Monday. “Reform is …
Why Iraq’s new prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi is ready to trust America
When President Trump ordered the assassination by drone strike of Iran’s top general, along with Iraq’s most senior militia leader, the world feared that the Middle East was about to plunge into a new …
Iran, Iraq Discuss Oil Cooperation
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh and his Iraqi counterpart Ihsan Abdul Jabbar discussed ways to promote cooperation between the two neighbors in the oil industry. In a telephone conversation …
Water hyacinth pest chokes Iraq’s vital waterways
The broad leaves and delicate purple flowers floating on the Euphrates look breathtaking — but they are suffocating the waterways of Iraq, celebrated as the “land of the two rivers”. The water …
Long-dreaded virus increase hits Iraq as new cases soar
In Baghdad’s vast exhibition grounds, masked workers are setting up makeshift coronavirus wards amid a surge in new virus cases …
Gertrude Bell: the Victorian bluestocking who helped found modern Iraq
A female globetrotter, scholar and photographer who defied convention, she leaves a vast but troubled legacy in the Middle East …
Coalition: Airstrikes Destroy ISIS Mountain Training Camp, Cave Hideout in Iraq
Strike videos described them as ISIS mountain training areas. Despite losing control of its last territory in Iraq more than two years ago, ISIS continues to wage an insurgency while hiding out in the …
Arab anger grows at Erdogan’s ‘military adventurism’ in Iraq
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, wearing a face mask to protect against coronavirus, visits Turkish troops at the border with Iraq in Hakkari province on June 19, 2020. (Turkish Defense Ministry …
Coalition Aircraft Destroys Islamic State Camps in Iraq
The U.S. military’s Central Command says three known Islamic State hiding places have been destroyed in rural Iraq. In a statement the command says aircraft from the anti-ISIS coalition known as …