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 …
UAE and Iraq reaffirm pledge to rebuild Al Nuri Mosque
Speaking to The National, Iraq’s newly appointed Minister of Culture Hassan Nadhim said “the best response to those horrific, terrorist acts is to rebuild”, adding “there is serious work ongoing to …
New Zealand to Close Embassy in Iraq
New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Winston Peters, has announced the closure of the New Zealand Embassy in Baghdad. Mr Peters said: This decision to permanently close the Embassy was not taken li …
Iraq: Muslim scholars say prisoners being tortured
The Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq accused the Iraqi government and Shabak militia Thursday of torturing prisoners in jails in Nineveh governorate. “Detainees in the government’s and militia’s …
Turkey Bombs Iraq, Syria, Targeting Kurdish Group It Says Trains Antifa
Turkey has persisted in its military campaigns in Iraq and Syria, targeting a Kurdish militia it has accused of training members of the left-wing, international antifa movement involved in protests …