It’s almost 20 years since British and American troops invaded Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein’s regime. What happened changed the country, leaving, according to some estimates, more than one million …
UK stands by Iraq during coronavirus pandemic
English News and Press Release on Iraq about Contributions, Health and Epidemic; published on 10 Jul 2020 by DFID …
Iraq to Open 20 New Hospitals to Fight Coronavirus
Hamdaniya General Hospital in Nineveh (Iraqi Health Ministry’s Twitter Account) Iraq has plans to boost hospital capacity over the growing number of COVID-19 patients, the Health Ministry’s …
CARE warns: Rapidly rising COVID-19 cases and massive lack of humanitarian funding put most vulnerable on the brink of survival in Iraq
English News and Press Release on Iraq about Food and Nutrition, Health and more; published on 09 Jul 2020 by CARE …
Mass grave uncovered in former ISIS territory of northern Iraq
Bones believed to be of Shiite prisoners from a nearby ISIS jail line the bottom of a trench hundreds of yards long near the northern Iraqi village of Humeydat, west of Mosul.
Lebanon not planning to negotiate with Iran on fuel imports -minister
Lebanon is suffering an acute financial crisis and hard currency liquidity … “There is no plan to negotiate with Iran at present about importing fuel and the current discussion is with Iraq …
Pompeo Condemns Killing Of Iraqi Expert As Iran Vows To Help Syrian Air Defenses
As the burial of a well-known Iraqi jihadism expert turned into a protest in Baghdad against Iran-linked groups on Tuesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo demanded justice over his killing by masked …
US general predicts some troops will remain in Iraq
The top U.S. general in the Middle East predicts that a small amount of U.S. troops will remain in Iraq for the foreseeable future.”I believe that going forward, they’re going to want us to be with …
Iran-backed militia threatens escalation after Iraqi security raids group suspected of rocket attacks against US forces
A powerful Iran-backed militia said Wednesday there would be “escalation” if Iraq’s prime minister continues to clamp down on armed groups, as tensions spiked following the killing of a prominent …
Shrinking water supplies threaten to put fragile Iraq ‘on the edge’
As lower oil prices and a coronavirus-driven downturn batter Iraq’s economy, availability of safe water is eroding and could fuel greater tensions, security experts warned on Wednesday.