Iraq

Eight killed, over dozen injured in car bomb in Baghdad market

BAGHDAD: A car bomb ripped through a busy market area in eastern Baghdad on Monday… Read More

Saudi Arabia and Iraq to re-open border crossing after 27 years

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Iraq plan to open the Arar border crossing for trade for… Read More

Two US soldiers killed, five injured in Iraq: military

BAGHDAD: Two US soldiers were killed and five wounded in northern Iraq on Sunday during… Read More

ISIS militants trying to flee Mosul disguised as women caught by Iraqi forces

MOSUL: An Iraqi Army has released pictures of Islamic State, also known as ISIS and… Read More

Iraqi envoy says Pakistan helped Iraq in fighting IS militants

ISLAMABAD: As the Iraqi government has announced to have liberated Mosul from the militant Islamic State… Read More

More than 800,000 people still displaced from Mosul: UN

GENEVA: More than a million people were displaced from Mosul by the battle in the… Read More

Iraq declares victory over ‘brutality and terrorism’ in Mosul

MOSUL: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over "brutality and terrorism" in Mosul on… Read More

Turkey’s Erdogan says Iraq should avoid independence referendum

ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday it was increasingly important that neighbouring Iraq… Read More

Iraq announces ‘victory’ over Islamic State in Mosul

MOSUL: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived in Mosul on Sunday and congratulated the armed forces… Read More

Car bombs kill 23 in central Baghdad, hit Ramadan crowds

BAGHDAD: Two car bombs killed at least 20 people in Baghdad and wounded about 80… Read More

US aims to eliminate IS from Afghanistan this year

WASHINGTON: After dropping a monster bomb on its fighters, then targeting its leader, the US… Read More

In Iraq’s Mosul, mobile clinics deliver precious medical care

MOSUL, IRAQ: Men, women and children stand in separate lines in the scorching sun baking… Read More

Qatari hostages in Iraq, including royals, freed after 16 months

DOHA/BAGHDAD: Twenty-six hostages, including members of Qatar's ruling royal family, were freed on Friday after… Read More

Iraq cleric Moqtada Sadr urges Assad to step down

NAJAF: Influential Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Saturday called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to… Read More

Six years of conflict in Syria

BEIRUT: US warships fired a volley of missiles at a Syrian airbase on Friday in… Read More

Iraq reopens hot springs spa amid Mosul war chaos

HAMMAM AL-ALIL, IRAQ: Some Iraqis in this town get massages in a spa or take muddy… Read More

Turkey slams Kurdish decision to fly flag in Kirkuk

ISTANBUL: Turkey on Wednesday voiced its opposition to a vote in the disputed oil-rich Iraqi… Read More

Anti-Islamic State assaults gain ground in Iraq and Syria

MOSUL, IRAQ: Iraqi forces advanced in west Mosul and fighters in neighbouring Syria seized a… Read More

Trump signs new travel ban order, Iraq left off: officials

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order for a U.S. travel ban on… Read More

U.S.-backed Iraqi forces capture al-Hurriya bridge in Mosul, spokesman says

MOSUL: U.S.-backed Iraqi forces on Monday captured Mosul's al-Hurriya bridge, which leads to the Islamic… Read More