Pakistani man aims to bring shade to Iraq’s Arbaeen pilgrims
Mohammedi Durbar, 85, wants to plant nearly 50,000 trees along the entire 80-km (50-mile) pilgrimage… Read More
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Iraq
UK govt and military covered up war crimes: report
Leaks from two government-ordered inquiries into the conduct of troops in the conflicts implicated troops… Read More
6 years ago
Pompeo ‘deplored’ the death toll at protests in phone call with Iraqi PM: State Dept
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a phone call with Iraqi Prime Minister Adel… Read More
6 years ago
US calls on Iraq to hold early elections
The protests that began on Oct 1 were initially focused on a lack of jobs… Read More
6 years ago
Iraqi protesters, security forces clash in capital
Dozens more were wounded in the clashes. Read More
6 years ago
Iraq prime minister’s fate in limbo as crowds of demonstrators swell
Protesters from across Iraq thronged the center of the capital Baghdad Read More
6 years ago
Young ‘PUBG generation’ schools politicians
"They called us the PUBG generation," she said, referring to a combat video game that… Read More
6 years ago
Iraq students join protests as pressure on government swells
Hundreds of protesters had hunkered down in the square, defying heavy tear gas use overnight… Read More
6 years ago
157 dead in Iraq protests: new official toll
The official inquiry found that 111 of the dead, nearly all of them protesters, had… Read More
6 years ago
US troops withdrawing from Syria expected to go to western Iraq: Pentagon
A senior US defense official clarified that the situation was still fluid and plans could… Read More
6 years ago
Iraq’s president calls for ‘halt to escalation’
More than 100 people have been killed and 6,000 wounded across the country since protests… Read More
6 years ago
Oil rises with eyes on Iraq; stocks, dollar drift higher
Oil was bid higher as deadly anti-government unrest gripped Iraq, the second-largest producer among the… Read More
6 years ago
Khamenei says ‘enemies seek to sow discord’ between Iran and Iraq
State news agency IRNA said the supreme leader was reacting to recent violence in Iraq. Read More
6 years ago
Iraqi PM pledges reforms to calm angry protests
The public sector remains the largest employer in Iraq, a country of 40 million people,… Read More
6 years ago
Innovative Iraqis dodge net blackout to illuminate protest violence
The termination of Wifi, 3G and 4G access left protestors with just regular phone calls… Read More
6 years ago
Thousands in bloody protests across Iraq, 28 dead
Riot police and army troops fired at the ground from automatic weapons mounted on military… Read More
6 years ago
Nine dead as thousands protest across Iraq
Protesters regrouped and tried to reach the capital's iconic Tahrir Square for the second day,… Read More
6 years ago
One killed, 200 wounded in Iraqi protests after police open fire
At least one person was killed and 200 wounded in clashes in Iraq on Tuesday… Read More
6 years ago
Iraq to join China’s Belt and Road project
Adel Abdel Mahdi made the announcement in a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping Read More
6 years ago
Pakistan extends condolences to Karbala stampede victims
At least 31 pilgrims died Tuesday in a stampede at a major shrine in Iraq’s… Read More
6 years ago