Iraqi authorities said one person died on Friday, as cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever expanded to Iraq’s north, Since the beginning of the year, Iraq has recorded eight deaths from 40 cases of the ailment, also known as Congo fever, according to health ministry spokesperson Seif al-Badr. Health authorities in Kirkuk, north of Baghdad, announced … Read more
A sandstorm killed one person in Iraq on Thursday, while more than 5,000 people were treated in hospitals for respiratory illnesses, the health ministry reported. In a statement, health ministry spokesperson Seif al-Badr said that “one death has been recorded in Baghdad” and that hospitals “had received no less than 5,000 cases so far,” … Read more
More than 1,000 Iraqis were brought to hospitals with respiratory illnesses on Thursday as a result of a sandstorm, the country’s eighth in less than a month, according to official media. Residents in six of Iraq’s 18 provinces were awakened to a heavy cloud of dust blanketing the sky, including Baghdad and the huge western … Read more
Six rockets landed Sunday in northern Iraq’s independent Kurdistan region, Kurdish counter-terrorism forces said, with “minor damage” pronounced at a key oil refinery, in step with a separate protection source. “Six rockets fell near the Zab river within the Khabat district,” Kurdish counter-terrorism forces said in an announcement, without specifying the goal of the attack. … Read more
Iraq was once again blanketed in a thick layer of orange dust on Sunday, the latest in a series of dust storms that have become increasingly prevalent. Dozens of people were hospitalized in the country’s center and west due to respiratory difficulties. A heavy layer of orange dust fell across streets and automobiles in Baghdad, … Read more
Two rockets focused on a base in western Iraq hosting US-led coalition troops on Saturday crashed close to the complex without inflicting casualties or damage, security resources stated. “Two rockets fell outside the Iraqi base of Ain al-Asad,” a security forces statement said, adding there were no “losses”. The base, controlled by Iraq, is located … Read more
Iraq was once again blanketed in an orange blanket on Sunday, the latest in a series of dust storms that have become increasingly prevalent. Flights were grounded due to poor visibility at airports serving the capital Baghdad and the Shiite holy city of Najaf, with the phenomenon expected to continue into Monday, according to the weather service. … Read more
Two Iraqi soldiers had been killed Tuesday while a suicide bomber blew himself up at some stage in a military raid targeting Islamic State organization militants north of Baghdad, security sources stated. A trapped militant “detonated his explosives belt, killing a major and soldier, also wounding 3 others”, an interior ministry supply told AFP, asking now … Read more
BAGHDAD: Iran and Saudi Arabia have resumed key talks in Baghdad, an Iraqi official said Saturday. “Talks resumed last Thursday in Baghdad,” the official said, declining to elaborate. According to Iran’s Nour news agency, “senior officials from the secretariat of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council and the head of the Saudi intelligence service”. Shiite-majority Iran … Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday stated the relevant government in Baghdad supported Turkey’s present-day offensive against outlawed Kurdish militants in northern Iraq. The Turkish chief’s remarks got here a day after Iraq summoned Turkey’s ambassador to Baghdad to carry a formal protest in opposition to Erdogan’s ultra-modern navy campaign. Turkey’s armed forces have … Read more
Hilla, Iraq: Iraqi authorities blamed speed for the deaths of eleven people, including nine schoolteachers, who were returning from a Ramadan meal south of Baghdad on Saturday. Iraqi authorities blamed speed for the deaths of eleven people, including nine schoolteachers, who were returning from a Ramadan meal south of Baghdad on Saturday. According to a police … Read more
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi warned neighboring Iraq on Thursday no longer to allow its soil for use for activities that disrupt the Islamic republic’s safety, his office said. His remarks follow accusations by using Iran remaining month that Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan area had hosted a “strategic center” utilized by Tehran’s arch enemy Israel. “The president … Read more
BAGHDAD- After a day’s work in an Iraq public sector job, Azhar offers legal support to women who are victims of domestic abuse, something she knows well given her experience with a brutal husband. After she was forced into marriage by family pressure, Azhar, 56, battled in court for almost a decade to divorce the … Read more
BAGHDAD: The US-led international coalition against Islamic State jihadists has “finished its combat mission” in Iraq, the country’s National Security Adviser Qassem al-Aaraji said on Twitter Thursday. Iraqi interior ministry media official General Saad Maan also told a press conference that “the coalition will have completely finished the transition to a non-combat mission before the end of … Read more
BAGHDAD, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) — Iraqi Ministry of Oil said on Wednesday that the country exported 98.19 million barrels of crude oil in November, bringing in revenues of about 7.59 billion U.S. dollars. The average selling price for crude oil in the month was 77.33 dollars per barrel, according to a ministry statement, citing statistics … Read more
BAGHDAD: Unknown gunmen on Tuesday detonated seven power transmission towers in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk, the country’s Ministry of Electricity said in a statement. The attack took place near the town of al-Riyadh in the south of the namesake provincial capital Kirkuk, which itself located some 250 km north of Baghdad, and sabotaged the … Read more
BAGHDAD: Unknown gunmen detonated on Thursday 14 power transmission towers in the Salahudin province north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a provincial police source said. The attacks took place before dawn when the militants planted bombs in the towers and blew them up in different areas across the province, Colonel Mohammed al-Bazi told Xinhua. The … Read more
BAGHDAD: Iraq Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi launched investigations in two ministries into the complaints about officials’ misuse of state resources in their election campaigns for the upcoming parliamentary elections in October. A statement on Tuesday from al-Kadhimi’s media office said “there are complaints about the exploitation of state resources in election campaigns by ministers or … Read more
The US announced on Sunday that it launched another wave of airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against Iran-backed militias, this time in response to drone assaults by the Iran-backed militia on US people and installations in Iraq. In a statement, the US military said that it targeted operational and weapons storage facilities at two locations … Read more
Iraq and Saudi Arabia opened the Arar border crossing for trade purposes. This has happened for the first time since 1990. Iraqi interior minister and the Saudi ambassador to Iraq, travelled from Baghdad to formally open Arar. A line of cargo trucks had been waiting at this border since Wednesday morning. According to the statement, … Read more
To mark the chehlum of Imam Hussain and other Karbala martyrs, the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Tuesday announced its schedule of special flights to the holy cities of Najaf and Baghdad. The flights have been announced to facilitate the visitors to mark the holy day of Arbaeen, the chehlum. “People will now be able … Read more
Iraqi security officials said that a barrage of rockets hit a base housing U.S. and other coalition troops north of Baghdad just days after a similar attack. The officials said over a dozen rockets landed inside the base. Some struck the area where coalition forces are based, while others fell on a runway used by … Read more
The US said Friday it would not discuss pulling troops from Iraq after its caretaker prime minister asked Washington to send a delegation to begin withdrawal arrangements, BOL News learnt. The State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said, in a statement, the US is ready for “a conversation” but not about removing troops. The prime minister … Read more
The United States has deploy about 750 troops to the Middle East in a response of its embassy attack in capital of Iraq, Baghdad. According to details, Pentagon Chief and US Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper said in a series of tweets “Approximately 750 soldiers will deploy to the region immediately & additional forces from … Read more
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Tuesday (Dec 31) he expects Iraq to “use its forces” to protect the US embassy in Baghdad as he blamed Iran for orchestrating an “attack” that breached the wall of the compound. According to the details, Iraqi supporters of pro-Iran factions protested at the embassy on Tuesday, chanting “Death to America”, … Read more
BAGHDAD: Iraqi protesters have stormed and set fire to a security post at the entrance to the US embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday. Dozens of protesters broke into the US embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday, smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area, prompting tear gas and sounds of gunfire. Witnesses reported … Read more
Protesters attempted to storm the U.S. embassy in Iraq’s capital Baghdad to express their ire over American airstrikes that killed 24 members of Iraqi militia over the weekend. According to details, protesters set on fire the outside fence of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad after 100 of them gathered near the embassy’s external gate in … Read more
IRAQ: Thousands of protesters blocked bridges, roads and building in several cities in southern Iraq on Sunday. The protesters were demanding an independent prime minister as the deadline to choose an interim leader looms. Baghdad is set to announce a provisional prime minister at midnight on Sunday following the resignation last month of Adil Abdul-Mahdi. Prime Minister Adel Abdul … Read more
