Iraqi PM Mustafa Al-Kadhemi inaugurated the rebuilding of Mosul International Airport. The conflict caused a lot of damage to the airport, and it hasn’t been used since ISIS took over Mosul in 2014. A provincial official mentioned a $266 million budget for rehabilitation projects in 2021–2022. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhemi on Wednesday inaugurated the … Read more
Rockets hit the vicinity of the Turkish consulate in Iraq’s Mosul. The overnight fire comes after deadly shelling. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Rockets hit the vicinity of the Turkish consulate in Iraq’s main northern city of Mosul causing damage but no casualties, Iraqi and Turkish sources said Wednesday. The … Read more
Awatef Massud longs to see her Iraqi family after years spent in Syria, but first she must spend time in a vetting camp to ensure she has no ties to jihadists. The 35-year-old mother of five fled to neighboring Syria in 2014 to escape domestic violence as the Islamic State group swept across large swaths of … Read more
A lucky few hoped to find work Sunday at a university job fair hosted by French and local companies in an Iraqi province where unemployment is about 40%. The three-day conference is being held at the University of Mosul in Iraq’s war-torn second city, where restoration has been delayed five years after the Iraqi army … Read more
An official in Iraq said Saturday that authorities exhumed the remains of 15 people from a mass grave believed to hold the remains of dozens more people killed by dictator Saddam Hussein. The mass grave was discovered in April near the southern city of Najaf, while workers were constructing a residential compound. It is thought … 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
