Rare daytime rocket attack hits Baghdad as Iran FM visits
By AFP – Jul 19,2020 – JORDAN TIMES A Russian-made Iraqi Mil Mi-17 flies over an oil field near Iraq’s southern port city of Basra on Wednesday (AFP photo) BAGHDAD […]
Iraqi PM to visit Saudi, Iran in diplomatic balancing act
Agence France-Presse Baghdad, Iraq / Sat, July 18, 2020 / Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi (R) stands with naval officers during his visit to the port of Umm […]
Exiled Iraqi journalist: ‘I am almost a member of Swiss society’
An Iraqi journalist who fled to Switzerland speaks about her former life in Baghdad and why her current life is sometimes isolating. This content was published on July 17, 2020 […]
Killing of Islamic State expert in Baghdad marks critical moment for Iraq
Hisham al-Hashimi backed action to tackle Iraq’s powerful militias, despite knowing risks Martin Chulov Middle East correspondent Tue 7 Jul 2020 Mourners carry the coffin of Hisham al-Hashimi, who was shot […]
Travel in a war zone. Travel in a pandemic zone.
By Refiq Tschannen, Associate Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In my past professional life I used to commute from Amman / Jordan to Baghdad / Iraq during the war […]
Black Iraqis say George Floyd’s death sheds light on their own centuries-long plight
The community, many of whom are descendants of African slaves, want recognition as a minority group African-Iraqi men are calling for equal representation and rights. December 6, 2008. Reuters […]
A 13th-Century Persian poet’s lessons for today
Source: BBC By Joobin Bekhrad In the 13th Century AD, during one of the most turbulent periods in Iranian history, the poet Sa’di left his native Shiraz to study in […]
What can Avicenna teach us in time of Coronavirus?
Source: Al Jazeera By Hamid Dabashi, who is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Every day at 7pm in New York, we come […]
Iraqi Blacks Plight: THE NATIONAL
Abu Dhabi, UAESunday 21 June 2020 UAE Edition Black Iraqis say George Floyd’s death sheds light on their own centuries-long plight The community, many of whom are descendants of African slaves, want recognition as a minority group Mina Aldroubi and Azhar Al-Rubaie June 18, 2020 The death of George Floyd during […]
Keeping Turkey’s forces occupied aboard has a number of advantages for Erdogan
Moving forces into northern Iraq is the president’s third major military incursion against the Kurds since 2016 Ahmed Aboudouh @AAboudouh Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and army commanders follow the operation in northern Iraq at Air Force Command Control Center in Ankara ( Turkish Ministry of Defense Pres ) The Independent employs reporters around the […]
Iraqi militiamen drop guns to dig graves for coronavirus victims
Jun 1, 2020 – 16:00 FILE PHOTO: Members of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), who volunteered to work at the cemetery, wear protective suits as they carry the body of […]
Neither Iraq, nor Syria can afford to allow Daesh to return as major challenge.
May 13,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – MICHEL JANSEN Despite Covid-19, Iraqis have returned to the streets to demand an end to mismanagement, corruption and sectarianism as Mustafa Al Kadhimi […]
Death of Iraq’s last princess closes tumultuous chapter in Middle East history
Short Url https://arab.news/z5zch Jonathan Lessware Zaynab Khojji May 10, 2020 Princess Badiya bint Ali, who died aged 100 in London on Saturday, was the aunt of King Faisal II […]
The Iraq War fifteen years on: “America destroyed my country”
Fifteen years ago, on 20 March 2003, the United States and its allies invaded Iraq. Iraqi novelist and poet Sinan Antoon describes the pain of watching his country disintegrate in […]
Can Iraq’s new PM, and the region, escape Suleimani’s long shadow?
Rise of spy chief to premier comes as Iran struggles to maintain momentum months after killing of powerful general Iraq’s prime minister-designate Mustafa al-Kadhimi gives a TV speech after his […]
Iraq Chooses New Prime Minister, an Ex-Security Chief Backed by U.S.
With the selection of Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraq has its first real government in more than five months. He will confront an array of daunting problems. By Alissa J. Rubin […]
The pandemic deepens the sectarian divide in the Middle East
Shahram Akbarzadeh Accusations of biological aggression is distracting the region from working together to defeat Covid-19. The Covid-19 pandemic calls for urgent regional and international coordination to tackle the spread […]
U.S. imposes fresh Iran-related sanctions despite coronavirus
By Daphne Psaledakis and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States blacklisted five Iran- and Iraq-based companies and 15 individuals on Thursday for supporting terrorist groups, its third round […]
Iraq military bases: US pulling out of three key sites
By Nafiseh Kohnavard BBC Persian, Iraq 16 March 2020 The US army is pulling out of al-Qaim and two other key military bases in Iraq in the coming weeks. […]
Iraqi religious authorities say U.S. air strike hit civilian airport
Mar 13, 2020 – swissinfo.ch KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) – A U.S air strike hit an Iraqi civilian airport under construction in the holy Shi’ite Muslim city of Kerbala and […]