By Euronews with AP President Donald Trump warned that Iran “would be held fully responsible” after the US Embassy in Baghdad was stormed by protesters on Tuesday, before ordering […]
December 31, 2019 http://www.tehrantimes.com TEHRAN- Dozens of protesters broke into the U.S. embassy compound in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday after smashing the main door and setting fire […]
1 of 13 Full Screen Autoplay GO TO SOURCE FOR ALL PHOTOS … Diplomats were trapped inside as hundreds of angry supporters of an Iran-backed militia protested […]
December 29, 2019 By RFE/RL An Iranian-backed militia has vowed revenge for U.S. military strikes in Iraq and Syria that killed 25 militants. The United States said on December […]
Attempted embassy storming took place after US airstrikes that killed 25 fighters from Iran-backed Shia group in Iraq. The attempted embassy storming took place after mourners held funerals for […]
Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said Monday he was willing to work with Iran-backed militia groups – his political rivals – to end the United States’ military presence in Iraq […]
Dec 04,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – OSAMA AL SHARIF The line between total chaos and a semblance of a political process has been blurred following Sunday’s acceptance by the Iraqi parliament […]
A BBC Arabic investigation has exposed a secret world of sexual exploitation of children and young women by clerics in Iraq. The practice of temporary marriage, illegal under Iraqi law, […]
Mon 18 Nov 2019 British soldiers on patrol. The international criminal court says it takes the allegations seriously. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA The international criminal court may investigate the British military for the first time after allegations that war crimes had been committed, the BBC has reported. The broadcaster’s Panorama […]
by AFP – JORDAN TIMES 12th November 2019 PARIS — UN chief Antonio Guterres called Tuesday for an international accord on the fate of foreign militants being held in the […]
Nov 06,2019 -JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN Mass protests against mismanagement, corruption and sectarian rule are gripping Iraq, a poor country which should be wealthy. The Organisation of the Petroleum […]
Women in Iraq are rising from the ashes of war to join protestors calling for political change Balsam Mustafa Protestors in Iraq have once again defied the threat of […]
Michael Leiter, who led the National Counterterrorism Center during the Osama bin Laden raid, offers his thoughts on the Baghdadi operation. By Alex Ward@AlexWardVoxalex.ward@vox.com Oct 27, 2019 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, […]
International October 27, 2019 Iraqi state television has aired footage of what it said was a raid in Syria that reportedly killed Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Baghdadi was reportedly […]
Oct 22, 2019 – 09:57 BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S. forces that crossed into Iraq as part of a pull-out from Syria do not have permission to stay and can only […]
Editor’s Note: and what has changed? Bernd Debusmann WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Assuming you read at average speed, by the time you get to the bottom of this […]
Oct 17, 2019 – swissinfo.ch BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi officials appeared cautious on Thursday after holding talks with European powers this week aimed at accelerating efforts to create a […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s deputy interior minister for security affairs said so far, three million pilgrims have crossed the country’s four borders with Iraq during the Arbaeen season, which marks […]
Simon Jenkins The president’s motive for abandoning the Kurds is unclear, but the continued US presence in foreign wars is a disaster Mon 14 Oct 2019 Donald Trump is right […]
America has learned and relearned its lesson the hard way several times over the last 50 years, now it’s time for another nation to get a taste of its own medicine Borzou Daragahi @borzou Some four years ago in Iraq’s Anbar province, a leader of a local Shia militia […]