Iraq
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Washington, Baghdad to discuss future of foreign troops in Iraq
Jan 27, 2024Iraq and the United States announced on Thursday that they will hold talks over the future of American and other foreign soldiers stationed there. Baghdad anticipates that the talks will result in a schedule for the... -
Pro-Iran parties win big in Iraq provincial vote: results
Dec 31, 2023In the majority of Iraq’s provinces, pro-Iranian Shiite parties emerged victorious in the December 18 elections, according to the electoral commission’s final findings, which were made public on Thursday. The poll, which was the first to... -
New drone attack against US troops in Iraq
Dec 28, 2023A drone attack on Monday targeted a military base in northern Iraq used by US and anti-jihadist coalition forces, US and Iraqi officials said, in the latest such incident. The number of attacks targeting the coalition,... -
Climate change and filthy water drive disease in Iraq
Oct 25, 2023A concerned Iraqi father gestures to a blister on his one-year-old daughter’s cheek, which is the result of a parasite infection that sandflies in her isolated village carried. “It’s a skin disease, the ‘Baghdad boil’,” Najeh... -
Over 100 people killed in fire during wedding at Iraq
Sep 29, 2023Authorities warned on Wednesday that the death toll could go up after a fire ripped through a ballroom holding a Christian wedding in northern Iraq, killing at least 100 people and injuring 150 more. According to... -
Iraq expels Swedish ambassador over planned Quran burning
Jul 21, 2023On Thursday, Iraq issued an order to have the Swedish ambassador removed from its territory because of an upcoming Quran burning in Stockholm. Iraq voiced its shock at the proposed desecration of the Quran in Stockholm.... -
Iraq’s ancient treasures sand-blasted by climate change
Apr 20, 2023Ancient Iraqi wonders that have withstood centuries of warfare and destruction now confront a contemporary threat: being blasted and slowly buried by sandstorms linked to climate change. In a nation plagued by rising heat and protracted... -
UN chief visits Iraq for first time in six years
Mar 1, 2023After a protracted political crisis in the nation, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made his first trip to Iraq in six years on Tuesday. Guterres said he wanted to demonstrate “solidarity with the people and the democratic... -
IS group gunmen kill nine Iraqi police officers
Dec 19, 2022Jihadists from the Islamic State group claimed to have carried out an attack in northern Iraq that killed nine police officers, detonated a roadside bomb, and then machine-gunned survivors. One of the bloodiest attacks in recent... -
Iranians in Iraq divided over end to morality police
Dec 5, 2022Iranians living in Iraq have expressed doubt about reports that Tehran has abolished the morality police, a group that is inextricably linked to months of unrest in the Islamic republic. Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian-Kurdish woman,...
