Geopolitics
Baghdad/Xinhua: Three Katyusha rockets on Thursday landed in the heavily fortified Green Zone in the Iraqi capital Baghdad without causing casualties, the Iraqi military said. more
Political will ‘fundamental’ to realizing a more just and prosperous Iraq: UN envoy

New York : Despite compounding crises that include the COVID-19 pandemic and plummeting oil revenues, a more prosperous and inclusive Iraq can be achieved provided the political will is t ...

Iraq: Guterres welcomes new Prime Minister, calls for ‘meaningful’ reforms

New York : UN Secretary-General António Guterres and his Special Representative in Iraq, welcomed the long-delayed formation of a new Government in Baghdad on Thursday and called f ...

Iraq: Top UN official calls on political leaders to confront COVID-19 pandemic and unite

New York : While the COVID-19 pandemic has compounded the political, security, social and economic crises roiling Iraq, the top UN official in the country hopes it will spur leaders to pu ...

Baghdad lodges official complaint with UN Security Council over Soleimani killing -Reports

Cairo/Sputnik: The Iraqi Foreign Ministry is submitting an official complaint with the UN Security Council over the US attack that killed Iran's Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani a ...

Trump threatens Baghdad with sanctions as Iraqi Parliament votes to expel foreign troops

Moscow/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump threatened Iraq with "sanctions like they’ve never seen before ever," saying US troops will not leave the country unless Tehran p ...

Iraqi PM calls for end to US embassy siege after strikes on Shiite militia

Moscow/Sputnik: Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi urged protesters on Tuesday to end the violent siege of the American embassy in Baghdad, which was triggered by a deadly US strike on ...

US to send extra forces to beef up embassy in Baghdad after clash

Washington/Xinhua: Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced on Tuesday that the United States is sending extra forces to beef up the US Embassy in Baghdad after furious Iraqi demonstrators ...

Trump blames Iran for demonstrators storming US Embassy in Baghdad

Washington/Xinhua: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday blamed Iran after furious Iraqi demonstrators mourning those killed in an earlier American attack in Iraq stormed the U.S. Embassy ...

Iraqis paying an ‘unthinkable price’ to be heard, UN envoy tells politicians in Baghdad

New York: Noting that the people of Iraq were at “a critical juncture”, the top UN Envoy in the country told parliamentarians there on Thursday that over the past six weeks, h ...