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The United States on Friday (February 2, 2024) conducted airstrikes in Iraq and Syria against 85 targets linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and affiliated militia groups, officials confirmed. more
US hits three facilities used by Iran-backed militias in Iraq

The United States on Wednesday said it conducted strikes on three facilities used by 'Iran-backed' militias in Iraq.

Two Kuwaiti, Saudi tourists killed in Iraq's roadside explosion

Iraqi security forces on Tuesday found two bodies of Kuwaiti and Saudi tourists who were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in a desert in western Iraq, the Iraqi military said.

US strike on Hillah headquarters leaves 20 Iraqi militia fighters hurt

About 20 fighters of the Iraqi Kataib Hezbollah militia forces have been injured in a US airstrike on their headquarters in the city of Hillah in the central part of the Iraqi region of B ...

Iraq: 100 die as fire breaks out at wedding hall

At least 100 people died after a fire broke out at a wedding hall in northern Iraq recently.

Three Yazidi militiamen killed in Turkish airstrike in N Iraq

Baghdad: Three Yazidi militiamen,  affiliated with the Turkish Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), were killed on Tuesday in a Turkish airstrike in Iraq's northern province of Ni ...

UN envoy urges dialogue to end political impasse in Iraq

New York: The absence of a functioning government in Iraq one year after elections were held is hard to justify, the top UN official in the country said on Tuesday, urging political leade ...

With help, Iraq’s spirit of hope, forward-looking youths can keep nascent democracy on track, Prime Minister says

New York: Iraq represents a living example of how hope prevails over seemingly impossible odds, especially conflict and political crises, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi told the UN Gen ...

‘Very survival’ of Iraqi State at risk, UN mission warns, as UN chief calls for calm and restraint

New York: The UN chief on Monday issued a call for “calm and restraint” in the Iraqi capital Baghdad following a day of reportedly violent protests in and around the national ...

ILO calls for adequate workers conditions during extreme heat in Iraq

New York: The UN labour agency, ILO, says it is becoming increasingly concerned about working conditions in Iraq, where temperatures have soared to 50 degrees Celsius in recent weeks.