Iraq and Saudi Arabia have agreed to a prisoner exchange involving Islamic State group fighters and Iraqi militiamen during bilateral talks this week that followed years of strained ties. Iraq and Saudi Arabia have agreed [ More … ]
Iraqi Prime Minister, Haidar Al-Abadi, said on Saturday that his planned visit to Kuwait aims at boosting relations between the two countries. Speaking at a press conference, Al-Abadi stressed that his country’s relations with the [ More … ]
Iraqi forces started storming the Daesh-held Old City of Mosul on Sunday, a military statement said. The historic district is the last still under control of the militants in the city which used to be their [ More … ]
Moscow says its jets may have killed leader of world’s most notorious terror organisation in a May airstrike. If true it would be a major propaganda coup for the Russians. Moscow says its jets may [ More … ]
A referendum would be a mistake that would deteriorate the understanding of Iraq’s solidarity, the Turkish foreign ministry said Turkey on Friday called a plan by Iraqi Kurds to hold a referendum on independence a [ More … ]
A spokesman for Iraq’s Iran-backed paramilitary forces has said they ready to move inside Syrian territories to fight alongside the Assad regime after they captured areas along the border. A spokesman for Iraq’s Iran-backed paramilitary [ More … ]
A car bomb killed at least nine people in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday morning, just hours after scores died in a massive explosion outside a popular ice cream shop. At least 27 people were [ More … ]
The recapture of Mosul from Islamic State group will be complete in one week, local reports said on Monday, as Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi issues orders to prepare for celebrations. The recapture of Mosul from [ More … ]
Pentagon admits Mosul strike killed 105 civilians, but blames ISIL for placing explosives in site sheltering civilians. A US-led air raid in March against a building in the Iraqi city of Mosul killed at least [ More … ]
Iraqi forces and militias deployed to fight the Islamic State group from Mosul, ISIS last stronghold in Iraq, have abused civilians according to The New Arab news website. In a team of seven foreign reporters [ More … ]
Authorities and aid agencies struggling with surge in displacement since start of offensive last October against ISIL. Up to 200,000 more people could flee Mosul as Iraqi forces push into the last districts held by [ More … ]
Iraq’s opposition leader, Muqtada al-Sadr said Saudi Arabia and regional-rival Iran should engage in “serious dialogue” to avoid a potential sectarian war. Saudi Arabia and regional-rival Iran should engage in “serious dialogue” to avoid a [ More … ]
Aid group operating in Mosul reports six-fold increase in civilians arriving at a camp for displaced people over two days. The number of people fleeing the ongoing battle in the Iraqi city of Mosul is [ More … ]
Anti-IS Iraqi forces continue to make gains in western Mosul as the militants offer increasingly limited resistance to the coalition-backed advance. Iraqi forces announced on Tuesday they had retaken yet another neighbourhood of western Mosul, [ More … ]
Iraq’s oil ministry said that it had begun loading a tanker with 2 million barrels of crude oil bound for Egypt, marking the first shipment under a bilateral agreement,according to al-Ahram, an Egyptian State-owned newspaper. [ More … ]
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