Pro-Iran groups in Iraq claim attack on Israel
A pro-Iran coalition in Iraq claimed responsibility for a drone attack against Israel on 22nd September, according to Reuters. The...
Iraq
Paul Salem: Can we fix the Levant? What would it take?
After 11 years in the United States, I was flying back to the land I called home. Beirut airport was...
Iraq: US personnel wounded by rockets fired at military base
Following the United States pushing for increased military presence in the Middle East, fearing escalation in the region between Iran...
Iraq strengthens ties with Turkey by banning PKK
The Kurdish separatist group known as the PKK, which has waged an insurgency against Turkey since 1984, has officially been...
UN warns of Iraq becoming a major “drug conduit” in region
With the record seizure of $144 million worth of the potent stimulant captagon last year in Iraq, the country is...
Shiite Muslims mark Ashura in Iraq and Lebanon amidst Gaza war
On July 17th, Shiite Muslims commemorated Ashura, marking the death of Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Imam Hussein, who died in the...
Turkish military operations into northern Iraq provoke Baghdad
On July 10th, Iraqi authorities condemned continued Turkish military operations and “incursions” into the northern Kurdistan region according to the...
Iraq: Five bombs planted by ISIS uncovered in Mosul mosque
During renovations in Mosul’s Al-Nuri Mosque, United Nations personnel uncovered five bombs in a wall of the iconic building on...
Kurdish security detain smugglers behind fatal Italian shipwreck
4 suspected human traffickers were arrested by Asayish (Kurdish Security) in the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq on June 25th,...
Iraqi pro-Iran faction warns the US to withdraw
Iraq’s Iran-backed group, Kataeb Hezbollah, recently repeated calls for US troops to withdraw from Iraq, according to Arab News and...
