Traumatised and broken: the plight of children in conflict zones
“I feel a lot of terror, and now that terror is getting bigger. We started to sleep in the hallway because I’m so afraid… I’m...
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52 killed as fire rips through Covid ward in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq: At least 52 people have been killed in a fire at the coronavirus isolation ward of a hospital in Iraq. This is the...
US warplanes strike Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq
WASHINGTON DC, USA: The United States carried out another round of air raids against Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq and Syria, in response to drone...
Grossly understated: US army admits to ‘unintentionally’ killing 23 civilians in 2020
WASHINGTON DC, USA: The US military has admitted responsibility for “unintentionally” killing at least 23 civilians in foreign war zones in 2020. The figure is...
Saudi Arabia, Iran held talks more than once, says Iraqi president
BAGHDAD, Iraq: Iraqi President Barham Salih has said his country hosted more than one round of talks between regional foes Iran and Saudi Arabia. Salih...
Six rockets hit Iraqi base hosting US contractors
BAGHDAD, Iraq: Six rockets were fired towards Iraq’s Balad air base north of Baghdad, lightly wounding a foreign contractor working for a US company. Three...
‘We will not allow any attack on the kingdom’, Iraqi PM tells Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: Iraq will never become a launchpad for attacks on Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi pledged during a long-awaited visit to the...
Iraqis demand US troops pull out on Soleimani killing anniversary
BAGHDAD, Iraq: Thousands of Iraqi mourners have condemned the “American occupiers”, a year after a United States drone strike killed Iran’s revered general Qassem Soleimani...
30 killed as fierce anti-government protests erupt in Iraq
BAGHDAD, Iraq: At least 30 people were killed in renewed anti-government demonstrations in the capital, Baghdad and swept through several other cities in the country’s...
Murder charges against US Navy Seal not to be dropped
SAN DIEGO: Prosecutor says they would press murder charges against a US Navy Seal for stabbing to death a teenaged Islamic State militant in Iraq...