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...
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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...
Iran offers Gulf Arab neighbours to sign non-aggression pact
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has proposed his country Gulf neighbours to sign a non-aggression pact with them/ Javad Zarif said that Tehran will...
Six female prisoners die in Baghdad prison riots
BAGHDAD: Six female prisoners were killed after rioting and fire in a prison in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. The incident happened in a prison in...
Civilian Casualties of Violence in Iraq in November Lowest in 6 Years: UN
BAGHDAD: Violence across Iraq killed a total of 41 civilians in November, the lowest since the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) began publishing...
26,000 Iraqis fled west Mosul in 10 days: minister
BAGHDAD: Twenty-six thousand Iraqis fled west Mosul in the 10 days since security forces launched a major push to retake it from jihadists, the minister...