Iran (3rd Jan, 2020): Qassem Suleimani, head of Iran's elite force, killed in US strike on Baghdad International Airport, including senior Iraqi Shia leaders, as confirmed by sources. According to
Baghdad, Jan 2 (AFP/APP): Pro-Iran demonstrators left the besieged US embassy in Baghdad on Wednesday after the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary force ordered them to withdraw a day after their dramatic
Washington, Dec 31 (AFP/APP): Washington has accused Iraqi authorities of having failed to "protect" US interests, the day after deadly American air strikes against a pro-Iran group sparked anger. At
Washington, Dec 31 (AFP/APP): President Donald Trump's order for airstrikes on a Tehran-backed Iraqi militia group, after resisting retaliating against Iran for months, sent a clear message Sunday that killing
Baghdad, Dec 30 (AFP/APP): Fifteen fighters, including commanders, were killed Sunday night in US strikes in western Iraq, an official told AFP. The official said several fighters were also wounded
Baghdad, Dec 18 (AFP/APP): The day before the deadline to designate a new Iraqi prime minister, political parties were wrangling Wednesday over three candidates: all insiders and all rejected by
Washington, Dec 13 (AFP/APP): Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday warned Iran of a "decisive" response if US interests are harmed in Iraq, after a series of rocket attacks
Samarra, Iraq, Dec 13 (AFP/APP): Two suicide bombers targeted a base of an Iraqi armed group led by Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr, killing 11 fighters, the army said Thursday. The
Baghdad, Dec 12 (AFP/APP): Demonstrators in Iraq lynched a teenager accused of attacking a protest encampment in Baghdad on Thursday, police and witnesses said, in an attack that threatened to
Karbala, Iraq, Dec 9 (AFP/APP): A prominent civil society activist was shot dead late Sunday in Iraq's shrine city of Karbala while returning home from anti-government protests, a neighbour told