Posts Tagged: iraq
A Year After Failed Independence Bid, Iraq’s Kurds Vote for Parliament
A year after a failed bid for independence, Iraq's Kurds will be voting again on Sunday, this time in a parliamentary election that could disrupt...
US Pulls Diplomats from Iraqi City, Citing Threats From Iran
The United States announced on Friday it will effectively close its consulate in the Iraqi city of Basra and relocate diplomatic personnel assigned there following...
American UN Envoy: Iran Violating Iraqi Sovereignty to Create Corridor ‘From Tehran to the Mediterranean’
Washington's envoy to the United Nations accused Iran on Thursday of flagrantly violating Iraqi sovereignty in order to carve a corridor from Tehran to the...
Iraqi Kurds Gear Up for Elections Hoping to End Turmoil
Campaigning began in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan on Tuesday for parliamentary elections that Kurds hope will help end months of turmoil, a year after the region...
Rockets Fired at Basra Airport as Violent Protests Grip Iraq
Basra airport was attacked with rockets on Saturday after another night of protests against Iraq's political elite, during which demonstrators set fire to the Iranian...
Iraq to Ask US for Exemptions on Some Iran Sanctions
Iraq's economy is so closely linked to Iran that Baghdad is going to ask Washington for permission to ignore some US sanctions on its neighbor,...
US Forces to Stay in Iraq as Long as Needed: Spokesman
US forces will stay in Iraq "as long as needed" to help stabilize regions previously controlled by Islamic State, a spokesman for the US-led international...
Pompeo, Saudi Crown Prince Discuss Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman by phone on Monday to discuss the situations in Syria, Iraq,...
Iraqi Parliamentarian, Friend of US and Israel, Calls for ‘Mideast Summit’ as Islamists Burn Ballots in Baghdad
Last week, as Islamists burned ballot boxes in Baghdad, Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi -- whose unconventional career in Parliament has included championing normalized relations between his country...
UN Special Envoy Angelina Jolie Visits Syrian Refugees in Iraq
The world is failing to properly invest in the Syrian refugee crisis and families, women, and children are suffering terribly as a result, UN refugee...
Turkish Warplanes Strike Kurdish Militants in Iraq’s Qandil, Erdogan Says
Turkish warplanes have struck a meeting of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Iraq's Qandil mountains, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, adding...
Should the US Really Withdraw From Iraq?
It takes only a quick read of the main articles featured in al-Wifaq, the Arabic-language mouthpiece of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to grasp the complexity...
Less Than 1,000 ISIS fighters Remain in Iraq and Syria, Coalition Says
Fewer than 1,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, the United States-led international coalition fighting the hardline Sunni militant group said on Wednesday,...
ISIS Threatens US With Attacks in Retaliation for Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital
Islamic State threatened attacks on US soil in retaliation for the Trump administration's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, one of the...
