Pro-Iran groups welcome US pledge to end Iraq combat operation
BAGHDAD (AFP) – Several powerful pro-Iran groups in Iraq on Tuesday (July 27) welcomed an announcement by Washington that US combat operations in [...]
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Biden, Kadhimi to seal agreement on ending U.S. combat mission in Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Monday will seal an agreement formally ending the U.S. [...]
60 killed in fire at hospital in Iraq, death toll revised down from 92
BAGHDAD (XINHUA, REUTERS) – The Iraqi Ministry of Health on Wednesday (July 14) put the death toll at 60 in a huge fire [...]
At least 39 killed, 20 injured in coronavirus hospital fire in Iraq: Police, medics
NASSIRIYA (REUTERS) – At least 39 people were killed and over 20 injured in a fire at a coronavirus hospital in Iraq’s southern [...]
Attacks target bases hosting forces in Iraq, Syria
BAGHDAD (AFP) – Rocket and drone attacks on Wednesday (July 7) targeted bases in Iraq and Syria hosting US forces that are part [...]
Iraq brings Saudi Arabia and Iran closer as Biden resets policy
BAGHDAD (BLOOMBERG) – Iraq is carving out a mediating role between Iran and Gulf Arab oil producers including Saudi Arabia, a shift for [...]
Two rockets hit near Iraq airbase hosting US soldiers
BAGHDAD (AFP) – Two rockets hit near an Iraqi airbase hosting US soldiers north of Baghdad on Sunday (April 4), three days ahead [...]
Pope Francis meets father of Alan Kurdi, drowned Syrian toddler
ARBIL, IRAQ (AFP) – Pope Francis on his last night in Iraq met the father of Alan Kurdi, the drowned Syrian Kurdish toddler [...]
‘Iraq will always remain with me, in my heart’: Pope’s message to packed Erbil stadium
Pope Francis has said Mass to thousands of people in the packed Franso Hariri stadium in Erbil. At the end of the last [...]
Pope in Iraq: The pontiff’s symbolic visit amid the rubble came with a message of peace and hope
In a visit full of historic firsts, surely the most symbolic moment came this Sunday morning. The Pope was in the rubble of [...]