Tag: Iraq

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken has made an unannounced visit to Iraq as he seeks to rally support across the Middle East for a peaceful political transition in Syria. Blinken ...

Iraq has begun a nationwide census. This is the country’s first attempt to gather demographic data since 1987 when Saddam Hussein was still in power. The Ministry of Interior announced ...

Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshkian has landed in Iraq on his first state trip abroad, in a bid to boost ties amid tightening Western sanctions. Pezeshkian, who was elected in July, ...

US Central Command has announced that its military forces struck more than 85 targets in Syria and Iraq in retaliation against “Iran-affiliated” fighters that killed three U.S soldiers in a ...

From the onset of the Israel-Hamas war, there were speculations of the war spreading to surrounding nations. Iran-backed groups in Yemen, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq have launched attacks on Israel ...

Iraqi Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has declared three days of national mourning “as a condolence for the victims who died in the al-Hamdaniyah fire accident.” The deadly fire occurred ...

A fire at a wedding celebration in the district of Hamdaniya in Iraq’s Nineveh province has killed at least 113 people and injured more than 150. Najim al-Jubouri, the provincial ...

Muslim-majority nations have reacted to the recent desecration of a copy of the Quran in Sweden. On Friday, July 21, 2023, protesters in Iran, Iraq and Lebanon, planned demonstrations after ...

The Swedish Embassy in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, was invaded early Thursday, July 20, 2023, ahead of a planned burning of the Islamic holy book in Stockholm. Irked by the ...

On Monday, June 12, 2023, Iraq’s parliament belatedly approved a $152 billion budget for 2023. The budget, which was approved six months into the fiscal year and after four chaotic ...