Iraq

November 07, 2021

Drone attack targets Iraq PM, who escapes unhurt, says military

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack on Kadhimi's residence in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone.

October 12, 2021
Iraq says it has arrested top leader in Islamic State group

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi tweeted the news, identifying the man as Sami Jasim, who oversees the Islamic State group's financial operations and served as the deputy leader of IS under the late Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
September 28, 2020
Kerala man Subahani sentenced to life in prison for waging war against Iraq with ISIS

The probe team had found that Subahani had planned to spread IS activities in Kerala and Tamil Nadu and to assassinate prominent people. Subahani was arrested by the NIA on October 5, 2016.
March 05, 2020
Former UN chief Javier Perez de Cuellar dies at 100

The Peruvian diplomat served as United Nations Secretary General from 1981 to 1991.
January 27, 2020
Iraqi security forces kill protester, rockets hit US embassy

The protests are an unprecedented leaderless challenge to Iraq's Shi'ite Muslim-dominated and largely Iran-backed ruling elite, which emerged after a US-led invasion toppled Sunni dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003.
January 21, 2020
Three rockets hit near US embassy in Baghdad

The US has blamed Iran-backed paramilitary groups for a spate of similar attacks in recent months on the Green Zone, but there has never been a claim of responsibility.
January 13, 2020
Four injured as rockets hit Iraq military base hosting US troops

A majority of US airmen stationed at the Al-Balad airbase north of Baghdad had already left following tensions between the US and Iran over the last two weeks.

Drone attack targets Iraq PM, who escapes unhurt, says military

Iraq says it has arrested top leader in Islamic State group

Kerala man Subahani sentenced to life in prison for waging war against Iraq with ISIS

Former UN chief Javier Perez de Cuellar dies at 100

Iraqi security forces kill protester, rockets hit US embassy

Three rockets hit near US embassy in Baghdad

Four injured as rockets hit Iraq military base hosting US troops

Washington turns down Iraqi call to remove troops

US bans airlines from flying over Iran, Iraq and the Gulf

US airbase in Iraq hit by missile attacks hours after Soleimani's funeral