Recent News Headlines : Baghdad. - Iraq

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE GIANT U.S. EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD?


But it's still cheaper than the U.S. embassy complexes in Kabul, Afghanistan and Baghdad, Iraq... READ MORE

17th January, 2018 518

DOUBLE SUICIDE BOMBING IN BAGHDAD KILLS AT LEAST 38 PEOPLE


The attackers struck during rush hour in the city's Tayran Square, which is usually crowded by laborers seeking work... READ MORE

15th January, 2018 599

DEADLY TWIN BLASTS ROCK CENTRAL BAGHDAD


Eight people were also killed in a suicide bombing on Sunday in the al-Tarmiyah area in northern Baghdad... READ MORE

15th January, 2018 2505

DOUBLE SUICIDE BOMBING IN BAGHDAD KILLS AT LEAST 16 PEOPLE


BAGHDAD AP -- Iraq's Interior Ministry spokesman says a double suicide bombing in central Baghdad has killed at least 16 people... READ MORE

15th January, 2018 0

POWERFUL, DEADLY EARTHQUAKE ROCKS PERU


The earthquake came four days before Pope Francis arrives in Peru for a four-day visit... READ MORE

14th January, 2018 1065

EIGHT STRONG AFTERSHOCKS FROM NOVEMBER TEMBLOR STRIKE ALONG IRAN-IRAQ BORDER, SHAKE BAGHDAD


In November, a major 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the same region, killing over 530 people and injuring thousands in Iran alone... READ MORE

11th January, 2018 0

A HISTORY OF SPORT, BOMBS AND DIPLOMACY


Despite the maritime clash, North Korea took part in the Asian Games in South Korea's Busan later that year... READ MORE

9th January, 2018 70

UK 'INADVERTENTLY HELPED NEUTER' MIDDLE EAST ALLY THE IRAQI KURDS


Ministers told of precise links between Iran and Baghdad-backed Shia militia operating in Iraq, claims former UK and Nato official... READ MORE

8th January, 2018 712

IRAQ FORCIBLY RETURNING DISPLACED CIVILIANS FROM CAMPS TO UNSAFE AREAS


Managing the more than two million displaced Iraqis is one of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's toughest tasks... READ MORE

7th January, 2018 175

SAUDI ARABIA AND IRAN'S RIVALRY IS KEY TO THE MIDDLE EAST IN 2018


As global and regional powers look to a post-war Syria, the jockeying will begin for a slice of the reconstruction projects in the country... READ MORE

4th January, 2018 255

IRAQ VICTORIES AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE TOOK TOLL


MOSUL, IRAQ - In 2014, Abdulrahman Saad was taken from his home in Mosul by Islamic State fighters, leaving his family in limbo... READ MORE

1st January, 2018 1

IRAQ'S RAPID-FIRE TRIALS SEND ALLEGED ISIS MEMBERS -- INCLUDING FOREIGNERS -- TO THE GALLOWS


The men are among hundreds of foreigners detained in Iraq on terrorism charges after the toppling of the Islamic State's self-declared caliphate... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 2207

IRAQI YAZIDIS ACCUSED OF ABDUCTING, KILLING CIVILIANS


A human rights organisation has accused Yazidi fighters in Iraq of forcibly kidnapping and killing 52 civilians from the Imteywit tribe earlier this year... READ MORE

28th December, 2017 1261

FOR IRAQ'S CHRISTIANS, A BITTERSWEET FIRST CHRISTMAS HOME AFTER ISIS TAKEOVER


Hundreds return to celebrate their first Christmas together again in the Northern Iraqi town of Teleskof, which was targeted by Islamic State militants... READ MORE

26th December, 2017 330

FOR IRAQ'S CHRISTIANS, A BITTERSWEET FIRST CHRISTMAS HOME AFTER ISLAMI


A burned church of the Immaculate Conception by Islamic State militants is seen in the town of Qaraqosh, south of Mosul, Iraq December 23, 2017... READ MORE

25th December, 2017 1008

THE HUNT FOR ISIS PIVOTS TO REMAINING POCKETS IN SYRIA


The assaults are converging on Islamic State holdouts from opposite sides of the Euphrates, which bisects the province... READ MORE

24th December, 2017 706

SNAPSHOTS OF 2017: THE PAIN, THE JOY, AND THE DONALD


President Donald Trump responded, after a long silence, by accusing both white supremacists and the peaceful protesters of aggression... READ MORE

24th December, 2017 199

3YO GIRL ABANDONED IN IRAQI JAIL FOR 'ISIS WIDOWS' REUNITED WITH FAMILY IN RUSSIA


We faced an almost complete lack of information both when it comes to Iraqi officials and Russian embassy officials... READ MORE

22nd December, 2017 271

AUSTRALIA ENDS ANTI-ISIS STRIKES IN IRAQ & SYRIA, PULLS FIGHTER JETS BUT VOWS TO CONTINUE 'SUPPORT'


Australia ends anti-ISIS strikes in Iraq Syria, pulls fighter jets but vows to continue 'support' -- RT World News... READ MORE

22nd December, 2017 88

AUSTRALIA ENDS STRIKES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA


Australia has said it will stop conducting air strikes against so-called Islamic State IS group targets in Iraq and Syria... READ MORE

22nd December, 2017 101

TRAUMATIZED YAZIDI SISTERS REUNITE THREE YEARS AFTER BEING CAPTURED, SOLD AND ENSLAVED BY ISLAMIC STATE


When Rosa, now 14, asked her Islamic State captors about her younger sisters, Bushra, 12, and Suhayla, 7, she was told they had been killed for misbehaving... READ MORE

21st December, 2017 2

MOSUL IS A GRAVEYARD: FINAL IS BATTLE KILLS 9,000 CIVILIANS


But Mosul's gravediggers, its morgue workers and the volunteers who retrieve bodies from the city's rubble are keeping count... READ MORE

21st December, 2017 0

COST TO OUST ISLAMIC STATE FROM MOSUL


Of the nearly 10,000 deaths the AP found, around a third of the casualties died in bombardments by the U.S.-led coalition or Iraqi forces... READ MORE

20th December, 2017 8

9,000-PLUS DIED IN BATTLE WITH ISLAMIC STATE GROUP FOR MOSUL


Iraqi or coalition forces are responsible for at least 3,200 civilian deaths from airstrikes, artillery fire or mortar rounds... READ MORE

20th December, 2017 748

NOW THAT ISIS IS GONE WILL US STAY IN IRAQ


Shortly after the Islamic State invasion of Iraq, Iran's government rushed aid and support to Shiite militias fighting against the ISIS offensive... READ MORE

18th December, 2017 986

FAMILY OF IRAQI BEAUTY QUEEN 'FORCED TO FLEE COUNTRY AFTER SHE TOOK A SELFIE WITH MISS ISRAEL'


Sarah Idan, Miss Iraq, and Adar Gandelsman, Miss Israel, took the picture together at a beauty pageant in Las Vegas on November 14... READ MORE

16th December, 2017 2106

HOW DID ARMS BOUGHT BY U.S. END UP IN THE HANDS OF ISIS?


Here are a few takeaways o ISIS used rockets supplied by the United States -- possibly in violation of agreements with weapons makers... READ MORE

15th December, 2017 167

KURDS SLAM ABADI'S PESHMERGA SNUB IN ISIL SPEECH


The prime minister's failure to mention the contribution of Kurdish Peshmerga forces in the fight against ISIL drew quick condemnation from the Kurdistan Regional Government KRG ... READ MORE

10th December, 2017 1151

CHRONICLER OF ISLAMIC STATE 'KILLING MACHINE' GOES PUBLIC


Mosul Eye lit a cigarette, heedless of a handful of other people picnicking nearby... READ MORE

10th December, 2017 0

IRAQ DECLARES COMPLETE VICTORY IN THE WAR AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE


Last month, Iran and Russia declared victory over the Islamic State in Syria, though fighting continues in small pockets near the border with Iraq... READ MORE

10th December, 2017 638

Trending News Headlines : Baghdad.

IRAN-IRAQ EARTHQUAKE: MORE THAN 300 DIE IN HEAVY TREMOR


In 2003, a 6.6 magnitude earthquake flattened the historic city of Bam in southeastern Iran, killing some 26,000 people... READ MORE

13th November, 2017 14576

IRAN-IRAQ EARTHQUAKE DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO MORE THAN 400


More than 70,000 people were in need of emergency shelter, the Iranian Red Crescent said... READ MORE

13th November, 2017 12891

RAQQA ISIS CAPITAL IS CAPTURED US-BACKED FORCES SAY


Witnesses in Raqqa said that several busloads of Islamic State fighters, both Syrians and foreigners, had been allowed to board buses to Deir al-Zour... READ MORE

18th October, 2017 10813

DONALD TRUMP HITS BACK AT THERESA MAY AFTER SHE SAID HE WAS 'WRONG' TO RE-TWEET ANTI-MUSLIM VIDEOS FROM BRITISH FAR-RIGHT GROUP


The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has retweeted three of deputy leader Jayda Fransen's Twitter videos!... READ MORE

30th November, 2017 8513

A NEW BATTLE IN IRAQ GIVES IRAN THE UPPER HAND


This is the result of disobedience of Masoud Barzani, the Iraqi fighter who was filming said, referring to the leader of Iraqi Kurdistan... READ MORE

17th October, 2017 8409

BLACKWATER FOUNDER PITCHES PLAN TO QUELL LIBYA MIGRANT CRISIS WITH PRIVATE POLICE


Prince said it was rejected by the Pentagon and Trump's current national security adviser, HR McMaster, who Prince called a very conventional general ... READ MORE

30th November, 2017 5968

BAGHDAD TO PAY HEAVY PRICE FOR DECLARING WAR


Kurdish forces call Iraqi forces' campaign in Kirkuk 'a declaration of war', as PM Abadi tells them to cooperate... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 4956

IRAQI FORCES SEIZE OIL CITY KIRKUK FROM KURDS IN BOLD ADVANCE


But an aid organization working in Kirkuk said several Peshmerga and members of the Iraqi forces had been killed in an overnight clash south of Kirkuk... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 4352

AT LEAST 445 KILLED AS HUGE EARTHQUAKE HITS IRAN-IRAQ BORDER


Iran's English-language Press TV said at least 450 people were killed and 7,000 were injured, while the semi-official Tasnim agency put the total at 445 killed and 7,370 injured... READ MORE

14th November, 2017 3806

PALESTINIANS CLASH WITH ISRAELI TROOPS TO PROTEST TRUMPS JERUSALEM DECLARATION


The mood in the streets of downtown East Jerusalem, where there was a heavy Israeli police presence, was tense and sullen... READ MORE

8th December, 2017 3571

BAGHDAD: IRAQI FORCES IN FULL CONTROL OF KIRKUK


Iraqi forces capture governorate building in central Kirkuk with no opposition from Kurdish Peshmerga fighters... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 3523

IRAQ FORCES IN FULL CONTROL OF KIRKUK PROVINCE


Iraqi forces have claimed control of all of Kirkuk province after intense fighting against Kurdish Peshmerga forces... READ MORE

21st October, 2017 3223

IRAQ ARMY SEIZES TOWN NEAR ERBIL AFTER FIERCE CLASHES


Iraqi federal police and counter-terrorism forces, along with Hashd al-Shaabi fighters, have deployed in... READ MORE

20th October, 2017 3040

IRAN-IRAQ EARTHQUAKE: RESCUERS IN RACE FOR SURVIVORS


In 2003, a 6.6 magnitude earthquake flattened the historic city of Bam in southeastern Iran, killing some 26,000 people... READ MORE

13th November, 2017 2425

IRAQI FORCES SEIZE OIL CITY KIRKUK FROM KURDS IN BOLD ADVANCE


But an aid group working in Kirkuk said several Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Iraqi soldiers had been killed in an overnight clash south of the city... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 2403

ISIS STRATEGY: TRUMP TAKES CREDIT FOR ISIS SETBACKS


The Obama strategy was designed to support local ground forces in Iraq and Syria with coalition air power, advisers and training... READ MORE

7th December, 2017 2267

IRAQI FORCES SEIZE OIL CITY KIRKUK FROM KURDS IN BOLD ADVANCE


But an aid group working in Kirkuk said several Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Iraqi soldiers had been killed in an overnight clash south of the city... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 2249

IRAQI FORCES MOVE INTO CENTRE OF KIRKUK


Iraqi government forces enter disputed city of Kirkuk, residents say, weeks after Kurdish independence referendum... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 2145

ISIL CAPITALISES ON PESHMERGA RETREAT IN NORTHERN IRAQ


Iraqi forces also said on Tuesday they seized the Yazidi Kurdish town of Sinjar from the Peshmerga... READ MORE

17th October, 2017 2046

IRAQI KURDS PROPOSE TO FREEZE REFERENDUM RESULTS


People in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq voted to secede on September 25 in a referendum, amid rising tensions and international opposition... READ MORE

25th October, 2017 2015

TENSION MOUNTS IN LEBANON AS SAUDI ARABIA ESCALATES POWER STRUGGLE WITH IRAN


But it was brought to a head on 3 November, at a lunch in Beirut being hosted by prime minister Saad Hariri... READ MORE

12th November, 2017 1931

MASS GRAVES 'OF ISIL VICTIMS' FOUND IN IRAQ'S HAWIJAH


Mass graves containing at least 400 suspected ISIL victims, many wearing prison uniforms, have been found in northern Iraq... READ MORE

12th November, 2017 1917

KIRKUK OFFENSIVE: THOUSANDS FLEE AS IRAQI ARMY ADVANCES


Thousands of people are leaving the Iraqi city of Kirkuk as the Iraqi army advances on Kurdish military positions around the city... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 1757

'WHY WOULD WASHINGTON PUNISH US?' RESIGNING IRAQI KURDISTAN LEADER ACCUSES US OF BETRAYAL


Prior to the independence referendum, the Kurds fought alongside Iraqi forces in their US-backed campaign against Islamic State terrorists... READ MORE

30th October, 2017 1644

MAP: THERE ARE 10 WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA. NINE ARE IN DANGER.


Islamic State group jihadists seized Syria's Palmyra on Thursday, as UNESCO warned that the destruction of the ancient city would be an enormous loss to humanity... READ MORE

1st September, 2015 1569

CANADA SUSPENDS SPECIAL FORCES TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE MISSION IN IRAQ


Fighting broke out between Iraqi and Kurdish forces on Oct. 16, after Iraqi forces seized the northern oil city of Kirkuk... READ MORE

28th October, 2017 1549

OFFICIALS RAISE IRAN-IRAQ EARTHQUAKE DEATH TOLL TO AT LEAST 530


The 2003 Bam earthquake in the southern Kerman province killed at least 31,000... READ MORE

14th November, 2017 1503

IRAQ'S MILITARY DECLARES MISSION ACCOMPLISHED IN KIRKUK


Meanwhile, Iraqi Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaybi called on British energy giant BP on Wednesday to help develop fields in the northern province... READ MORE

18th October, 2017 1496

US MILITARY RUSHES TO DEFUSE LOOMING CRISIS IN KIRKUK AFTER IRAQI ARMY ADVANCES


Iraqi forces claim rapid progress in operation to 'impose security' on kirkuk... READ MORE

16th October, 2017 1444

AFTER THE CALIPHATE WHATS NEXT FOR ISIS


In Iraq, where the group that became the Islamic State took root, security officials are bracing for future waves of suicide attacks against civilians... READ MORE

18th October, 2017 1443


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