Associated Press Jan 15 2 min Minnesota man who trained with Islamic State pleads guilty Abdelhamid Al-Madioum, a U.S. citizen from St. Louis Park, Minn., pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to fighting with ISIS in Ir...
Reuters Staff Jan 15 1 min Pope unsure if March trip to Iraq can take place because of COVID-19 FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer on Epiphany, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Vatican, Janua...
Al Jazeera Jan 15 2 min Policeman killed, dozens injured in southern Iraq clashes Deadly violence erupts in Haboubi Square in southern Nasiriya city that began over the arrest of activists in Dhi Qar province. Iraqi dem...
Paul D. Shinkman, US News & World Report Jan 15 3 min Trump Administration Confirms Withdrawals from Iraq, Afghanistan Days Before Inauguration Despite concerns the draw-downs will complicate the incoming Biden administration’s options, Trump’s new Pentagon chief said they are cl...
Yaniv Kubovich, Haaretz Jan 15 4 min Iranian Redeployment in Iraq Behind Israel's Alleged Syria Strike, Sources Say Israeli intelligence officials worry Washington will lose interest in Iraq after Biden takes office. Latest attack attributed to Israel w...
Tom O'Connor, Newsweek Jan 9 3 min Iraq Judge Orders Trump's Arrest, Could Face 'Death' Over General's Killing Iraqis react while holding a placard bearing portraits of slain Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (bott...
Andrew Mitrovica, Al Jazeera Jan 6 4 min Pardons and Iraq: A familiar story Blaming the pardons of the Blackwater mercenaries on Trumpism is an appalling act of revisionism. An Iraqi traffic policeman inspects a ...
The World Bank Jan 5 1 min Iraq Economic Monitor – Protecting Vulnerable Iraqis in the Time of a Pandemic The twin shocks of COVID-19 pandemic and the collapse of oil prices have caused significant economic challenges and pushed millions of ...
The World Bank Jan 5 5 min Iraq: Engaging Youth to Rebuild the Social Fabric in Baghdad December 2, 2020 STORY HIGHLIGHTS Iraq is facing several key challenges: it has suffered years of conflict, experienced political insta...
Shelly Kittleson, Al-Monitor Jan 5 5 min Iraq regains confidence in dealing with outlawed militias Ahead of the one-year anniversary of a US-targeted drone assassination in the Iraqi capital that outraged some and pleased others, arres...
Jane Arraf, The New York Times Jan 5 6 min Iraq, Struggling to Pay Debts and Salaries, Plunges Into Economic Crisis The Shorja market in Baghdad last month. The market has experienced a downturn in sales due to a national financial crisis and the pand...
Sofia Barbarani, Al Jazeera Dec 29, 2020 6 min Will anti-gov’t protests, Soleimani killing decide 2021 in Iraq? From Soleimani’s assassination to nationwide anti-government protests, Al Jazeera reviews Iraq’s main events this year. IMAGE: Iraqi demo...
Aaron Stein, Foreign Policy Research Institute Dec 29, 2020 4 min Special Report: Iraq in Transition: Competing Actors and Complicated Politics Download Iraq in Transition: Competing Actors and Complicated Politics The Republic of Iraq has faced considerable challenges after the ...
Elise Ann Allen, Crux Dec 29, 2020 4 min At Christmas Mass, Iraq’s Muslim president calls for Christians to be protected IMAGE: Iraqi President Barham Salih speaks during Christmas Eve Mass at St. Joseph's cathedral in Baghdad on Thursday, December 24, 202...
Falih Hassan and Jane Arraf, The New York Times Dec 29, 2020 7 min Blackwater’s Bullets Scarred Iraqis. Trump’s Pardon Renewed the Pain. Iraqi witnesses against Blackwater guards were promised justice after a mass killing in Baghdad in 2007. ‘Today,’ one said, the bullets ...
Rayhan Uddin, Middle East Eye Dec 29, 2020 3 min Iraq world’s second-deadliest country for journalists in 2020, report finds Reporters gunned down while covering anti-government protests in Baghdad and Basra among 50 journalists killed worldwide IMAGE: Iraqi mou...
Kersten Knipp , Deutsche Welle Dec 29, 2020 4 min Iraq: Rebuilding Mosul for the future The Iraqi city of Mosul was captured by the "Islamic State" group in 2014. Much of its cultural heritage was destroyed during the occupa...
Samya Kullab, Associated Press Dec 29, 2020 3 min Relative of Blackwater Victim in Iraq Says Pardons 'Unfair' December 28, 2020 IMAGE: In this Sept. 25, 2007 file photo, an Iraqi traffic policeman inspects a car destroyed by a Blackwater security...
Saphora Smith, NBC Dec 29, 2020 6 min 2 brothers were separated in an Iraqi jail. Now one believes he's found the other “When I saw Ahmed for the first time, I told myself, 'Yes, this is my brother,'” Haydar Jawad Nasser said. “I felt when I hugged him tha...
Meghann Myers, Military Times Dec 29, 2020 2 min New in 2021: US troop presence heading down to 2,500 in Iraq and Afghanistan IMAGE: Afghan National Army soldiers, along U.S. and coalition advisors prepare to conduct an extraction following a key leader engagem...
Nasser Nasser | Associated Press Dec 31, 2019 2 min Iraqi artists pay tribute to dead protesters with sculptures In this Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019, photo, completed sculptures wait to be stored in preparation for an upcoming art exhibition, during the o...
QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Associated Press Dec 31, 2019 5 min Militiamen breach US Embassy in Baghdad; Trump blames Iran U.S. soldiers fire tear gas towards protesters who broke into the U.S. embassy compound, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. Dozens...
Adam Taylor | The Washington Post Dec 31, 2019 6 min Why Iraq is at the center of the dispute between Iran and the United States Protesters burn property in front of the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday. (Khalid Mohammed/AP) Tensions between the United St...
by Neil MacFarquhar | The New York Times Dec 31, 2019 7 min Mourning Iraq’s Destruction, a Native Son Creates Dia al-Azzawi, a Baghdad-born artist, weaves antiquity, poetry and messages of resistance at MoMA PS1. Dia al-Azzawi at his studio in Lon...
