Tag: Iraq
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A long-shuttered Iraq-Syria border crossing reopens for the first time in more than a decade
A key border crossing between Iraq and Syria reopened this week for the first time in more than a decade, with officials highlighting its potential for ... -
UNESCO finds Islamic State group-era bombs in Mosul mosque walls, years after the defeat of IS
The U.N. cultural agency has discovered five bombs hidden within the walls of the historic al-Nouri Mosque in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, a ... -
A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq has killed around 100 people and injured 150
A raging fire seemingly caused by fireworks set off to celebrate a Christian wedding consumed a hall packed with guests in northern Iraq, killing around 100 ... -
Protesters try to storm Baghdad’s Green Zone over the burning of Quran and Iraqi flag
Tensions flared again in Iraq on Saturday over a series of recent protests in Europe involving the desecration of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, which sparked ... -
Protesters storm Swedish Embassy in Baghdad ahead of planned Quran burning in Stockholm
Protesters angered by the planned burning of a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad yesterday, breaking into the compound and lighting a ... -
President Rashid says country now peaceful, life is returning
Nearly 20 years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein by U.S.-led forces, Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid wants the world to know his country now is ... -
Iraq | Emirati airlines halt flights to Baghdad after sahooting
Multiple airlines from the United Arab Emirates said yesterday they were cancelling flights to Baghdad after a passenger plane arriving from the Mideast’s busiest airport in Dubai came ... -
Iraq | Islamic State group releases 200 captive Yazidis
The Islamic State group released at least 200 Yazidis after five months of captivity in Iraq, Kurdish military officials said yesterday, mostly elderly, infirmed prisoners who ... -
Iraq | Clashes with IS kill 23 troops, allied fighters
A suicide blast targeting Iraqi security forces and subsequent clashes with Islamic State extremists yesterday killed at least 23 troops and pro-government Sunni fighters in ... -
US, Arab allies hit IS strongholds in Syria, Iraq
Combined U.S.-Arab airstrikes hit Islamic State group military strongholds in Syria and Iraq, and a simultaneous U.S. strike targeted an al-Qaida cell said to be plotting ... -
IRAQ | Germany sends 16,000 rifles to stem Islamic State
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is sending 16,000 assault rifles, plus anti-tank weapons and armored vehicles, to Iraqi Kurds fighting Islamic State militants, lifting a German taboo ... -
IRAQ | INTERVENTION: Thwarting Islamic State militants a ‘long-term project’
President Barack Obama justified the U.S. military’s return to fighting in Iraq Saturday by saying America must act now to prevent genocide, protect its diplomats and provide ...
