Eighth body pulled from Iraq shrine landslide
KARBALA, Iraq (AFP) -- The body of an eighth pilgrim was pulled from an Iraqi shrine on Monday, two days…
4 years ago
Iraq
Iraq’s Sadr demands new polls as political crisis escalates
by Laure Al-Khoury Agence France-Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Powerful Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr, whose bloc won the most seats…
4 years ago
Oil dispute sharpens Baghdad-Kurd tensions amid deadlock
by Tony Gamal-Gabriel Agence France-Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Iraq's oil wealth is rekindling tensions between federal authorities and the…
4 years ago
Weathering sandstorms, Iraqis grit teeth and battle on
by Tony GAMAL-GABRIEL Agence France-Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Another sandstorm has darkened Iraqi skies and it's hard to breathe,…
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Murals bring ‘joy’ to Baghdad concrete jungle
by Tony Gamal-Gabriel © Agence France-Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Iraqi artist Wijdan al-Majed is transforming Baghdad's concrete jungle…
4 years ago
Ballistic missiles fired at Iraq’s Arbil ‘from east’
A dozen ballistic missiles targeted Iraq's northern city of Arbil, including US facilities, causing damage but no major casualties early…
4 years ago
Six rockets target Baghdad airport, damaging plane: security source
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Six rockets were fired at the Iraqi capital's airport at dawn on Friday, causing damage but…
4 years ago
Two drones shot down targeting Iraq base: anti-IS coalition
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) - Two armed drones targeting an air base in western Iraq were shot down on Tuesday, an…
4 years ago
Young Iraqi film students tell their own stories from Mosul
by Tony Gamal-Gabriel Agence France-Presse MOSUL, Iraq (AFP) - A budding Iraqi filmmaker yells "action!" as an actress clambers over…
4 years ago
Drought forces Iraqi farmers to leave their land
by Raad Al-Jammas Agence France-Presse Iraqi wheat farmer Khamis Ahmad Abbas lost it all when his battle with drought forced…
4 years ago
UK’s Boris Johnson ‘strongly condemns’ attack on Iraqi PM: Downing Street
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson "strongly condemned" the attack targeting his Iraqi counterpart Mustafa al-Kadhemi,…
4 years ago
Iraqi PM escapes ‘assassination attempt’ drone blast
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi escaped unhurt from an "assassination attempt" in which an explosives-packed drone…
4 years ago
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