Iraq War News
March 19, 2025
Syria FM's Iraq visit focuses on security

Baghdad (AFP) Mar 14, 2025
Syria's interim foreign minister said in Baghdad on Friday his government was ready to "reinforce cooperation" with Iraq in the fight against remnants of the Islamic State group. Asaad al-Shaibani's visit to Syria's neighbour coincided with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announcing that security forces had killed a senior IS leader. It was also Shaibani's first visit to Iraq since his Islamist alliance toppled Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in December. Relations between neighbo ... read more
Iraq investigating attack on Syrian workers
Baghdad (AFP) Mar 12, 2025
Iraq said Wednesday it was investigating an attack on Syrian workers in the country after a newly formed Iraqi group vowed to avenge the mass killing of Alawite civilians in Syria. ... more
Iraq restoration work brought back Mosul's 'identity': UNESCO chief
Mosul, Iraq (AFP) Feb 5, 2025
The director-general of United Nations heritage body UNESCO hailed the completion of their restoration work in the Iraqi city of Mosul, saying on Wednesday it had allowed it to recover its "identity" after destruction inflicted by the Islamic State group. ... more
Iraqi archaeologists piece together ancient treasures ravaged by IS
Nimrud, Iraq (AFP) Jan 9, 2025
A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq's famed Nimrud site, archaeologists have been painstakingly putting together its ancient treasures, shattered into tens of thousands of tiny fragments. ... more
Declassified files show UK anger at Chirac over Iraq
London (AFP) Dec 31, 2024
Newly-declassified UK government documents published Tuesday reveal the frustrations of then-prime minister Tony Blair and his government with French leader Jaques Chirac for blocking UN-backed military action in Iraq in 2003. ... more
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Iraq's prohibition zeal threatens Baghdad's boozy subculture
Baghdad (AFP) Dec 22, 2024
The smell of dampness rises through the dust at a private club in central Baghdad, one of many shut in a crackdown on alcohol sales in Iraq. ... more
Iraq says to begin repatriating Syrian troops who fled offensive
Baghdad (AFP) Dec 19, 2024
Iraq said it would begin repatriating on Thursday Syrian troops who fled a lightning offensive that precipitated the ouster of president Bashar al-Assad. ... more
Rights groups urge Iraqi government to halt 'secret executions'
Paris (AFP) Dec 12, 2024
Rights organisations and activists on Thursday urged the Iraqi authorities to "immediately halt secret executions" and "torture" of prisoners on death row in the country. ... more
Two Iraqi officers killed storming militant hideout: officials
Baghdad (AFP) Dec 9, 2024
Two Iraqi security officers were killed in a clash with militants in western Iraq, officials said on Monday. ... more
Influential Shiite cleric Sadr urges Iraq to keep out of Syria fighting
Baghdad (AFP) Dec 5, 2024
Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr urged his country Thursday to stay out of the fighting in neighbouring Syria triggered by a lightning rebel offensive launched last week. ... more
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Syrian rebel leader calls on Iraqi PM to distance country from Syria war
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP) Dec 5, 2024
Syrian rebel chief Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, whose fighters have launched a lightning offensive, on Thursday urged Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani of neighbouring Iraq to keep his country distant from Syria's war. ... more
Iraq PM denies wiretapping allegations as 'lie of the century'
Baghdad (AFP) Dec 5, 2024
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani on Thursday denied allegations that members of his office were responsible for wiretapping the phones of MPs and other politicians - accusations that have sparked months of uproar. ... more
Iraq deploys armoured vehicles to border with Syria
Baghdad (AFP) Dec 2, 2024
Iraq sent armoured vehicles on Monday to reinforce its long border with Syria, in a bid to ease concerns after a surprise offensive in the neighbouring country by Islamist-led insurgents. ... more
Iraq MPs postpone vote on revised bill after outcry over underage marriage
Baghdad (AFP) Dec 1, 2024
Iraq's parliament postponed until Monday a vote on controversial legal amendments, including a reworked family law bill that had sparked civil outrage over fears of a resurgence in underage marriages. ... more
Iraqis sentenced to prison in $2.5-bn corruption case
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 25, 2024
An Iraqi court on Monday sentenced to prison former senior officials, a businessman and others for involvement in the theft of $2.5 billion in public funds - one of Iraq's biggest corruption cases. ... more
Iraq says population exceeds 45 mn after long-delayed census

Baghdad (AFP) Nov 25, 2024
Iraq's population has surpassed 45 million, more than a third of whom are under the age of 15, authorities said Monday after the first nationwide census in nearly four decades. The census conducted over two days last week was the first to cover all 18 governorates since 1987, when dictator Saddam Hussein was in power, with one a decade later excluding the three governorates that make up the autonomous Kurdistan region. It was repeatedly delayed by years of war and political tensions between fact ... read more
Iraq accuses Israel of seeking pretext for future attack
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 20, 2024
Iraq has accused Israel of attempting to legitimise an attack on its territory, after the Israeli foreign ministry protested to the United Nations about attacks by Iraqi militants. ... more

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Iraqis face tough homecoming a decade after IS rampage
Hassan Shami (AFP) Nov 20, 2024
A decade after Islamic State group extremists rampaged through northern Iraq, Moaz Fadhil and his eight children finally returned to their village after languishing for years in a displacement camp. ... more
Iraqis face tough homecoming a decade after IS rampage
Hassan Shami (AFP) Nov 19, 2024
A decade after Islamic State group extremists rampaged through northern Iraq, Moaz Fadhil and his eight children finally returned to their village after languishing for years in a displacement camp. ... more
HRW accuses Iraq of increasing 'unlawful executions'
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 19, 2024
Human Rights Watch accused Iraq Tuesday of widening the "scale and pace of unlawful executions in 2024", calling on authorities to "urgently halt all pending executions and declare a moratorium". ... more
Iraq blast kills three security personnel: officials
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 17, 2024
A blast from an explosive device on Sunday killed three members of Iraq's security forces and wounded three others in the northern province of Salaheddin, officials said. ... more
US contractor ordered to pay $42 mn to Iraqis tortured at Abu Ghraib
Washington (AFP) Nov 12, 2024
A federal jury on Tuesday ordered a US defense contractor to pay $42 million in damages to three Iraqi men who were tortured at Abu Ghraib prison, their lawyers said. ... more
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