UN: Iraq has paid Kuwait $48 billion in compensation for 1990 invasion. Iraq only has $4.4 billion left to pay. Payments come from a percentage of Iraqi oil revenues.
Israeli Newspaper: Israeli intelligence has confirmed that Iran has given Iraqi PMF (Hashd) ballistic missiles that can reach Israel. Iran is also setting up ballistic missile factories in Iraq. Iraq is a conflict line between Israel and Iran.
Iraqi Foreign Minister: We expect the visit of Deputy Syrian Foreign Minister with a technical delegation to Iraq to create and facilitate the opening of the border crossing of Al Buqamal
Iraqi foreign Ministry praises balance of relations with Iran: Tehran has stood with us against terrorism
1 year agoIraq: Devasting initial moments of the effects of a car bomb explosion parked in the area of Qayyara south of Mosul
More than 277,000 children in Basra Iraq are at risk of disease outbreaks in schools with rundown water and sanitation facilities.
Source says incoming Iraqi PM Abdel-Mahdi turns down Maliki's request to make Malaki's son in law minister of Youth and Sports. Also turns down Maliki's request for Dawa Party member to get Oil Ministry.
Baghdad Operations Command announces vehicle curfew in Baghdad for motorcycles and transport trucks beginning Thursday. Fuel trucks excluded from curfew.
1 year ago6 people (including two soldiers) killed and 40 wounded in a car bomb attack that targeted a public market in al-Qithara sub-district southern Mosul city.
1 year agoIraq Local sources confirm death and injured caused by an huge explosion in the center of the area of Qayyarah South. These sources say probably ISIS attack
1 year agoDental students continue protests in Sulaimani against unemployment
In Iraq, sources say incoming PM Abdel-Mahdi is unhappy with the recent series of decisions outgoing PM Abadi is implementing. Also, most of new cabinet was been selected except for MoD and MoI, which are still being discussed with political blocs.
New Generation announces opposition in Baghdad
ISIS in Iraq has released a video from their Dijlah province (southern Nineveh, northern Salahuddin), their first in exactly a year.
Unknown gunmen killed an entire Turkmen family in Jalawla, Diyala province.
1 year agoThousands of Iranian pilgrims crossed borders with Iraq on foot on Sunday in order to arrive in Karbala on October 30th for the annual Shiite pilgrimage of Arbaeen, footage captured by Iranian state TV in Shalamcheh, Khuzestan province showed
During visit to Baghdad Operations Command, outgoing PM Abadi emphasizes the need to continue to clean security agencies of harmful elements.
Iraqi Federal Police arrest 3 ISIS members in Hawija district of Kirkuk Province.
1 year agoIraqi troops are deployed along more than 120 miles from al-Qaiem to Tel Safok area. The border line is under total control by the Iraqi Security Forces with no gaps in their security.
Major General Faisal Kazem Al-Abadi, Diyala Police Commander: ISIS war council in the governorate has collapsed completely as a result of anti-terror operations in 2018.
Election commission publishes official #KRGelection results: KDP: 45 seats; PUK: 21 seats; Gorran: 12 seats; New Generation: 8 seats; KIG: 7 seats; Towards Reform: 5 seats
Kurdistan region election commision announces the final results of parliamentary elections.
Electoral Commission: Kurdistan Democratic Party gets 45 seats
Kurdistan Region Election Commission to announce final results of parliamentary elections at midnight — Kurdish Media
1 year agoMajor operations by Iraq's army from the eastern Salahuddin desert stretching all the way to the Himreen mountains, hunting down Da'ish militants hiding out in this remote region.
Iraq in talks with Kurds to resume oil exports to Ceyhan
Macron phones Kurdistan PM, Iraqi PM-designate to discuss Iraq political process
ISIS taking 4 more soldiers hostage in Anbar. 2 have already been missing for the past week after an ambush in Aqaz Field.
Last night, a group of ISIS attempted to attack a security checkpoint at Kilo 18 west of Ramadi. ISF monitored their activity and killed all 3 militants.
Iraq Army 7th Division, 29th Brigade killed 4 ISIS trapped in a tunnel west of Hit
