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Graft and security issues feed the trade in Iraq's past
Aug 23, 2021 (AFP)
On auction site liveauctioneers.com, bidding for the Sumerian clay tablet starts at 550 pounds ($750). The item weighs just 70 grams (2.5 ounces) but bears trac...
Turkish bombardment kills two in Iraq: local official
Aug 22, 2021 (AFP)
Turkey regularly targets northwest Iraq in operations against the PKK, which Ankara considers a terrorist organisation. The Kurdish separatists have waged a dec...
Killer of Iraqi official sentenced to hang
Aug 22, 2021 (AFP)
"After all proceedings concluded and the convict confessed, he was brought before the Karbala criminal court which examined the crime and sentenced him to death...
Turkey denies targeting clinic in Iraq air strike
Aug 21, 2021 (AFP)
"Contrary to the allegations of the terrorist organisation, the target that was hit was not a hospital or a medical centre, but was one of the places of accommo...
Young Iraqis find inspiration in past to fight injustice today
Aug 20, 2021 (AFP)
"Most young people are tired and frustrated, because they study for years at university then can't find jobs," said Karrar Abdulamir, 31, who volunteers with a ...
Three members of pro-Iran group killed by IS in Iraq
Aug 20, 2021 (AFP)
The men belonged to the Noujaba Movement, a part of the Hashed al-Shaabi coalition of Shiite militias that mostly back Iran. Both sources said they were killed ...
Few Covid masks as millions throng Iraq shrine
Aug 19, 2021 (AFP)
Six million pilgrims marked Ashura this year, the official Iraqi news agency reported, quoting authorities in Karbala. They came from across the country but als...
Toll of Turkish air strike in Iraq rises to eight
Aug 18, 2021 (AFP)
Turkey regularly targets northwest Iraq in operations against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which Ankara considers a terrorist organisation. The Kurdish s...
3 dead as Turkey raids north Iraq clinic: security, medics
Aug 17, 2021 (AFP)
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) -- categorised as a terrorist organisation by Ankara -- has waged a decades-long insurgency against Turkey and maintains base...
Iraq former air chief takes off after graft conviction
Aug 16, 2021 (AFP)
Judiciary and security sources said the general was tried in Karkh, western Baghdad, for corruption and squandering public funds. He was sentenced to two years ...
Four Turkish soldiers killed in Iraq: ministry
Aug 16, 2021 (AFP)
Three soldiers died and two were injured when an improvised explosive device went off Sunday in an area where Turkish forces have been conducting an operation a...
3 Yazidi fighters dead in Turkish strike on Iraq: security
Aug 16, 2021 (AFP)
The source, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said Hassan Saeed died along with two comrades as their car was hit on the road to Sinjar, the heartland ...
Iraqi cleric sparks ire of senior pro-Iran figure
Aug 15, 2021 (AFP)
Iran has bolstered its influence over its neighbour in recent years. Iraq's state-sponsored Hashed-al-Shaabi paramilitary network, which is dominated by pro-Ira...
Turkish soldier killed in northern Iraq
Aug 12, 2021 (AFP)
"One of our heroic soldiers was seriously injured in a mortar attack by PKK terrorists on one of our bases. He was taken to hospital where he could not be saved...
Murder of city official fuels anger over Iraq impunity
Aug 11, 2021 (AFP)
Abir Salim, the director of municipal services in the city which houses the mausoleums of two of Shiite Islam's most revered figures, was shot dead as he was ca...
Iraq blast kills 8 members of the security forces
Aug 11, 2021 (AFP)
A military sapper was preparing a charge to detonate unexploded ordnance laid by the jihadists in Salaheddin province "when a mistake was made and the explosion...
Iran's Raisi presents conservative, male-only cabinet
Aug 11, 2021 (AFP)
A list published by the government on Twitter showed a conservative-dominated, male-only cabinet of ministers that is set to be officially announced by parliame...
Iraq to host 'regional summit' in late August: PM
Aug 09, 2021 (AFP)
Iraq's foreign ministry said Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Saudi Arabia's King Salman have been invited, although an exact date has not been announced. The ...
Scooters and espresso, Baghdad's rebels without a future
Aug 09, 2021 (AFP)
Take Mohammed, for example. He has set up for the night in a smoky cafe with two friends. He's 23, has serious hair and a handlebar moustache. Mohammed is a gui...
Three decades on, Saddam's 'human shields' want answers
Aug 04, 2021 (AFP)
Passengers who were taken off British Airways Flight 149 in Kuwait on August 2, 1990 want the UK government to admit liability, apologise and release a secret r...
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