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By Haydar Karaalp BAGHDAD (AA): At least 42 people were killed and more than 2,300 others injured in Iraq on Friday during anti-government protests that erupted near Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, according to Iraq’s rights commission. In a statement, the Iraq High Commission for Human Rights said fatalities were caused after clashes between protesters […]

5th Oct 2019

Iraq: Death toll climbs to 100 as protests spread

By Arif Yusuf and Hamdi Yıldız BAGHDAD (AA): At least 100 people have been killed since anti-government protests erupted across Iraq earlier this week, according to the country’s health ministry. More than 2,500 people have also been injured since the protests began on Oct. 1 in Baghdad and the country’s southern provinces, said an […]

3rd Oct 2019

Iraq: Death toll from protests climbs to 12

By Arif Yusuf and Hamdi Yildiz BAGHDAD (AA): At least 12 people have been killed in anti-government protests across Iraq which began earlier this week, hospital sources said Thursday.A curfew is in effect in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Seven more people — six demonstrators and one police officer — were killed in the country’s […]

1st May 2019

US tests its latest fighter jets bombing in Iraq

By Umar Farooq WASHINGTON (AA): US tested in news F-35A fighter jets in Iraq. Two fighter jets have conducted airstrikes on a Daesh tunnel network in Iraq, marking the first time the aircraft has been flown in a combat mission, U.S. Central Command said Tuesday. “We have the ability to gather, fuse and pass […]

30th Jan 2019

US study finds Iran was only winner of Iraq war

By Umar Farooq WASHINGTON (AA): A study by the U.S. Army released Tuesday said Iran was the sole winner of the Iraq war. The two-volume, 1,300-page study, which examined the successes and mistakes of the war, was originally commissioned by former Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno in 2013 and then continued under current […]

31st Aug 2018

Between 1000 to 9,600 Iraqi, Syrian civilians killed by US-led coalition

By Muayyad al-Tarfi BAGHDAD (AA): A U.S.-led military coalition admitted Thursday that more than 1,000 civilians in Iraq and Syria had been killed by coalition airstrikes since the alliance was established four years ago to fight the Daesh terrorist group. However, in May, UK based monitoring group, AIrways, said in a report that US-led coalition […]

30th Aug 2018

Iraq: Suicide bombing kills 8 in western Iraq

By Suleiman al-Qubaisi ANBAR, Iraq (AA): At least eight people were killed in a car bombing in Iraq’s western Anbar province on Wednesday, according to a local police officer. A bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a security checkpoint manned by military forces and the pro-government Hashd al-Ashaeri militia at the southern entrance of […]

14th Aug 2018

UN: Thousands of Daesh terrorist fighters remain in Syria, Iraq

By Umar Farooq WASHINGTON (AA): Despite their defeat, an estimated 20,000-30,000 Daesh terrorist fighters are still in Syria and Iraq, according to a UN report published Monday. The report on Daesh and Al-Qa’ida, which was presented to the Security Council, said a smaller number of Daesh fighters had made their way to Afghanistan, where […]

19th Jun 2018

Iraq: US airstrikes kill 22 Hashd al-Shaabi fighters

By Haydar Hadi BAGHDAD (AA): Iraq’s Hashd al-Shaabi military force said Monday that 22 of its members had been killed in airstrikes carried out by U.S.-led coalition warplanes near Iraq’s border with Syria. Incorporated into the Iraqi Armed Forces in late 2016, the Hashd al-Shaabi, who are also known as Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) […]

7th Jun 2018

Iraq: Twin bombing kills 18, injures 100 in Sadr City

By Ali Semerci BAGHDAD (AA): At least 18 people were killed and 100 injured Wednesday in twin suicide blasts in the Iraqi capital, according to a hospital authority and a local police officer. The blasts occurred when unidentified terrorists detonated two bombs planted near a mosque used by Shia Muslim community in Baghdad’s Sadr […]

24th May 2018

Iraq: Suicide bombing kills 12, injures 11 in Baghdad

By Haydar Hadi BAGHDAD (AA): At least twelve Iraqi civilians were killed Thursday in a suicide bombing north of the capital, according to a security source. The suicide bombers targeted a park in the al-Shuala area north of Baghdad, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to […]

25th Mar 2018

Iraq: Seven killed in attacks across the country

By Zeynep Tufekci BAGHDAD (AA): Seven people were killed in attacks across Iraq including the country’s capital city Baghdad early Sunday. Iraqi information security center affiliated to the Iraqi army said that four civilians of a family were killed in an armed attack against a security point in As Sa’diyah sub-district of Diyala’s central […]

15th Jan 2018

Iraq: Double suicide bombing kills 25 in Baghdad

By Ali Jawad and Haydar Hadi BAGHDAD (AA): At least 25 people were killed in a double suicide bombing in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Monday, according to a local security official. More than 90 people were also injured in the attack in Tayaran Square in the city center, police captain Ahmed Khalaf told […]

10th Dec 2017

Iraqi forces recaptures all territories overrun by Daesh, incl border with Syria

By Ibrahim Salih BAGHDAD (AA): Iraqi forces have regained full control of the country’s border with Syria, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said Saturday. “Our forces are in complete control of the Iraqi-Syrian border,” al-Abadi said in a televised speech in the capital Baghdad. He said the Iraqi victory over the Daesh terrorist group […]

5th Dec 2017

Canadian Muslim youth killed for doing ‘right thing’ by trying to defend an old man

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Ontario (AA): Canadian authorities arrested one man Monday in the shooting death of a 19-year-old Muslim who police are hailing as a hero. Police are now searching for another man who is believed to have shot Yosif Al-Hasnawi outside a mosque in Hamilton, Ontario, just west of Toronto. There is […]

22nd Nov 2017

Iraq: Massive car bomb kills 21 in Turkmen district

By Hussein al-Amir and Ali Mukarrem Garip BAGHDAD (AA): At least 21 people were killed Tuesday when the Turkmen-majority Tuz Khurmatu district in Iraq’s Saladin province north of Baghdad was rocked by a massive car bomb, according to a provincial security commission head. Fifty-two people were also injured in the car bomb blast, Mahdi […]

13th Nov 2017

Iran: Quake rocks northern Iraq, Iran, 214 killed, 2500 injured

(AA) – An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale rocked northern Iraq and Iran, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Sunday evening. At least 214 people were killed and 2500 others injured in Iran’s border areas. The epicenter of the quake was located around 32 kilometers (20 miles) southwest of the city of Halabja, […]

30th Oct 2017

Iraqi PM Al-Abadi, UK Foreign Sec Johnson discuss Iraqi crisis

By Haydar Hadi BAGHDAD (AA): Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson discussed the ongoing crisis in the country over the phone earlier on Monday, according to a Iraqi presidential source. According to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media, al-Abadi […]

27th Oct 2017

Iraq: Tribal fighters, Daesh clash in Anbar, 32 killed

By Suleiman al-Qubaisi and Ibrahim Saleh BAGHDAD (AA): At least 32 people were killed on Friday in clashes — which remain underway — between Daesh terrorists and pro-government tribal fighters in Iraq’s western Anbar province, according to Iraqi security sources. “Iraqi army troops on Friday morning clashed with Daesh terrorists near Anbar’s T1 area some […]

23rd Oct 2017

Iraq, Saudi Arabia agree to resolve differences

By Ahmed al-Masri, Murat Tan, Afra Aksoy and Ramazan Turgut RIYADH (AA) Saudi Arabia and Iraq agreed to resolve differences and work together to boost trade on Sunday, after their leaders met for the first: time since last June, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. According to a joint statement issued by the […]

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