Iraq
Germany and the Netherlands suspend military training in Iraq
Germany and the Netherlands are suspending military training operations in Iraq due to increasing regional tensions and an unspecified threat. The Germany…
Washington orders non-emergency government employees to leave Iraq
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday ordered the departure of “non-emergency government employees” from Iraq, the U.S. embassy in Baghdad said in…
Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing
Good morning The latest on the deadly bombing in Pakistan, the hostage situation in Toulouse, the geopolitical situations in the Gulf, the…
Pompeo makes surprise visit to Iraq, stepping up warning to Iran
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a lightning visit to Baghdad on Tuesday to show U.S. support for the Iraqi government…
Islamic State justifies Sri Lanka attacks, links them to Iraq and vows further revenge for loss of territory – al-Baghdadi in new video
The Islamic State group has released a video of a man it says is its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, vowing to seek…
Iraq: Mass grave of Kurds killed in Saddam Hussein’s time unearthed
Iraq must never forget Saddam Hussein’s crimes or allow his party to return, President Barham Salih said on Sunday after attending the…
Kurds want an international court to try ISIS foreign fighters
Kurdish Syrian fighters that defeated and removed ISIS fighter from their last strongholds called for an international tribunal to prosecute hundreds of…
100 die as ferry carrying families in Iraq capsized in Tigris river
France 24 reports that 100 persons died after a ferry carrying families celebrating the Nowruz holiday capsized in the Tigris River near…
2003 and 2011 – Iraq and Libya – On this day, two US led military interventions started with one end result – A weaker standing in world ‘policing’
On this day in 2003, the United States, along with coalition forces primarily from the United Kingdom, initiates war on Iraq. Just…
Iranian president begins ‘historic’ visit to Iraq
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived on Monday in Iraq's capital Baghdad, marking his first visit to the neighbouring country since he took…
Italian ISIS fighter warns of sleeper cells
In a Reuters exclusive report Mounsef al-Mkhayar, a 22-year-old of Moroccan descent who grew up in Italy, warned that the Islamic State…
Fear makes us crazy says Pope Francis as he arrives in Panama – He announces visits to Iraq and Japan
There were those who had waited at the airport all day. And it was hot (33°C not counting the horrendous humidity). There…