Leading Iraqi security expert shot dead in Baghdad
Press TV – A leading Iraqi security analyst and government advisor has been shot dead outside his home in the capital Baghdad, sparking…
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Iraq launches operations against ISIL in Diyala
MNA – The Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced the launch of new security operations against the remnants of ISIL forces in Diyala…
Iraqi prime minister stresses PMU should be Iraqi institution under state authority
Al-Monitor | Ali Mamouri: Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi is seeking to reorganize the Popular Mobilization Units under the framework of the…
Iraq gets new government after months of political deadlock
The Wall Street Journal | Ghassan Adnan and Isabel Coles: Iraq swore in a new government after months of political deadlock that…
Iraq’s prime minister-designate resigns after parliament fails to approve cabinet
FNA – Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Mohammad Tawfiq Allawi withdrew his candidacy after the parliament failed to approve his new government. Allawi asked…
Protests resume in Iraq, demanding reforms, new govt.
Press TV – Protesters have returned to the streets in cities across Iraq, sealing roads with burning tires and threatening further escalation…
Iraq president hands resignation to parliament – local media
The National – Iraqi President Barham Salih has handed his resignation to parliament in the face of a political crisis amid nationwide…
Iraq’s top cleric calls for quick formation of government
Tasnim – Iraq’s top Shiite cleric called for the speedy formation of a government and early elections as ongoing political wrangling caused…
The moral breakdown of Iraq’s violence-ridden society
Iranian Diplomacy | Seyed Ali Mousavi Khalkhali: What we witnessed in Iraq on Thursday was nothing but a free fall of morality.…
Finding a replacement for Adel Abdul Mahdi
Iranian Diplomacy – Under the Iraqi constitution, the president must ask the grand coalition in the parliament to nominate a new candidate,…
Iraq is facing a familiar problem
Bloomberg | Bobby Ghosh: Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has been here before. Fifteen years ago, after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq had…
Iraq, rocked by protests, enters new phase of uncertainty after premier’s resignation
The Wall Street Journal | Isabel Coles and Ghassan Adnan: Protesters say they will settle for no less than sweeping away the…
Supreme Shia authority’s strategy to lead Iraq out of crisis
MNA | Mohammad Ghaderi: The latest statement issued by Iraq’s supreme Shiite authority, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Hosseini Sistani, on the current developments in…
Roadmap by religious authority for Iraq’s political future
Iranian Diplomacy – Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s last statement on Friday about recent developments in Iraq sends several messages. The grand ayatollah warned…
Iraqi PM urges safety of protesters as unrest continues
Press TV – The situation in Iraq remains tense. Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi has gathered the country’s security chiefs for a meeting,…
Tehran decries foreign influence in Iraq protests
Al-Monitor – The growing unrest in neighboring Iraq over corruption has become such a concern for Iranian officials that military leaders and…
Iraqi demonstrator killed as mass protests resume in Baghdad
Reuters – Iraqi security forces killed one protester and wounded more than 50 on Thursday as tens of thousands resumed mass demonstrations…
Iraq protests: Crowds descend on Baghdad square defying curfew
Press TV – The Iraqi capital Baghdad has become the scene of the largest rally since a second wave of anti-government demonstrations…
New protests hit Iraq as UN envoy warns of infiltration
Press TV – Students and schoolchildren have joined protests in the capital Baghdad and cities in southern Iraq, defying the education minister who had warned…
Iraq says all evidence points to ‘malicious hands’ in protests
Press TV – Iraqi officials say there are “malicious hands” behind the killing of both protesters and security forces during the recent spate…
Iraq authorities lift curfew as normalcy returns to streets of Baghdad
Press TV – Iraqi authorities have lifted a days-long curfew in Baghdad as normalcy returns to the streets of the country’s capital.…
Iraq’s top cleric urges all to avoid violence
Tasnim – Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the top Shiite cleric of Iraq, called on security forces and protesters to avoid violence. “It…
Iraqi PM says Israel is responsible for attacks on Iraqi militias: Al Jazeera
Reuters – Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has accused Israel of being behind attacks on Iranian-backed militia positions in Iraq, the…
Once again, Iraq caught up in tensions between US and Iran
AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE: When U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat down with Iraqi officials in Baghdad last week…
How likely is ISIS reorganization?
Alwaght – The ISIS terrorist group is these days in its shakiest position. Syrian Kurdish forces are intensifying their attacks on the…
Iraq may end US military presence soon
Alwaght – The US military presence in Iraq is to end within a short time, just contrary to the plans of the…
Why did Iran pull out its military advisors from Iraq?
Iranian Diplomacy – A Middle East expert in Tehran believes: “Trump insists on keeping US troops in Iraq to ease pressures on…
Air force commander: Iran first country to aid Iraq in combat against ISIL
FNA – Iraqi Air Force Commander General Hamid al-Maliki underlined that Iran was the first country which helped Iraq in the war…
Iran not intervening in Syria, Iraq: Army spox
IRNA – Iran is not intervening in Syria and Iraq and it does not need to have a military base in Syria,…
Iraq never to enter Daesh-backing coalitions against Iran
IRNA – Former Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki said on Sunday that his country will never enter coalition with countries such as…
Leader of Iraqi Shia group urges formal border security role for Shia fighters
Press TV – The head of a powerful Shia group in Iraq says Shia paramilitaries in the Arab country should have a…
Iraq lawmakers call for end to US military presence
Press TV – Members of the Iraqi parliament have called for the withdrawal of US troops from the country, stressing that they…
80 percent of Iraqi kids have experienced violence at home or in school: UNICEF report
Press TV – The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says 80 percent of children in Iraq are subjected to violence…
Iran condemns terrorist attack in Tikrit
IRNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi on Sunday denounced terror attack in Tikrit, which killed five and wounded 16. He also…
Terrorists planning to take revenge on their defeat against Iraqi govt., people
MNA – Foreign Ministry spokesman condemned Mosul terrorist attack in Iraq, saying terrorist groups are planning to take revenge on their defeat…
Iraqi PMF downs 15 drones in Karbala
IRNA – Due to security reasons, Iraq Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) downed 15 drones over Karbala on Saturday night. Al-Abbas Brigades, which…
Car bomb kills 4, wounds 15 near Iraq’s Mosul
Tasnim – At least four people were killed and 15 others wounded in a car bomb blast in the northern Iraqi town…
Daesh command center reduced to rubble in Iraq’s Diyala: Report
Press TV – A high-ranking Iraqi security official says pro-government fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units have managed to completely destroy the…
West Asia’s geopolitical oder outlook: Iran upper hand holder
Alwaght – The power relations and the patterns of alliance and hostility provide criteria to assess the security order in a region.…
Iraq to send troops along border to stop Turkish ‘violations’
Press TV – Iraq has announced plans to deploy troops along the border with Turkey in an effort to defend the frontier against…