In Iraq, unidentified assailants fired four rockets at Basra airport today. On the other hand the death toll from several days of protests over poor public services climbed to 12. The main southern city has been rocked by protests since Tuesday against poor civic amenties the demonstrators are ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that opening of border gate between Turkey and Iraq will benefit both the countries. Speaking at a joint news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Ankara, he said reopening of consulates in Mosul and Basra is also being ...

TEHRAN: Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said their political blocs would enter into an alliance, bringing Iraq one step closer to forming a new government after an election marred by low turnout and fraud allegations. The alliance between Abadi’s Victory Alliance, ...

BAGHDAD: In Iraq, a fire broke out in the largest storage space of ballot boxes in Baghdad. In a statement, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said burning election warehouses is a plot to harm the nation and its democracy. The timing of the fire undermined the results of an election whose ...

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says he has ordered the military to take full control of the country's borders amid escalating tensions.  A statement said that during a phone call with his Turkish counterpart today (Tuesday), Al-Abadi said his troops will prevent foreign fighters from ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has confirmed that the number of US-led coalition forces in the country is being reduced. Speaking at a cabinet meeting he said talks have been going on for the past one year to gradually reduce the number of coalition forces. Al-Abadi however said the threat ...

BAGHDAD:  Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi defended the role of an Iranian-backed paramilitary force at a meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday in Baghdad.Tillerson arrived on Monday hours after the Iraqi government rejected his call to send home the Popular Mobilisation, ...

Baghdad: Iraq on Monday rebuffed a US demand that Iranian militias leave the country, insisting that the paramilitary forces which helped it defeat the Islamic State group consist solely of Iraqi nationals."Nobody has the right to interfere in Iraqi affairs," the Iraqi cabinet said in a statement, ...

In Iraq, federal forces launch 'major, multi-pronged' assault aimed at retaking disputed northern city of Kirkuk. The Kurdish Security Council said the assault launched late night was aimed at entering the city and retaking the K-1 military base and nearby oil fields.Iraqi government forces ...

ARBIL, Iraq (APP): Elite Iraqi forces were poised Tuesday for a first push into Mosul, after the prime minister warned militants who hold the city have no choice but to surrender or die.Iraq president for revision of law banning alcoholForces from Iraq's Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) were ...