This is Beirut, 15/10 12:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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An Iraqi parliamentary candidate was killed and three of his bodyguards wounded when a bomb exploded near his car north of Baghdad, a security source said. The incident is the first killing of a candidate ahead of Iraq's parliamentary elections, scheduled for November 11. "A bomb exploded under the vehicle of Safaa al-Mashhadani, a current ...
This is Beirut, 09/10 22:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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The US Treasury on Thursday ramped up its Iran-related sanctions, targeting a firm with ties to Iran-backed militia groups in Iraq and the president of Iraq's Olympic Committee. In a statement, the Treasury Department accused these militias of helping "the Iranian regime in evading U.S. sanctions, smuggling weapons, and engaging in widespread ...
This is Beirut, 01/10 19:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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US and allied forces are reducing their presence in Iraq, the Pentagon said Wednesday, winding down a more than decade-long mission there against the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group as planned. Washington and Baghdad agreed last year that the international coalition against IS, established in 2014 to help local forces retake territory seized by ...
This is Beirut, 27/09 13:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iraq Oil and Gas Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraq resumed crude exports from the autonomous Kurdistan region on Saturday after a more than two-year halt over legal and technical disputes. Control over lucrative oil exports has been a major point of contention between Baghdad and Arbil, the capital of the Kurdistan region, with a key pipeline to Turkey shut since 2023. Iraq's oil ministry ...
Salam El Zaatari, 25/09 10:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
When Donald Trump addressed the UN General Assembly yesterday, his words reignited an old debate: Is the United Nations an effective institution for peace and security, or merely a costly theater where leaders posture? Trump called the UN “obsolete,” echoing his long-standing skepticism about multilateral organizations. But behind the bluster ...
This is Beirut, 22/09 20:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, issued a stern warning on Monday, asserting that the country is prepared to deliver “strategic surprises” in response to any attack. In a message marking the commencement of Sacred Defense Week, he emphasized Iran’s growing deterrent capabilities and stated ...
Lea Mehanna, 20/09 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
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A pioneer of modern Arab art, Dia al-Azzawi returns to Lebanon with his solo exhibition False Witnesses at Saleh Barakat Gallery, reflecting on the turbulent recent history of his homeland, Iraq and the wider Arab world.
Christiane Tager, 20/09 12:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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For the first time in a decade, the Lebanese–Iraqi Joint Commission reconvened in Baghdad in September 2025, concluding its second session with the signing of seven accords. These span the economy, industry, transport and justice, including a treaty on prisoner transfers. The move sends a strong political signal and builds on an already pivotal ...
This is Beirut, 13/09 15:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Iraq signed on Saturday investment deals worth $1 billion in its energy, agriculture and finance sectors with the World Bank's private sector arm, as the country seeks to build on its economic recovery following years of unrest. At a ceremony marking two decades of the International Finance Corporation's presence in Iraq, Prime Minister Mohammed ...
This is Beirut, 07/09 14:38 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Clashes between members of two local tribes in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, have killed at least six people, including four policemen who intervened in the violence, the interior ministry said on Sunday. Iraqi security officials, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, said that the clashes late Saturday erupted over increased fees for a ...
This is Beirut, 30/08 16:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Archaeologists in drought-hit Iraq have discovered 40 ancient tombs after water levels in the country's largest reservoir declined, an antiquities official said Saturday. The tombs, believed to be over 2,300 years old, were unearthed at the edges of the Mosul Dam reservoir in the Khanke region of Duhok province in the country's north. "So far, ...
This is Beirut, 25/08 16:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Iraq has announced plans to send back to their home countries “hundreds” of foreign women prisoners and their children, but two foreign diplomats told AFP on Monday that such procedures are expected to take a long time. The initiative excludes women sentenced to death but covers detainees affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) group as well ...