In the wake of the bombing, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had already vowed that "terrorists" would never achieve their aims. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), listed as a terror group by Turkey and its Western allies, claimed responsibility for the blast. It has waged a deadly insurgency against Ankara...

Tehran, Iran--Iraq and Iran have reviewed the implementation of the security agreement in a meeting between the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and Iraq's national security adviser.Iraq's National security adviser Qasim al-Araji, who arrived in Tehran on Sunday morning, met and held talks with General Ali-Akbar Ahmadian the...

At the main hospital in Hamdaniyah -- a predominantly Christian town east of Mosul that is also known as Qaraqosh -- an AFP photographer saw ambulances arriving with sirens blaring and dozens of people gathering in the courtyard to donate blood. People were also seen gathering in front of the...

Baghdad, Iraq -- Iraq's oil revenues in August hit nearly $9 billion, according to the data issued by the Iraqi Oil Marketing Company (SOMO).The $8.99 billion revenue came from crude oil exports of more than 106 million barrels, the country's Ministry of Oil said in a statement, according to the...

Tehran, Iran-- Iran's exports of agricultural products to the outside world shot up 10% in the first 5 months of this year, the Iranian customs administration reported on Monday,According to a report released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) in the first 5 months of this year of...

Baghdad, Iraq -- Iraq is working to complete the necessary preparations for the visit of Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani to Moscow in the next few weeks, said Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Hussein."Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Hussein, met with Sergey Lavrov, on the sidelines...

New York, US-- The GCC foreign ministers and the UK foreign minister have exhorted Iraq to uphold international agreements and United Nations resolutions on the demarcation of the Kuwaiti-Iraqi borders.Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Member States and the UK's Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development...

Only slightly more than 10 percent of Iraq's 13 million women of working age are in the job market, according to a July 2022 report issued by the International Labour Organization. When the war in Mosul ended in the summer of 2017, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR estimated the...

New York, United States -- At a meeting on the sidelines of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, foreign ministers from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasized the importance of Iraq respecting the sovereignty of Kuwait.The ministers underscored the need...

SHARJAH, UAE - The Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) said it is likely to host the first Gulf-Iraq Business Forum on September 26- 27, local media reports said.The theme of the event is “Partnership for a Promising Economic Future”, and is expected to present multiple investment opportunities.The Chamber...

Turkish military action has principally targeted the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) and its Syrian Kurdish ally, the People's Defence Units (YPG). A Turkish drone strike on Sunday killed a senior PKK official and three fighters in the Sinjar Mountains of northwestern Iraq, Iraqi Kurdish authorities said.

Ankara, Turkey - Turkey is engaged in “intensive negotiations” with regional partners to propose an alternative to the India-Middle East trade corridor plan agreed upon at the recent G20 summit, Financial Times reported on Sunday. The country aims to reinforce its historical role as a vital transport route for goods...

Days after thousands of people took to the streets in the Kurdistan region over unpaid civil service salaries which they blamed on Baghdad, the federal government said it would disburse annually to Iraqi Kurdistan two trillion and one hundred billion dinars to be paid in three equal installments of more...

Doha, Qatar - The Cultural Village Foundation (Katara) revealed the lists of nine works that would be included in the 9th Katara Prize for Arabic Novel.This includes published novels, unpublished novels, young adult unpublished novels and unpublished critical studies, with a total reaching 36 novels and critical studies, Qatar News...

Baghdad, Iraq-- The UAE and Iraq have held discussions to boost economic, investment, educational, cultural, agricultural, food, technological, and energy cooperation.The discussions were held in the tenth session of the UAE-Iraq Joint Committee in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, co-chaired by Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar, UAE Minister of State, and Dr....

Supporters of the powerful Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr set the Swedish embassy in Baghdad alight on the night of July 20, after a Stockholm-based Iraqi refugee desecrated the Koran in Stockholm. The internal security forces court in Baghdad on Tuesday found 18 police officers guilty of failing to carry...

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - Baghdad has asked Sweden to extradite Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, who stoked international outrage by desecrating the Quran, he and his lawyer told AFP on Tuesday."Iraq wants him extradited because he burnt a Quran outside the mosque (in Stockholm) in June," lawyer David Hall told AFP after Swedish...

Baghdad, Iraq--Iraq has signed an agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) - a member of the World Bank Group - for the development and rehabilitation of Baghdad International Airport.Media Office of the Iraqi Prime Minister stated in a statement that the agreement, which was signed under the sponsorship of...

Tehran, Iran-- Iran and Syria have signed an agreement to connect the rail network between the two countries through Iraq.Mehrdad Bazrpash, Iran's Minister of Roads and Urban Development, made the announcement at the inauguration ceremony of the construction of the Shalamcheh-Basra railway on Saturday. "The construction of the Shalamcheh to Basra...

Iraq's prime minister inaugurated construction work on what is slated to become the first railway line connecting the country to neighboring Iran. The "Basra-Chalamja connection project" will link the major port city of Basra in southern Iraq to Iran's vast railway network through the Chalamja border crossing, a transport ministry...

AMMAN, JORDAN - Amman Chamber of Commerce (ACC) and the Iraqi Embassy here agreed to open Iraqi Trade Center at ACC's headquarters ahead the end of 2023.During his meeting with Chargé d'Affairs at Iraqi Embassy, Munif Ali Hussein, ACC Head, Khalil Haj Tawfiq, said Iraq is a "key" trade partner...

Baghdad, Iraq--A road accident killed 18 people, mostly Iranian pilgrims, north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad overnight, the state news agency INA reported Saturday.The "horrible accident" between Dujail and Samarra also injured 15 people, INA said, citing the toll from Khaled Burhan, director of health services in Salaheddine province.He did...

The subsidiary was set up in partnership with a Jordanian company.

No Iraqi officials or security sources have been able to tell AFP why the killing of Stephen Troell took place in a city where such attacks on foreigners have been rare in recent years. Troell had lived with his wife and children in the Iraqi capital for at least two years....

War-scarred Iraq, originally mainly a drug transit country, has faced an explosion in narcotics use in recent years, mainly of captagon and crystal meth.

Kyrgyzstan has already twice taken back its citizens from Syria or Iraq. In March 2021, 79 children were repatriated while in February this year another 59 women and children were returned. Thousands of people from the former Soviet republics of Central Asia -- Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan --...

Sharjah, UAE--Sharjah will host the first-ever Gulf-Iraq Business Forum on 26th and 27th September to boost economic ties between the GCC and Iraq.The event is an initiative of the Federation of GCC Chambers and is being organized in partnership with the Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FCCI),...

Tehran, Iran - Iran on Monday warned Iraq that it would take action if Baghdad does not honor its commitment by mid-September of disarming Iranian Kurdish rebel groups on its territory."According to a deal reached between the Iranian and Iraqi governments, the Iraqi government has pledged to disarm armed terrorist groups...

Baghdad, Iraq - The Iraqi government has launched a project to harness the Associated Petroleum Gas (APG) from the Bin Omar field, an oil reserve located in the Basra Governorate, for generation of electricity. The project's principal advisor Mounir Bouaziz said that the field's production capacity is scheduled to range from...

Denmark stepped up security earlier this month following the backlash, as did neighboring Sweden which has also seen a spate of Quran burnings in recent months. The Danish government intends to "criminalize the improper treatment of objects of significant religious importance to a religious community," Justice Minister Peter Hummelgaard told...

Baghdad, Iraq - Iraq has signed a preliminary agreement with Turkmenistan to import gas. The agreement signed by the undersecretary of the Ministry of Oil for gas affairs Ezzat Saber, is a big step in Iraq's quest for diversified energy sources.In a statement to Iraqi News Agency, Saber, said:  "We...

The foreign minister's visit is also intended to pave way for Turkish President's trip to Baghdad for which a date is yet to be finalized. The issue of water and dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, both of which have their sources in Turkey before entering Iraq, is a...

Tehran, Iran -- Iran exported $2.9 billion worth of non-oil products to Iraq in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year, an official with the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) said, adding that the country’s export to Iraq will reach $10.5 billion by the yearend.Iran’s export...

Amman -- Jordan's Minister of Health, Firas Hawari, met with the head and members of the Committee on Combating Drugs and Psychotropic Substances in the Iraqi Parliament on Tuesday to discuss prospects for cooperation in training health staff on the treatment of drug addiction.During the meeting at the ministry, Hawari...

Two subsidiaries of the Qatari firm open two branches.

Underfunded and run down by years of unrest, the zoo's dilapidated facilities make matters worse for its 900 animals, including Siberian tigers.

Shorelines at Habbaniyah, about 70 kilometres west of Baghdad, have receded by several dozen meters after years of drought ravaged parts of the country.

Baghdad, Iraq - The water flows from Turkey to Iraq have improved at a rate of 500 m3 per second following the agreement between the two countries, the Minister of Water Resources, Aoun Diab, said on Sunday. “I met with the Turkish ambassador for an hour and a half, and the...

Baghdad, Iraq--Iraq has restored access to the popular messaging app, Telegram, on Sunday after a week-long ban.The ban, which took effect on August 6, was enforced after concerns arose regarding breaches of national security. The government cited the leaking of state-owned private documents and the protection of citizens' personal data...

In a move to fortify the local market, Iraq's Ministerial Council of Economy has taken decisive steps, including the removal of four items from import lists and a 4% tariff reduction on live animals for slaughter. The council also emphasized strengthening the domestic pharmaceutical industry and boosting Iraq's tourism sector.

It has been experiencing its fourth consecutive summer of drought, and temperatures in the country have been around 50 degrees Celsius. "Rising temperatures plus the drought, and the fact that the loss of diversity is a reality, is a wake-up call for Iraq and for the world," UN human rights...

Drastic government measures have restricted water use for some purposes, including crop irrigation, and authorities have cracked down on illegal practices they long ignored.

Iraq's judiciary issued arrest warrants at the beginning of March for four men, including a former finance minister and staff members of former prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi, who Baghdad says all live outside the country. Haider Hanoun, the head of the Iraqi Commission for Integrity said that Interpol had issued...

On July 11, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced that Iraq would start paying for Iranian gas with oil, as a way of circumventing the complicated mechanism. "Work is continuing with the American side concerning unpaid bills, which have fallen to 9.2 billion" euros ($10 billion), Sudani told reporters at...

Two men set the Quran alight outside parliament in Stockholm at a protest similar to previous ones that have sparked tensions between Sweden and Middle Eastern countries. Salwan Momika and Salwan Najem kicked and stomped on the Muslim holy book, then set its pages on fire before slamming it shut.

The de facto land and maritime borders between the neighbouring states were established by the United Nations in 1993, three years after Iraq under Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. While Iraqi officials have previously expressed a readiness to recognise Kuwait's land border, the maritime border remains a point of contention.

Baghdad, Iraq--A fire at an electricity substation in southern Iraq triggered a nationwide power outage Saturday, authorities said, just as demand peaks amid the searing summer heat.Electricity is a sensitive political issue in Iraq as despite the country's huge oil reserves, its dilapidated power grid is incapable of meeting peak demand and...

The battered country, where half a million died in the conflict, has also suffered the impacts of climate change, from searing summer heat to prolonged drought. The flow of the Euphrates -- one of the region's mighty streams, where the world's earliest civilizations flourished -- has been further impacted by...

The Gulf emirate, whose revenues rely heavily on hydrocarbons, closed its fiscal balance with a surplus of $21 billion, the ministry said. More than 92 percent of revenues came from oil after prices surged following last year's Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Baghdad, Iraq-- Jordan and Iraq have renewed pledge to strengthen economic cooperation in a meeting between the kingdom's Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh, and his Iraqi counterpart, Muhammad Shia'a Sudani, on Monday.In a joint statement, both PMs reaffirmed the strategic nature of the Jordanian-Iraqi relationship and called for efforts to strengthen...