Iraq
24 Jan
Washington said the strikes were a response to attacks against US troops in Iraq and Syria. Recent months have seen an uptick in US strikes in Iraq and Yemen.
24 Jan
At least 8 million weapons of all types are believed to be in circulation in Iraq. With no real state control to oversee them, illegal firearms are responsible for hundreds of deaths each year, sometimes involving celebratory shootings at weddings or funerals that end in tragedy.
24 Dec
The provincial council elections are expected to strengthen powerful pro-Iran Shiite Muslim groups in Iraq as their main political rival, populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, boycotts the vote.
28 Oct
The State Department has ordered embassy personnel to leave Iraq and issued warnings that US citizens not travel to the country as regional tensions soar after Hamas' terror attack on Israel.
5 Oct 2023
Ankara has said it will continue its pursuit of those behind a Sunday bomb attack on the Turkish Interior Ministry. Syrian Kurds say they have no connection and claim Turkey's actions amount to war crimes.
6 Aug 2023
A fire and explosions at a substation in southern Iraq led to major power cuts in the country. It comes amid peak electricity demand in midsummer heat, with temperatures near 50 degrees Celsius in Baghdad.
25 Jul 2023
Drought is forcing thousands of rural Iraqis migrate to cities for work, bringing with them their own cultural ideas. This has caused community conflicts, sometimes even violence, in big cities like Baghdad and Basra.
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