Tag: Iraq

A new plan floated to return Yazidis to Sinjar
- By Alaina
- . October 18, 2020
A new security and reconstruction plan for Sinjar, that has been put forward by the Iraqi government and Kurdish authorities, might end up dividing families

The offensive against ISIS continues in Iraq
- By Alaina
- . October 9, 2020
The offensive against ISIS continues in Iraq, in particular in Diyala and Kirkuk. Objective: to destroy the great pocket of resistance of the jihadists which

United States threatens to close its embassy in Iraq if no strict action is taken to halt attacks
- By Alaina
- . September 29, 2020
The U.S. authorities have told their Iraqi partners that they will shut its Embassy if Iraqi leaders don’t take any action to end assaults by

The far-reaching legacy of the Iran-Iraq war
- By Alaina
- . September 22, 2020
On 22 September 1980, Iraq ordered its forces to march on Iran, starting a war whose ramifications would echo through the region for years to

Iraq Moves Ahead Into Business Partnership With the US Under New Leadership
- By Roshan Amiri
- . August 22, 2020
Iraq is willing to move closer to the US when it comes to business. The Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi has shown interest to do

Unaoil bribery case: Executives involved fall like dominoes, Whiteley sentenced for three years
- By Alaina
- . August 1, 2020
On Thursday, a former senior executive of Monaco-based oil consultancy, Unaoil, was convicted in a multi-million-dollar bribery case and sentenced for three years. Stephen Whiteley,

Barham Salih condemns Turkish military operations in Iraq
- By Raven Ruma
- . June 28, 2020
On Friday, Iraqi President Barham Salih asked Turkish forces to halt its military operations in the north region of the country, which had fallen victim to chaos and civilian causalities….

Iraq: Military operations, aimed at wiping out ISIS, enters phase three
- By Raven Ruma
- . June 23, 2020
On Monday Iraq government launched phase 3 of its military operation against the ISIS fighters. In 2017, the country won over the terrorist group….

Turkey’s warplanes hit Kurdish targets in Iraq
- By Alaina
- . June 15, 2020
On Sunday night, Turkish warplanes attacked several Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) locations in northern Iraq….

Amidst COVID19 chaos, ISIS tries to make a comeback
- By Alaina
- . May 27, 2020
This week, Iraq’s state news agency reported that counter-terrorism forces have killed ISIS’ ‘Governor of Iraq’ Moataz Numan Al-Jubori during an airstrike in Syria….