- 18 August, 2026
Iraq: Katyusha missiles targeted a US oil company
On Monday morning, rockets landed near a foreign workers’ neighborhood in the oil sector which includes the American “Halliburton” company for oil services in Iraq,
Backstage conflict over election of prime minister in Iraq
The political forces and party blocs involved in assigning the Prime Minister entered in closed meetings and conflicts a few days ago, the most recent
Two US aircraft carriers to deter Iran.
A senior US military commander said in a statement that the US military has two aircraft carriers operating in the Middle East, marking the first
Iraqi Foreign Minister summoned the American and British ambassadors after the strike.
A spokesman for the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said that the Iraqi Foreign Minister summoned the ambassadors of the United States and Britain in Baghdad, due
Treachery bullets in Iraq … the assassination of two activists in Maysan.
The specter of assassinations reappeared again in Iraq, sources reported the assassination of activist Abdul Quddus Qasim and lawyer Karar Adel in Amarah in Maysan
US relocates missile defense systems to Iraq to defend against Iran
Washington is deploying air defense and missile defense systems to Iraq to repel possible attacks by Iran. This was announced on Tuesday by the head
Clashes in central Baghdad … hunting rifles appear again.
Clashes resumed in the Khilani Square, in the Iraqi capitals’ center, Baghdad, between security forces and a number of demonstrators, according to eyewitnesses. They said
Iraq political crisis deepens after Abdul Mahdi’s “withdrawal”.
The head of the Iraqi government, Adel Abdul Mahdi, said that he will withdraw from his role as prime minister in the caretaker government, and
Prime Minister of Iraq could not form a cabinet and resigned
Muhammad Allawi, appointed by the Prime Minister of Iraq, resigned after the second failure of the parliamentary vote on the new composition of the government.
Allawi’s government is “politically besieged” … and security continues to kill protesters in Iraq.
The government of Prime Minister-designate Muhammad Tawfiq Allawi is still “politically besieged” awaiting to be entrusted, while Iraqi security continued to use violence against protesters,