The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

Baghdad international airport resumed flights on Wednesday after suspending operations earlier in the day due to bad weather, the state news agency INA cited Iraq's Civil Aviation authority as saying. Iraq was hit by the third heavy dust storm in two weeks, temporarily grounding flights as the weather phenomenon grows…

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The US and Iran have appointed new ambassadors to Iraq. The diplomats come from an intelligence and military background and were involved in the region's crises at different levels. What does this mean for a politically dysfunctional country that has been unable to form a new government since the October…

Six months on from elections that failed to deliver a new president or prime minister, Iraq remains in a state of complete political deadlock. A dispute between the two largest political blocs has led to a boycott of parliament, meaning quorum cannot be reached. Ordinary Iraqis are feeling the economic…

The long years of war in Syria did not only leave behind millions of victims and vast destruction, but also created new demographic realities that changed the identity of areas nationwide. In the Syrian capital’s southern countryside lies a town, Sit Zaynab, which is home to the Shrine of Sayyida…

Iraq’s government has been working on increasing power production to confront a potential electricity crisis, especially in the summer. Spokesman for Iraq’s electricity ministry Ahmed Moussa said the ministry will add 4,500 megawatts into the grid and seeks 25,000 megawatts of electrical energy production. In remarks to the Iraqi News…

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Turkey has launched a new ground and air cross-border offensive against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq

No evidence has been found that supports Tehran's claims that Israel's foreign intelligence agency, the Mossad, operated a permanent spy station in the Kurdish city of Erbil in northern Iraq, two Iraqi officials told Asharq al-Awsat on Monday, discussing the country's investigation into a March 13 missile attack by Iran’s…

Turkish warplanes, helicopters and drones hit Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq in an air and land operation that targeted facilities ranging from camps to ammunition stores, Turkey's defense ministry said on Monday. The military action was part of a long-running Turkish campaign in Iraq and Syria against the Kurdistan…