The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

13 dead in Iranian attacks on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq

The attacks focused on bases in Koya, some 60km (35 miles) east of Erbil.

Al Jazeera · Sep 28, 2022

Al-Sadr’s supporters clash with Iraqi security forces in Baghdad

Backers of Shia religious leader Muqtada al-Sadr have tried to march towards the Iraqi parliament.

Al Jazeera · Sep 28, 2022

Rockets Land in Baghdad Green Zone as Parliament Votes on Speaker

Three Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone on Wednesday while Iraq's parliament voted to reject the resignation of speaker Mohammed Halbousi, Iraq's military said. Seven security personnel were wounded in the attack, which took place amid a partial lockdown as parliament was convening. Security forces blocked bridges to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 28, 2022

How the death of a Kurdish woman galvanised women all over Iran

At first, the killing of Mahsa Amini by the morality police triggered protests only among a minority – but anger with the regime soon spread

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2022

Objections Impede Announcement of New Coordination Framework Alliance in Iraq

The Shiite pro-Iran Coordination Framework in Iraq was on the verge of announcing a new alliance that would be tasked with forming a new government. Prominent Shiite leaders, however, called for suspending the announcement until it is certain that Sadrist movement leader, Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, and members of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 27, 2022

Iraq’s Investment Commission Says it Cooperates with Neighboring Countries to Improve Investment Law

The head of Iraq’s National Investment Commission, Suha Al-Najjar, said that her country was able to overcome current economic challenges thanks to the strong internal consumption and average income rates, noting that Iraqi and foreign companies in the country were adapted to operate under the most difficult circumstances and political…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 26, 2022

Amid Protests, Iran Guards Strike Kurdish Groups in Iraq

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on Monday unleashed a wave of drone strikes and artillery, targeting what Tehran says are bases of Iranian Kurdish separatists in northern Iraq, a semiofficial news agency reported. It was the second such cross-border assault since the weekend, at a time when Iran is convulsing…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 26, 2022

Iraqi-Syrian Meeting Discusses Humanitarian Conditions in al-Hol

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein has discussed in New York with his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad the bilateral ties and the humanitarian conditions at al-Hol camp in Syria. In a statement, the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs revealed that both sides discussed means to bolster joint cooperation in a manner…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 26, 2022

Veterans' minister apologises to military personnel over defence suicide rates after 'successive governments' failed

More veterans have died by suicide than in conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the veterans' affairs minister says he will take action where "successive governments" have failed.

ABC News · Sep 26, 2022

An essay of war, madness and addiction by photojournalist Eugene Richards

The work of award-winning American photographer Eugene Richards was recently the subject of a retrospective at the international photojournalism festival, Visa Pour l'Image. The 78-year-old has documented poverty in the US, photographed drug addicts, patients in psychiatric hospitals, Iraq war veterans. His exhibition is called "An Outsider".

Radio France Internationale · Sep 25, 2022