The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

Turkey Says its Warplanes Hit Kurdish Militant Targets in Northern Iraq

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 18, 2022

Turkish warplanes hit Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq- state news agency

Turkish warplanes, helicopters and drones hit Kurdish militant targets, camps, tunnels, shelters, and ammunition storage areas in northern Iraq, Defence Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted as saying by the state-run Anadolu news agency.

Reuters · Apr 17, 2022

US Military Changes Explanation of Attack on Base in Syria

The US military says explosions earlier this month on a base in eastern Syria that injured several US service members were not, as it originally reported, caused by artillery or another form of indirect fire. Instead, it is now believed the April 7 attack was carried out by the “deliberate…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 17, 2022

Iraq’s ancient buildings are being destroyed by climate change

Water shortages leading to rising salt concentrations and sandstorms are eroding world’s ancient sites

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2022

Russia's war crimes — and ours

Americans are rightfully horrified by Mariupol. But most of us don't even know what the U.S. did in Mosul or Raqqa

Salon · Apr 15, 2022

U.S. jury finds member of Islamic State 'Beatles' cell guilty of terrorism offenses

A member of a group of Islamic State militants who beheaded American hostages in Iraq and Syria, nicknamed "The Beatles" for their British accents, was found guilty in U.S. court of terrorism offenses on Thursday.

Reuters · Apr 14, 2022

‘Our place’: Iraqi women joining police corps defy patriarchy

Saja al-Abayji hopes to one day see females in leadership positions throughout Iraq’s internal security forces.

Al Jazeera · Apr 14, 2022

Qaani: Iran Will Harshly Confront Israel 'Wherever It Feels Necessary'

Iran will harshly confront Israel "wherever it feels necessary", Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, said on Thursday, according to the semi-official Nour News agency. In March, Tehran targeted what it called "secret Israeli bases" during a missile attack on Iraq's northern Kurdish regional capital of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 14, 2022

Ericsson Shares Drop Post Q1 Results; Acknowledges DOJ Penalty, Russia Business Suspension

Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC)  reported a first-quarter FY22 sales growth of 11% year-on-year to SEK 55.1 billion. Group organic sales grew by 3% Y/Y, driven by Networks in North America, Europe, and Latin America.  Organic sales in Networks rose 4% Y/Y, and Digital Services sales down by 2% Y/Y. It reported an…

Benzinga · Apr 14, 2022

Iraq Urges Iran to Resolve Security Issues through Diplomacy

Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein urged his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran to “solve the security problems that occur between their countries” through dialogue. Speaking at a joint press conference with Amir-Abdollahian in Tehran on Wednesday, Hussein said that he had “important” and “frank” talks in which he stressed…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 14, 2022