IRAQ WARS - SINO DAILY

Iraq Shiite cleric Sadr says won't take part in election

Jul 15, 2021 (AFP)

The boycott by the enigmatic religious and political figure is a blow to election plans by Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi, who had called the early vote in r...

Victims of US-led raids in Mosul still waiting for compensation

Jul 14, 2021 (AFP)

But just months before the recapture of the city, where IS had declared its caliphate in 2014, a new human toll was added to the growing tragedy when it was rev...

Populist Iraq cleric demands action over deadly Covid unit fire

Jul 14, 2021 (AFP)

The warning comes just months before Iraq is scheduled to go to the polls in October for an early parliamentary election that was demanded by a protest movement...

Iraqis remain sceptical of vaccines as Covid cases rise

Jul 12, 2021 (AFP)

Healthcare workers say they are battling not just the pandemic but also a widespread scepticism over vaccines, borne of misinformation and public mistrust in th...

Iraq PM visits activist in hospital after abduction, assault

Jul 11, 2021 (AFP)

Ali al-Mikdam, a young Iraqi journalist, activist and researcher, had disappeared on Friday, sparking widespread concern from his friends and supporters, before...

Attacks on US in Iraq becoming dangerous cycle: experts

Jul 08, 2021 (AFP)

"The whole neighbourhood was damaged, houses burned, windows broken," said resident Hamza Abdulrazzaq, his head wrapped in a bandage. He was wounded by one of t...

Rockets target base hosting US troops: coalition

Jul 07, 2021 (AFP)

The base was attacked by 14 rockets that "landed on the base & perimeter... At this time initial reports indicate 3 minor injuries. Damage is being assessed," C...

Bomb-laden drones hit airport in northern Iraq

Jul 06, 2021 (AFP)

The attack took place at around 1930 GMT but caused no injuries or major damage, with firefighters putting out a blaze, the anti-terrorist unit of the autonomou...

Few tears in Iraq for 'occupier' Rumsfeld

Jul 01, 2021 (AFP)

"I'm not saddened by the death of an occupier," said Saad Jabbar, a transport ministry employee, a day after Rumsfeld's family announced his death at the age of...

Rumsfeld, cocksure architect of Iraq war, dead at 88

Jun 30, 2021 (AFP)

In charge of the US military for most of George W. Bush's presidency, Rumsfeld was stubborn and brash, famously dismissing widespread looting after US troops ca...

Iraqi fighters mourn comrades killed in US strikes

Jun 29, 2021 (AFP)

The American raids early Monday sparked an exchange of fire between pro-Iranian militias and the US-led coalition in eastern Syria, and heightened fears of a ne...

Tribal Iraq: where petty squabbles turn lethal

Jun 27, 2021 (AFP)

Two weeks ago, a child was killed and four people wounded when two tribes traded fire with Kalashnikov assault rifles and rockets in a dispute over a 1,000-dina...

American jailed for betraying military sources in Iraq

Jun 23, 2021 (AFP)

Mariam Thompson, 62, had admitted transmitting the classified information to a Lebanese national in hopes that it would be passed on to the group designated a t...

Hashed armed alliance rising to dominate Iraq: experts

Jun 22, 2021 (AFP)

In a boost for the alliance, largely made up of pro-Tehran armed groups, neighbouring Iran on Friday elected ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi as president...

Rocket targets Iraq base hosting US troops: security source

Jun 20, 2021 (AFP)

The assault on the Ain Al-Assad base came as pro-Tehran groups hailed the election of Iranian ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi as the new president of the...

Iraqi anti-graft officer shot dead: police

Jun 18, 2021 (AFP)

"Armed assailants this morning shot dead Mohammed al-Shemussi, a captain in the anti-corruption section, in front of his home," said Majed Hamid, a police capta...

House repeals 2002 Iraq war authorization

Jun 17, 2021 (UPI)

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Gregory Meeks argued that the legislation was "vulnerable to being abused" given Iraq's proximity to other global hotsp...

White House backs repeal of 2002 Iraq use of force authorization

Jun 14, 2021 (AFP)

The development comes as the House of Representatives prepares to vote this week on bipartisan legislation that would repeal the longstanding AUMF, which author...

Iraq opens mass grave to identify IS victims

Jun 13, 2021 (AFP)

The Badush prison massacre was one of the worst crimes IS carried out after it seized control of a third of Iraq in a lightning offensive in 2014. In June that ...

Iraq arrests two generals on suspicion of bribery at key port

Jun 12, 2021 (AFP)

Both men worked at the Gulf port of Umm Qasr, a key entry point for imports of foodstuffs and medicines which is reputed to be the most corrupt in Iraq. The sum...