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As Iraq lockdown chokes off imports, local businesses thrive
May 28, 2020 (AFP)
Those countries, as well as Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait, typically flood Iraqi markets with inexpensive products at prices local producers can't compete wit...
Protests, pandemic rob Iraqi students of graduation dreams
May 24, 2020 (AFP)
"I've been dreaming of graduation since my first day at university. I even bought a coral pink graduation dress -- and I never wear dresses," said Basma, who st...
Rocket hits near US embassy in Baghdad: security sources
May 18, 2020 (AFP)
The blast could be heard across the Iraqi capital and triggered security sirens at the US embassy compound but did not cause casualties, the sources confirmed. ...
In virus-hit Iraq, shrine visits go virtual
May 14, 2020 (AFP)
The spread of the new coronavirus in Iraq has prompted the closure of major mosques to visitors, including the ornate burial place of Ali, the fourth Islamic ca...
Iraq security forces arrest armed men after protester killed
May 11, 2020 (AFP)
It was the first death since modest anti-government protests resumed on Sunday, ending months of relative calm just as new Prime Minister Mustafa Kadhemi was sw...
Modest anti-government rallies resume in Iraq
May 10, 2020 (AFP)
The protests first erupted in Baghdad and Shiite-majority southern cities in October, demanding an end to corruption and unemployment and an overhaul of the rul...
Yazidi girl returns home to Iraq after years of IS captivity
May 10, 2020 (AFP)
Layla Eido, 17, was among dozens of women and girls from Iraq's minority Yazidi community who were abducted by IS from their ancestral home of Sinjar in 2014. T...
Iraq's new govt reaches out to October protesters
May 09, 2020 (AFP)
The announcement was made in a televised address following Prime Minister Mustafa Kadhemi's first cabinet meeting. Kadhemi, who with 15 of his proposed 22 minis...
From pitch to politics: Iraq's new sports minister Adnan Dirjal
May 08, 2020 (AFP)
The slender and balding 60-year-old with a quick smile and sloping nose, who was one of Iraq's most prominent national captains, was one of the only recognisabl...
Iraq gets new government amid fiscal, coronavirus crises
May 07, 2020 (AFP)
Observing social distancing to curb the spread of the coronavirus, lawmakers gathered at parliament in masks and gloves around 9:00 pm local time, but the vote ...
Ex-spy chief becomes Iraq PM amid fiscal, virus crises
May 07, 2020 (AFP)
Parliament approved the new government overnight after last-minute changes to the cabinet line-up, nearly a month after the ex-head of the National Intelligence...
Iraq's new PM: former spy chief with friends on all sides
May 07, 2020 (AFP)
He formally took the reins early Thursday after Iraq's parliament granted his cabinet a vote of confidence, capping weeks of horse-trading over ministerial posi...
Iraq's Adel Abdel Mahdi, tightrope walker until the end
May 07, 2020 (AFP)
The 77-year-old formally stepped down last year following anti-government protests that left more than 550 dead, making him the first prime minister to resign s...
As new Iraq PM takes helm, public salaries on chopping block
May 07, 2020 (AFP)
The new premier Mustafa Kadhemi, Iraq's 53-year-old former spy chief, took office early Thursday in a step that could put Iraq on steadier ground as it faces a ...
After IS captivity, virus blocks one Yazidi's homecoming
May 06, 2020 (AFP)
The teenager from Iraq's minority Yazidi community has been stuck in northeast Syria since the Islamic State group's so-called "caliphate" collapsed last year, ...
Three rockets hit near Baghdad airport
May 06, 2020 (AFP)
The attack was the first time American installations in Iraq have been targeted since late March, after around six months of rocket attacks that killed US, UK a...
Islamic State exploits virus, political crisis to boost Iraq attacks
May 04, 2020 (AFP)
The bloodiest so far was an ambush early Saturday that killed 10 Iraqi fighters north of Baghdad that observers say demonstrated a new escalation in the jihadis...
Iraqis turn to sketches and songs to contain virus
May 03, 2020 (AFP)
Artists in Iraq's southern port city of Basra have adapted the beloved characters of "Bab al-Hara" ("The Neighbourhood Gate") -- a 10-season period drama watche...
Locked in by virus, Iraq hit with new pandemic: domestic abuse
Apr 26, 2020 (AFP)
The nationwide lockdown since mid-March is meant to keep coronavirus cases down in the country, but it has led to a spike in another sad statistic: domestic vio...
US zeroes in on shadowy Lebanese playmaker in Iraq
Apr 21, 2020 (AFP)
Washington charged last week that Kawtharani had "taken over some of the political coordination of Iran-aligned paramilitary groups" formerly organised by Irani...
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