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Social media mercenaries dying for Russia

BAGHDAD – Smiling broadly and clad in military fatigues, young Iraqi Mohammed Imad’s last TikTok post was in a field carved up with heavy...

Iraq says top Islamic State figure killed

Baghdad, Iraq—Iraqi authorities announced Tuesday that security forces killed nine Islamic State group commanders, including the jihadists' top figure in the country in a raid...

Rockets fired at Baghdad’s Green Zone

Baghdad, Iraq – At least three rockets targeted the US embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone at dawn on Friday, landing on the outskirts of...

Iraqis haunted by war battle mental health issues

At the hospital, haggard-looking patients can be seen wandering alone through the corridors Baghdad, Iraq – Raghad Qassem searched all over Iraq’s capital Baghdad for...

Baghdad seeks lifting of OFW deployment ban to Iraq

Citing improved security situations, the government of Iraq on Wednesday appealed to the Philippines lift the deployment ban on overseas Filipino workers to Iraq. A...

Iraqis beat hot summer by swimming in Tigris

BAGHDAD, Iraq—With scorching temperatures and power cuts, Wissam Abed cools off from Baghdad’s brutal summer by swimming in the Tigris river, but as Iraqi...

Iraqis breach Sweden mission in Koran fury

BAGHDAD—Iraqi protesters breached Sweden’s embassy in Baghdad on Thursday, angered by a Koran burning outside a Stockholm mosque that sparked condemnation across the Muslim...

Shelling targets Baghdad’s Green Zone amid deadly chaos after Sadr quits politics

By Guillaume Decamme Shelling targeted Baghdad's high-security Green Zone on Monday, a security source said, after Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr said he was quitting politics,...

Iraq says militants planned other attacks during Muslim holiday

The Islamist militants believed to be behind last week's deadly suicide bombing of a Baghdad market had planned more attacks during the Eid-al Adha...

Five places the Pope will see on his exceptional Iraq trip

Pope Francis has an ambitious agenda for the first-ever papal visit to Iraq, including some of the country's most treasured sites. Here are five key...

Fears of Iraq execution spree after IS attack

Rights defenders fear Iraq may give the green light to a spree of executions of convicted jihadists in a show of strength, days after...

Rare twin suicide bombing attack kills 13

A rare twin suicide bombing killed at least 13 people on a bustling commercial street in the heart of Baghdad on Thursday, the military...

Iraqi protesters clash with security forces

Dozens of Iraqi protesters again clashed with security forces in Baghdad Monday, a day after a rally marked the first anniversary of the start...

Iraq protesters revive year-old revolt against the system

Iraqi security forces and protesters clashed in Baghdad on Sunday during demonstrations to mark the first anniversary of mass anti-government protests demanding the ouster...
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