Tag: Iraq
9 killed and 23 wounded in Kurdish region of Iraq in artillery attack, for which Iraq blamed Turkey
The Prime Minister of Iraq condemned the attacks and blames its neighbor Turkey for them. Nine civilians, including two children, were killed in the shelling of the Kurdistan region. Riikka…
Iraq accuses Turkey of attacking civilians
The Iraqi government accuses Turkey of being behind the artillery shelling. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi called the shelling “a blatant violation” of Iraq’s sovereignty. He said in unusually sharp terms…
in Mosul, civil society is mobilizing for reconstruction
Iraq is celebrating five years since the liberation of Mosul this weekend. The country’s second city had been occupied by the Islamic State from 2014 to 2017, and completely destroyed…
Repatriation of minors and mothers from Syria: “This movement is not going fast enough”
France repatriated this Tuesday 35 minors and 16 mothers from camps for displaced people in Syria. This repatriation is the largest since the fall of the Islamic State organization. Samia…
Schools and administrations closed in Iran due to a new dust storm
Iranian authorities closed Monday, July 4, schools, universities and administrations in Tehran and several cities in the south-west of the country because of a new sandstorm from Iraq and Syria.…
Chlorine gas leak in the neighbor! There are many injured
More than 300 people were hospitalized due to the chlorine gas leak in the water treatment plant in Iraq. CHLORINE GAS POISONED Due to the chlorine gas leak in the…
Parties Supported by Iran Strengthen in the Iraqi Parliament
In the Iraqi parliament today, new deputies were sworn in to strengthen the Iran-backed opposition, replacing a group loyal to powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The group of 73 pro-Sadr…
Belgium repatriates 16 children of jihadists and six mothers who left for Syria
The success of the operation was announced in the early morning of Tuesday June 21 by the Belgian authorities. This is the second time that Belgium has carried out such…
Can Iraq be governed without the influential Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr?
Iraq is going through a serious political crisis. Eight months after the legislative elections, the country still has no government. Faced with the political deadlock, the big winner of the…
several dead after new Turkish strikes
In Iraqi Kurdistan, four members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) were killed by a Turkish strike, according to Iraqi Kurdish intelligence. Ankara launched a new offensive in northern Iraq…