Tag Archives: Iraq

Jim Fitton, a 66-year-old retired geologist who has lived in Malaysia, could face the death penalty under Iraqi law if convicted, his family has said. Source link

Iraq’s state news agency INA reported that five Iraqi provinces including Baghdad and Najaf were shrouded in dust storms on Sunday. Source link

Demonstrators had protested against a rally by anti-immigration and anti-Islam group Hard Line, led by the Danish-Swedish politician Rasmus Paludan. Source link

India’s neutral stance in the war has raised concerns in Washington and earned praise from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Source link

Iran claimed responsibility Sunday for a missile barrage that struck near a sprawling US consulate complex in northern Iraq, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of its Revolutionary Guard earlier this week.Iraq’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned Iran’s ambassador to protest against …

As many as 12 missiles were fired on Sunday toward the United States consulate in Iraq’s northern city of Arbil, Iraqi security officials said. A US defence official said missiles had been launched at the city from neighbouring Iran.Officials in Iraq and the US gave different accounts of damage. A …

Thousands of young Arabs who took up studies in Ukraine, often fleeing violence back home, are appealing to be rescued from a new nightmare – Russia’s full scale invasion of the country.More than 10,000 Arab students attend university in Ukraine, drawn to the former Soviet republic by a low cost …

Kuwait suspended flights to Iraq for a week starting Sunday citing security fears after a rocket attack targeted Baghdad international airport. Iraqi authorities, meanwhile, announced an attacker had been apprehended.Kuwait Airways, the country’s main carrier, said in a statement on Saturday that flights to Iraq were temporarily suspended based on …

DUBAI: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, speaking on the second anniversary of the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani by the United States, said that former US President Donald Trump must face trial for the killing or Tehran would take revenge. Iran and groups allied with it in Iraq and other countries …

BAGHDAD: An Iraqi court adjourned a hearing on Sunday to allow a man to formalise his religious marriage to a 12-year-old girl, according to a lawyer for the girl’s mother, who opposes the union. Rights activists protested outside the Baghdad court with banners such as “the marriage of minors is …