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Baghdad mediated talks with Iran reported stalled over protests in Iran

Baghdad-mediated diplomatic talks between regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia have come to a halt, largely because of Tehran claims the Sunni kingdom has played a role in alleged foreign incitement of the mass anti-government protests underway in Iran, multiple Iraqi officials said. The talks had been lauded as a breakthrough that would ease regional tensions. Iraq's new Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said last month after taking office that Iraq had been asked to continue facilitating the dialogue. However, an anticipated sixth round of talks, to be hosted by Baghdad, has not been scheduled because Tehran refuses to meet with Saudi officials as protests in Iran enter a fourth month, according to the Iraqi officials. The Iranian-Saudi negotiations have stalled, and this will have a negative impact on the region, said Amer al-Fayez, an Iraqi lawmaker and member of the parliamentary Foreign Relations Committee. On his first official visit to Tehran in November, al-Sudani ..

Fire and building collapse injures more than 20 people in Baghdad

More than two dozen people were injured, including the head of Iraq's civil defence directorate, when a commercial building in the capital caught fire and then collapsed Sunday, authorities and the state news agency reported. The official Iraqi News Agency said the civil defence director, Maj. Gen. Kadhim Bohan, and some firefighters were were among those injured when the burning building collapsed. No deaths were reported. No information was immediately available on the cause of the blaze. Brig. Gen. Qusai Younis, director of civil defense for the Al-Rusafa district of Baghdad, told The Associated Press that at least 28 people had been injured. He said two of the three stories in the building, which contained warehouses storing flammable materials such as perfume, collapsed due to the fire. The civil defense announced late Sunday evening that the fire had been fully extinguished and first responders were searching for missing people at the scene. On Oct. 29, a gas tanker explode

Iraqi soldier, 2 Islamic State militants killed in clashes near Baghdad

A soldier and two Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in clashes north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the Iraqi military said

6 IS militants killed in separate operations in Iraq, says military

Iraqi forces killed six Islamic State (IS) militants in separate military operations in the north and west of the country, the military said

Hundreds of Iraqi protesters storm Baghdad's parliament: Report

The majority of the protesters were followers of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr

Four rockets target US Embassy in Baghdad, say Iraqi officials

The area is home to diplomatic missions and the seat of Iraq's government

Armed drones target Irbil international airport in Iraq near US consulate

Kurdistan's Counter-Terrorism Service said at least two drones carrying explosives targeted the airport. It said the attack did not lead to any casualties

Baghdad security breach won't be repeated: Iraqi PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi

A statement by his office said that al-Kadhimi's comments came during the extraordinary session of the Ministerial Council for National Security a day after the deadly twin suicide bombings

Islamic State claims deadly and rare twin blasts that rocked Baghdad

The blasts killed over 30 and wounded dozens

With coronavirus outbreak, cherished Mideast traditions come to abrupt halt

Once inside, however, thick white plumes of fragrant smoke choked the air as over a dozen young men whiled away the hours in defiance of the directives.

3 rockets hit near US embassy in Baghdad's high-security Green Zone: Report

The US has blamed Iran-backed paramilitary groups for a spate of similar attacks in recent months on the Green Zone, but there has never been a claim of responsibility.

Thousands mourn Soleimani, others killed in US air-strike in Baghdad

Friday's attack on Baghdad airport, authorised by US President Donald Trump, was a major escalation in a "shadow war" in the Middle East between Iran and the US and its allies

Qassem Soleimani, Iraq's militia chief killed in Baghdad air strike: Report

Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed late on Thursday

Iran will pay very big price, says Trump after attack on US embassy

President Trump, in his brief interaction with reporters, said that the situation in Iran has been handled very well.

After attack on its embassy in Iraq, US to send more troops to Middle East

Trump blamed Tehran for the embassy attack and warned that it would face punishment if Americans are killed

Iraqi police fire shots, tear gas at Baghdad protesters; 23 killed

The protests in Iraq threaten to plunge the country into a new cycle of instability

Normalcy returns to Baghdad as authorities lift curfew; 72 killed in unrest

Authorities did not say why the curfew was lifted

IS suicide bomber kills 36 in Baghdad market

IS claimed the attack in a statement circulated on a militant website often used by the extremists

Suicide bombings claims 18 lives in cities north of Baghdad

Iraqi forces are fighting to retake Mosul from IS, the jihadist group's last major urban stronghold in the country

IS-claimed bombing kills five in Baghdad

Attack struck the Baghdad Jadida area near a refreshments tent for Shiites taking part in annual commemorations of the death of Imam Hussein, a revered figure in Shiite Islam