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13 Iraqi police officers killed in ISIS attack, says report

The attack late Saturday on the checkpoint in Satiha village in Kirkuk province also wounded five police. The security official said the clashes with the militants lasted for nearly an hour.

Iraq hosts regional meeting aimed at easing Middle East tensions

Iraq hosts a regional conference Saturday aimed at easing tensions in the Middle East and emphasising the Arab country's new role as mediator.

US lawmakers debate repealing Saddam Hussein-era war measures on Iraq

The Biden administration encouraged lawmakers to repeal an authorisation for military action in Iraq crafted when Saddam Hussein was still alive

United Nations panel pays $600 mn to Kuwait oil firm for invasion by Iraq

The corporation is the sole remaining claimant

Joe Biden, Kadhimi seal agreement to end US combat mission in Iraq

The agreement comes at a politically delicate time for the Iraqi government and could be a boost for Baghdad

US to end combat mission in Iraq by end of year: President Joe Biden

US President Joe Biden said on Monday that American forces in Iraq will end the combat mission by the end of the year while continuing to train and assist Iraqi forces.

US President Biden, Iraqi PM to announce end of US combat mission in Iraq

The US troop presence has stood at about 2,500 since late last year when former President Donald Trump ordered a reduction from 3,000.

Oil market sees improved demand, decline in surplus supply: Iraq minister

Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar said on Sunday that the oil market has seen an improvement in demand and a decline in surplus and stockpiles

Biden to meet with Iraqi prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at White House

President Joe Biden will meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi later this month in Washington, the White House has said

America's Afghanistan war is ending. What about Iraq and Iran?

Even as Biden sticks to the Afghanistan withdrawal, he's launching strikes in Iraq and delaying a return to the Iran deal

Death toll climbs to 92 in fire at Iraq's coronavirus hospital ward

The death toll from a catastrophic blaze that erupted at a coronavirus hospital ward in southern Iraq the previous day rose to 64 on Tuesday, Iraqi medical officials said. Two health officials said more than 100 people were also injured in the fire that torched the coronavirus ward of al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in the city of Nasiriyah on Monday. Anguished relatives were still looking for traces of their loved ones on Tuesday morning, searching through the debris of charred blankets and belongings inside the torched remains of the ward. A blackened skull of a deceased female patient from the ward was found. Many cried openly, their tears tinged with anger, blaming both the provincial government of Dhi Qar, where Nasiriyah is located, and the federal government in Baghdad for years of mismanagement and neglect. The whole state system has collapsed, and who paid the price? The people inside here. These people have paid the price," said Haidar al-Askari, who was at the scene of the

Over 40 killed in Covid-19 isolation ward fire in Iraq's hospital

More than 40 people have died after a fire broke out in a Covid-19 isolation ward at a hospital in Iraq.

Pentagon confirms 2 US soldiers injured in rocket attack on Iraq air base

Two members of the US military were injured during a rocket attack against the Ain Al-Assad Air Base that hosts Coalition troops in Iraq, Defense Department spokesperson Commander Jessica McNulty said

Alarm sirens activated at US Embassy in Iraq over unknown flying object

Alarm sirens were turned on at the US embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the air defense system was activated over an "unknown object" in the sky above the embassy

US army strikes Iran-backed militia a day after IAEA snub: Report

Air strikes carried out on Iraq-Syria border, in a test for Iran's new prez

US military airstrikes target Iran-backed militias in Syria, Iraq

The US military, under the direction of President Joe Biden, conducted airstrikes Sunday against what it said were facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups near the border between Iraq and Syria

Iraq signs deal to drill 96 oil wells in southern province of Basra

Iraq has signed a contract to drill 96 oil wells in the West Qurna-1 oil field located in the southern province of Basra to raise the production, according to a statement by the Ministry of Oil

US House of Representatives votes to repeal 2002 Iraq war authorisation

The Democratic-led US House of Representatives has voted to repeal the 2002 authorisation for the Iraq War, an effort to curb presidential war powers

US House votes to scrap 2002 resolution that authorised Iraq war

The White House said in a statement that it supports the House Bill

Chuck Schumer, White House back the repeal of Iraq War authorisation

This is a step that supporters say is necessary to constrain presidential war powers even though it is unlikely to affect US military operations around the world