Baghdad

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…
Read More...

Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned a rocket attack against Baghdad airport that took place the previous day as an act that seeks to “destabilize” Iraq. Six rockets were fired on Friday at the Iraqi capital’s airport, causing…
Read More...

At least three rockets landed in the Baghdad International Airport compound and near an adjacent US air base, damaging one disused civilian airplane, Iraqi police sources said. The police sources did not report any other damage or any…
Read More...

Hundreds of supporters of pro-Iranian factions staged a fresh demonstration on Saturday in the Iraqi capital over last month’s election results, a day after at least one protester was killed in a clash with police. The demonstrations…
Read More...

An investigation has begun into the deaths and injuries of demonstrators and security forces after clashes in Baghdad on Friday, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported, citing Iraq’s Joint Operations Command. Prime Minister Mustafa…
Read More...

The advisor of the Regional Security Office of the US Embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, announced that the C-RAM air defense system had been tested. Yaqin news agency quoted the adviser to the US Embassy’s Regional Security Office…
Read More...

Regional leaders have started arriving in Iraq for a conference aimed at easing tensions in the Middle East. The meeting is a chance for Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi to showcase his recent efforts to portray Iraq as a neutral…
Read More...

The members of the UN Security Council condemned “in the strongest terms the cowardly terrorist attack” on a busy market in Baghdad on Monday. The blast, the deadliest in the Iraqi capital over the past six months, took place in…
Read More...

Three rockets were fired at the US embassy in Iraq early Thursday, the Iraqi army said, at the end of a day marked by rocket and drone attacks on bases hosting American forces in Iraq and Syria. The embassy itself was not hit, the army…
Read More...

A guard dog accidentally revealed a horrific murder, in which a homeless girl was killed, raped and buried in a nursery in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. In the details: "A citizen bought a nursery for plants in the Adhamiya area in…
Read More...