Iraq

Passengers and crew of a British Airways flight who were taken hostage in Kuwait in 1990 have launched legal action against the UK government and the airline, a law firm said Monday. People on BA flight 149 were taken off the Kuala…
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The last group of Iraqi Hajj pilgrims left Saudi Arabia through the Jadidat Arar land crossing in the Northern Border region on Thursday. They were bid farewell with gifts of flowers and copies of the holy Qur’an. Hajj ended on June…
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Parliamentary elections in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region will be held on Oct. 20, the regional presidency announced Wednesday, after delays and political quarrels repeatedly pushed back the vote. The elections to pick the 100…
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Waiting at home in Iraqi Kurdistan, Khadija Hussein holds faint hope of hearing word of further survivors from the shipwrecked vessel that carried 11 of her family members from neighboring Turkiye. Khadija’s nephew Rebwar, his…
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It was the simple night-time act of watering flowers on his street in Mosul’s Old City that made Saqr Zakaria stop and think about just how safe this last bastion of Daesh militants had become since it was liberated in 2017. “I thought…
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The leader of Yemen’s Houthi militia, Abdul Malik Al-Houthi, said his troops launched on Thursday morning their first attack on Israel with the assistance of the Iraqi Islamic Resistance in retaliation to Israel’s offensive in the…
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At the request of Baghdad, the UN Security Council unanimously decided Friday that the United Nations political mission in Iraq will leave the country at the end of 2025 after more than 20 years. Earlier this month, in a letter to the…
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Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan met on Friday with his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein in Beijing, China. The two ministers discussed bilateral relations and ways to strengthen them in various fields. International…
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Jordan’s minister of water and irrigation has called for increased regional cooperation in a bid to address water challenges through innovative and sustainable solutions. On Tuesday, Raed Abu Saud met with a delegation from the Iraqi…
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The spirit of volunteerism thrives in the Northern Borders region, where young men and women play an important role in welcoming pilgrims arriving from Iraq through the Jadidat Arar border crossing. More than 80 volunteers affiliated…
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