MENA News Islamic State holds up Iraqi army south of Mosul Ghada Ismail Oct 27, 2016 0 Islamic State fighters kept up on Wednesday their fierce defense of the southern approaches to Mosul, which has…
MENA News Battle for Mosul can shape or break Iraq further Ghada Ismail Oct 24, 2016 0 It has taken two years of training a demoralized army, backed up by the air cover and special forces of the…
forex news Oil prices depress as Iraq says doesn’t want to join OPEC cut nada nasser Oct 24, 2016 0 Oil prices fell early on Monday as Iraq said it wanted to be exempt from any deal by producer cartel OPEC to cut…
MENA News Iraqi army drives Islamic State from Christian region near Mosul Ghada Ismail Oct 23, 2016 0 Iraqi army troops on Saturday stormed into a Christian region that has been under Islamic State control since…
MENA News Iraq parliament bans alcohol in a ‘surprise’ move Ghada Ismail Oct 23, 2016 0 Parliament in Iraq has voted to ban the sale, import and production of alcohol, with backers of the move arguing…
MENA News Iraqi elite unit, Kurdish forces in fresh push to close in on Mosul Ghada Ismail Oct 20, 2016 0 An Iraqi army elite unit and Kurdish fighters on Thursday launched a fresh offensive to dislodge Islamic State…
Egypt News Russia supports participation of Egypt, Iraq, Iran in Lausanne talks on Syria Noha Gad Oct 15, 2016 0 Russia’s Special Presidential Representative for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail…
MENA News Turkey says its troops to stay in Iraq until Islamic State cleared from Mosul Ghada Ismail Oct 13, 2016 0 A planned U.S.-backed operation to drive Islamic State from the Iraqi city of Mosul could cause "blood and fire" in…
MENA News Turkey has right to combat threats in Syria and Iraq: Erdogan Ghada Ismail Oct 12, 2016 0 President Tayyip Erdogan warned Iraq's prime minister he should "know his limits" after he criticized Turkey's…
MENA News Iraq’s oil minister wants country to increase output in 2017 Noha Gad Oct 9, 2016 0 Iraq's oil minister has urged oil and natural gas producers operating in the country to continue increasing output…