Egypt’s Al-Wazir leads private sector delegation to Iraq
Egypt's Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Transport, Kamel Al-Wazir, met with top Iraqi officials…
Browsing Tag
Baghdad
Iraq reports $69b in investments over 18m
Iraq announced a significant increase in investment volume, reaching $69 billion over 18 months. Haider Makiya,…
Kurdistan oil production defies Baghdad’s demands
Oil companies in Iraq's Kurdistan region are planning expansions even as Baghdad intensifies pressure for reduced…
Iraq remains committed to OPEC+ output cuts – minister
Iraq's commitment to the voluntary oil production cuts, as established by the Organization of the Petroleum…
TotalEnergies invests $27bln deal to implement energy projects in Iraq
Iraqi oil minister Hayan Abdel-Ghani signed on Mondayn a long-delayed deal with French oil major TotalEnergies to…
TotalEnergies confirms Iraq deal on $27bln energy project
French oil major TotalEnergies confirmed on Tuesday that it had reached an agreement with the Iraqi government on a…
Rockets hit U.S. coalition base in Baghdad, no casualties
Rockets hit a U.S.-led military coalition’s Baghdad headquarters early on Sunday but caused no casualties, a…
Protests continue in Iraq’s Sadr City as uprising enters second week
Iraq’s government issued a second package of proposed social reforms on Tuesday in an attempt to meet the demands…
As U.S.-Iran tension increases, rocket fired near Iraq’s U.S. Embassy
A rocket was fired into the Iraqi capital Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings…
Kurds offer to suspend independence drive, seek talks with Baghdad
Kurdish authorities in Iraq offered on Wednesday to put an independence drive on hold, stepping up efforts to…
Iraq calls on BP to ‘quickly’ develop disputed oilfields after seizing areas…
Iraq urged BP to help develop oilfields in the disputed city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, after central government…
Kurds abandon territory in the face of Iraq’s government advance
The Baghdad government recaptured territory from Kurds across the breadth of northern Iraq on Tuesday, making…
Iraqi forces fight to take Mosul, car bomb in Baghdad kills 23 people
Islamic State (IS) militants captured an Iraqi police colonel and eight other officers on Monday after they ran out…
Iraqi Mosul train tunnel reveals assault course for elite ISIS militants
The mouth of the tunnel is hardly visible on a muddy hillside overlooking Mosul, where fighting now rages between…
Iraqi forces enter ISIS-held neighbourhood in Syria’s west Mosul
Iraqi forces have entered a neighbourhood in West Mosul for the first time since launching an operation to retake…
At least 48 killed in Baghdad car bomb: sources
At least 48 people have been killed in Baghdad in the third blast in the Iraqi capital in three days, security and…
Baghdad’s Green Zone hit by rockets
Several rockets have hit the high security Green Zone in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, hours after clashes at a protest…
ISIS car bomb kills six in Baghdad
A car bomb in eastern Baghdad claimed by Islamic State killed six civilians and wounded 15 on Thursday, police and…
Egypt strongly condemns Baghdad suicide bombing
Egypt has strongly condemned the suicide bombing in a densely-packed Baghdad neighbourhood on Monday which left at…
Two blasts in central Baghdad kill at least 25: police, medics
Two bombs exploded at a busy market in central Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 25 people and wounding more…
Egypt signs export contracts worth $12M with Iraq, €300K with Spain: minister
Egypt's Commercial Service Office in Baghdad concluded signing export contracts worth US$12 million for the 65…
Six IS suicide bombers in deadly attack south of Baghdad
Eight civilians have been killed and five others wounded in a suicide bomb attack in a town south-west of the Iraqi…
Suicide bomber kills 17 at Baghdad Shi’ite gathering
A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest in the middle of a Shi'ite Muslim gathering in Baghdad, killing at…
US will use Iraq city as base to retake Mosul: Carter
U.S. and coalition forces will use the newly retaken air base in Qayara as a staging hub, as Iraqi security forces…
Car bomb kills nine north of Baghdad, say sources
At least nine people were killed and 32 wounded on Tuesday when a car packed with explosives was detonated in a…
Baghdad deadly attacks strengthen US resolve in Iraq: White House
The White House on Sunday condemned Baghdad bombings in which nearly 120 people were killed and 200 wounded,…
Iraq mourns victims of Baghdad suicide bombing
The Iraqi government has declared three days of national mourning after a huge bomb in Baghdad killed 165 people…
30,000 displaced from Iraq’s Fallujah in 3 days: NGO
Fighting in the Iraqi city of Fallujah has displaced at least 30,000 people in three days, the Norwegian Refugee…
Aid group says IS group shooting civilians fleeing Fallujah battle
The Islamic State group (IS) has been shooting at civilians as they try to flee the fighting between Iraqi…
ISIS attacks gas plant north of Baghdad, killing 11
An Islamic State attack on a state-run gas plant in Baghdad's northern outskirts on Sunday killed at least 11…
BREAKING: car bomb explodes in Baghdad, kills 17 people
Car bomb near market in Baghdad's Sadr City district kills at least 17 people and wounds 40, Iraqi officials say.
US seeks Gulf special force, naval cooperation
The United States is seeking greater special forces and naval cooperation with the Gulf states to counter Iran's…
Iraq in political limbo after stalled reform attempts
Failed attempts to oust the speaker of parliament and a fresh ultimatum from an influential Shia cleric have left…
Suicide bomber kills 26, wounds 71 south of Baghdad
A suicide attacker detonated an explosive belt in a park outside Baghdad on Friday, killing 26 people and wounding…
Twin suicide bombing kills 70 in Baghdad’s deadliest attack this year
A twin suicide bombing claimed by Islamic State killed 70 people in a Shi'ite district of Baghdad on Sunday in the…
Son of Iraqi Kurdish leader calls for aid to battle IS group
A senior Iraqi Kurdish leader has called for international aid to help finance the war against the Islamic State…
Turkey announces troop withdrawal from Iraq after Obama plea
Turkey on Saturday said it would "continue" to pull its troops out of northern Iraq after US President Barack…
Iraq calls on Turkey to coordinate its strikes on Kurdish militants
Iraq's foreign minister has called on Ankara to coordinate with Baghdad in its military campaign against Kurdistan…
U.S. Defense Chief makes Surprise Trip to Iraq
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Thursday to get a first-hand assessment of…
Car Bombs kill 11 in Baghdad at end of Ramadan fast
Two car bombs killed 11 people in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Saturday, police and medical sources said, striking…