This is Beirut, 03/03 15:10 - Reading : less than a minute
Iraqi security forces seized nine rockets and a launchpad prepared to target Baghdad International Airport on Tuesday, a government spokesperson told AFP. “Security forces foiled an attempt to target Baghdad International Airport,” said Saad Maan, spokesperson for the government’s security media cell, adding that forces confiscated “a ...
This is Beirut, 01/03 07:20 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Iraqi protesters attempted to storm the U.S. Embassy Compound in the Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, according to Al Jazeera. The demonstrations led to clashes with Iraqi security forces—reportedly deployed in large numbers as tensions escalated—as they tried to enter into the heavily defended Green Zone. This round of protests in ...
This is Beirut, 28/02 11:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The U.S.-Israel-Iran confrontation escalated sharply Saturday as Iran launched ballistic missile attacks on multiple U.S. bases across the Gulf and Iraqi militia positions were struck in a joint U.S.-Israel operation. U.S. bases hit in the Gulf Iran’s Fars News Agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), ...
This is Beirut, 10/02 15:40 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
More than 4,500 suspected jihadists have been transferred from Syria to Iraq as part of a U.S. operation to relocate Islamic State group detainees, an Iraqi official told AFP on Tuesday. The detainees are among around 7,000 suspects the U.S. military began transferring last month after Syrian government forces captured Kurdish-held territory ...
This is Beirut, 02/02 12:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iraq’s judiciary announced on Monday that it has begun investigations into more than 1,300 suspected members of the Islamic State (ISIS) group who were recently transferred from Syria as part of a U.S.-led operation. In a statement, the judiciary’s media office said investigative proceedings had started against 1,387 members of the “Daesh ...
This is Beirut, 27/01 23:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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President Trump expressed on Truth Social on Tuesday that the U.S. will cease helping Iraq if former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki returns to power. Trump asserted that “because of [Nouri al-Maliki’s] insane policies and ideologies, if elected, the United States of America will no longer help Iraq.” Al-Maliki was ...
This is Beirut, 26/01 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday praised the Iraqi government’s “initiative and leadership” in accelerating the transfer and detention of ISIS terrorists to secure facilities inside Iraq. According to a U.S. Department of State press release, Rubio held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa al-Sudani in light of recent ...
This is Beirut, 24/01 18:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Hundreds of Islamic State group detainees were being transferred from Syria to Iraq on Saturday, the second batch since the US announced plans to relocate the jihadists there, two Iraqi security officials told AFP. "The prisoner transfer operation is ongoing, with US forces transporting detainees by land and air," an Iraqi security official said, ...
This is Beirut, 15/01 20:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Anti-narcotics authorities from Syria and Iraq have seized 2.5 million captagon stimulant pills after carrying out raids in both countries, Syria's interior ministry said on Thursday. Two people were arrested in Syria and one in Iraq in the joint operations, the ministry said in a statement. The ministry said the successful raids were "the ...
This is Beirut, 2025-12-25 17:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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According to several corroborating reports cited by Israeli media, Iraqi authorities have been discreetly warned of the possibility of targeted Israeli strikes on their territory, aimed at pro-Iranian armed groups operating in the country. These warnings, described as “extremely serious,” are said to have been delivered through Western and ...
This is Beirut, 2025-12-10 14:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Iraq Najaf Salt Lake Bahr al-Najaf Water crisis
In Najaf, workers now extract salt where there was once water. Lake Bahr al-Najaf has become a visible symbol of Iraq’s growing water crisis.
This is Beirut, 2025-12-04 11:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Iraq's central bank on Thursday said the appearance of Lebanon's Hezbollah and Yemen's Houthis on a frozen assets list was a mistake, and ordered the correction of the official announcement, according to a document seen by AFP. An official gazette issue dated November 17 published a decision about Iraq freezing the assets of ...