Iraq

Hope Amidst the Ruins: Baghdad's Cultural Renaissance

In a striking revival of Baghdad’s cultural landscape, an Iraqi professor led a group of students on a walking tour of the city's historic center, highlighting centuries-old landmarks once deemed unsafe to visit. The tour paused at a formidable stone wall built to protect the city from Mongol invaders, a testament to Baghdad's rich ...

Every Effort Counts for a Greener Kurdistan

Deforestation affects several regions around the world, including Iraqi Kurdistan. To combat its effects, initiatives are multiplying. Among these, a campaign has been launched to plant one million oak trees in the region. (SHVAN HARKI, SHWAN NAWZAD/AFPTV/AFP)

Iran Strikes 'Terrorist and Spy' Targets in Iraq and Syria

Iran's Revolutionary Guards attacked 'terrorist' targets in Syria and Iraq's Kurdistan on Monday, killing four people and wounding six others, and drawing United States criticism for recklessness and destabilization concerns. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they launched missile attacks on multiple 'terrorist' targets in Syria and Iraq's ...

Bleak Prospects for Israel-Hamas War

The situation in Gaza continued to deteriorate on Sunday, December 31st, as the world prepares for New Year's celebrations. On a regional scale, tensions are sharply escalating in Iraq, Syria and the Red Sea. Israeli strikes pounded Gaza on Sunday as both sides near the end of a dark year, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the war ...

Attack on Iraqi Kurdish Forces Who Blame Baghdad

An Iraqi Kurdistan Peshmerga base was targeted by drone attacks on Saturday night. The government of this autonomous region immediately condemned groups linked to the central government, which is close to Iran. Authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan said Sunday two drones struck a military base used by the autonomous region's security forces, blaming the ...

Coalition Forces Targeted in Erbil Airport

The Counter-Terrorism Department in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has announced that a drone laden with explosives targeted the International Coalition base at the Erbil International Airport. This comes after the Islamic Resistance in Iraq declared that it attacked the Hareer base, which houses US forces near Erbil Airport in northern Iraq, using ...

US Looks to Iraq for Support against Iran Proxies

A senior US official stated in Baghdad on Wednesday, that the United States aims to actively collaborate with Iraq to tackle the increase in attacks on American troops in Iraq and Syria. The United States wants to actively engage with Iraq to address a surge in attacks on American troops in Iraq and Syria, a top US official said Wednesday in ...

Pro-Iran Groups Lead in Iraq Provincial Vote

Initial results released by the electoral commission on Tuesday indicated that pro-Iranian Shiite Muslim parties were in the lead in Iraq's provincial council elections. Pro-Iranian Shiite Muslim parties were leading in Iraq's provincial council elections, according to initial results released on Tuesday by the electoral commission. Monday's ...

First Iraqi Provincial Elections in a Decade

Iraqis participated on Monday in the first provincial council elections held in a decade, anticipated to bolster the influence of Shiite Muslim groups aligned with Iran. The vote comes at a time of widespread political apathy and disillusionment in the oil-rich country of 43 million that is still recovering from years of war and plagued by ...

Dissonnances Between Tel Aviv and Washington

The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 69th day on Thursday. According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, 18,787 people were killed in Israeli bombardments, most of them women, children and teenagers. For its part, Israel announced that 1,200 people, mostly civilians, died in the attack on 7 October. In addition, around a hundred Israeli ...

Attackers of the American Embassy in Iraq Linked to Authorities

Iraqi authorities have stated that the assailants who took part in the attack on the American Embassy in Baghdad on December 8 had links to security forces, according to a statement published on Thursday December 14. The American presence in Iraq is regularly targeted by pro-Iranian militias. Iraq said Thursday it had arrested several attackers ...