Iraq & Militias

43+ min ago   (456+ words) Iraq says the first components of a new nationwide air-defense system will arrive within six months, as Baghdad also highlights strong coordination with Peshmerga forces. ERBIL (Kurdistan24) - Iraq has made significant progress toward acquiring a new air-defense system capable of covering…...

40+ min ago   (533+ words) Iraqi F-16 fighter jets carried out two airstrikes that destroyed a position used by the Daesh terrorist group in the eastern province of Diyala on Sunday, security officials said, noting that the operation was based on intelligence provided by the Military…...

58+ min ago   (871+ words) Baghdad must confront the armed groups, political bargains and foreign entanglements that continue to undermine its authority The invasion of Iraq in 2003 was the mother of all evils in West Asia. Firstly, the 2003 invasion was fabricated and justified on the…...

14+ min ago   (89+ words) Rudaw Iraq’s health, environment ministers clash over Tigris pollution Baghdad hospital fire forces over 60 evacuations, four years after previous blaze Iraq clarifies security’s role in dollar market amid dinar devaluation fallout ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraqi F-16 fighter jets carried out…...

5+ hour, 3+ min ago   (546+ words) © Mohammed / Adobe Stock Several top energy executives were dropped from the schedule of the WPC Energy Congress in Riyadh, as Saudi authorities pressed ahead with the event despite deadly attacks on the capital claimed by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis. The chief…...

1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (244+ words) The evidence in the public domain is not yet sufficient to establish that Iran directed the alleged RAF Fairford terrorist plot. But the strange and unclear circumstances surrounding this story raise vital questions about Tehran’s resolve to target western interests…...

2+ hour, 16+ min ago   (112+ words) Robert Pether, an engineer who had been held in Iraq for five years, is to return to Ireland on Monday morning. Robert Pether returning to Ireland after being held in Iraq for five years From The Irish Examiner Robert Pether,…...

2+ hour, 58+ min ago   (1078+ words) This is not a balance of military power. Iran cannot impose losses on the US comparable to those it has sustained. However, it can complicate Washington’s calculations, raise the economic cost of continuing the war and make a satisfactory political…...

2+ hour, 37+ min ago   (94+ words) Greens call for block on US execution livestream Children turning to AI chatbots to report online sexual abuse Treasurer delays ATO’s ban on credit card payments Russian strike on bus stop kills at least 30 people in eastern Ukraine Pararoos and…...

3+ hour, 26+ min ago   (260+ words) Hişyar Özsoy said the government is deliberately slowing the process to retain control, stressing that the key question is whether the state will establish lasting peace and an alliance with the Kurds. Özsoy said the government was deliberately proceeding as…...