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Iraq protesters block roads as they step up calls for reform

Protesters closed large roads in cities across Iraq on Sunday night, escalating their campaign for political change, as the clock ticked down the final hours to their deadline for the government to meet their demands for reform. In Najaf, demonstrators burned pictures of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and tore down posters of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis the former leader of Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), or Hashd al-Shaabi, the umbrella grouping of Iraq's mostly Shia […]

20 January 2020

International News

Iran warns of ‘dangerous response’ if US attacks again

Fears of imminent war between Iran and the United States subsided after the US assassinated a top Iranian commander and Tehran hit bases housing American troops in Iraq with ballistic missiles. But Iran warned the US against further attacks after it launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at the Ain al-Assad airbase in Iraq's Anbar province and a military facility in Erbil on Wednesday. Iran had pledged retaliatory attacks […]

10 January 2020

International News

US Democrats remain unconvinced Soleimani threat was imminent

Top Democrat Nancy Pelosi is so unconvinced by President Donald Trump's reasons for killing Iranian general Qassem Soleimani that she announced on Wednesday the House of Representatives will vote on a War Powers resolution aimed at limiting the president's power to strike Iran. After a briefing by the Trump administration on its rationale for killing Soleimani, House Speaker Pelosi said that her "concerns were not addressed" as to what the strategy was […]

9 January 2020

International News

Iran fires rockets at US targets in Iraq: All the latest updates

Iran has fired more than a dozen rockets at two Iraqi military bases hosting US troops, the Pentagon confirmed. The rockets fired at the Ain al-Asad base in Anbar province and a base in Erbil early on Wednesday came amid escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran following the US killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in Iraq last week. Iran had pledged severe retailiation. Background: Iran launches missile attacks on US facilities in Iraq […]

8 January 2020

International News

Iraqi protesters leave US embassy compound in Baghdad

Iraqi protesters have withdrawn from the perimeter fence of the United States embassy in Baghdad, after the pro-Iran Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU) paramilitary group asked them to leave. On Tuesday, thousands of Iraqis had encircled and vandalised the embassy compound, outraged by US air raids in Iraq and Syria that killed 25 PMU fighters over the weekend. Angry crowds marched unimpeded through the checkpoints of the usually high-security Green Zone […]

2 January 2020

International News

Violent protests erupt around US embassy in Baghdad after air strikes

Protesters and armed forces enraged by U.S. air strikes on Iraq staged a violent demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday, torching a security post and hurling stones as security forces and embassy guards hit back with stun grenades and tear gas. Iraqi officials said the ambassador and other staff had been evacuated, but this could not be confirmed with American officials. In Washington, U.S. President Donald Trump […]

1 January 2020

International News

Iraq: Deadly Basra protests spread to other cities

Protests have spread to more Iraqi cities after a week of violent demonstrations in the oil-rich city of Basra where at least seven people were killed, dozens wounded, and hundreds arrested, police and activists said. Monday's protests took place in the eastern province of Diyala and the southern city of Nasiriyah, according to AFP news agency. The unrest first erupted in Basra on July 8 when security forces opened fire, […]

17 July 2018

International News

Iraq to begin manual recount of national election votes on 3 July

Iraq will begin a partial manual recount of votes on Tuesday 3 July of a May parliamentary election clouded by allegations of fraud, a step towards the formation of a new parliament and government. Only suspect ballots flagged in formal complaints or official reports on fraud will be recounted, a spokesman for the panel of judges conducting the recount said on Saturday. "The manual recount will be conducted in the […]

1 July 2018

International News

Iraq executes 12 ISIL members on death row: PM’s office

Iraq has executed a dozen members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) on death row, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office said on Friday, after he vowed a swift response to the armed group's killing of eight captives. The executions were carried out on Thursday, and came shortly after Abadi ordered the "immediate" implementation of the death sentences of hundreds of convicted fighters. […]

30 June 2018

Iraq

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