Iraq
U.S. Strikes Iran-Backed Groups in Iraq After Attack on Base Injures 3 Americans
The United States conducted a new round of airstrikes early on Tuesday in Iraq, most likely killing militants and destroying three facilities used by Iranian proxies that had been targeting American and coalition troops, U.S. officials said. The American strikes were in retaliation for a series of assaults, including a drone attack hours earlier by …
Iran claims responsibility for missile strike near US consulate in Iraq | Iran
Iran has claimed responsibility for a missile barrage that struck early on Sunday near a sprawling US consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two of its Revolutionary Guards. No injuries were reported in the attack, which marked a significant escalation …
Missiles strike near US consulate in north Iraq; no injuries
BAGHDAD — As many as 12 missiles struck Iraq’s northern city of Irbil on Sunday near the U.S. consulate, Iraqi security officials said. A U.S. defense official said missiles had been launched at the city from neighboring Iran. No injuries were reported. Officials in Iraq and the U.S. gave different accounts of the strike and …
Iraq’s protests and the technology of resistance | Business and Economy News
In an increasingly interconnected world and with the rise of massive social media corporations and “big data” analytics, digital privacy and data security have never been more important. While in many advanced democratic societies the debate often revolves around the citizen’s right to a private space, in countries such as Iraq the lack of privacy …
Pope Francis Arrives in Iraq: Live Updates
Here’s what you need to know: Pope Francis arriving at Baghdad International Airport on Friday.Credit…Andrew Medichini/Associated Press Pope Francis arrived in Baghdad on Friday for a three-day visit to Iraq, undeterred by suggestions that his trip might fuel a surge in coronavirus cases, undaunted by the precarious security situation and committed to offering support to …
BREAKING: Rockets hit airbase in Iraq with U.S. troops
Breaking overnight, rockets have targeted an Iraqi military base with U.S. troops BAGHDAD (KLKN)- At least 10 rockets targeted an Iraqi military base in western Iraq that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops. The rockets hit the airbase around 7 a.m., local time. It was not immediately known if there were any casualties. It was the first attack …
WHO supports the Ministry of Health with a vital consignment of medical technologies to boost national COVID-19 containment efforts [EN/AR/KU] – Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq, 21 February 2021 — The World Health Organization (WHO) today handed over a shipment of medical supplies and equipment to the Ministry of Health in Iraq, with the aim to support the national preparedness and response efforts to COVID 19 pandemic, amid a flare in numbers of infection and concerns over the emergence …
Blackwater massacre survivors In Iraq slam Trump’s decision to pardon guards
Seventeen Iraqi civilians, including 9- and 11-year-old boys, were killed when private contractors from the US security firm Blackwater opened fired in Baghdad’s Nisour Square in 2007. Fourteen of those killings were unjustified under the rules of the use of deadly force by security contractors, according to an FBI investigation. In 2014, a US federal …
NSW revises travel advice as new SA coronavirus hotspot locations revealed; Morrison signs defence agreement in Japan; 19th consecutive day of zero COVID-19 cases, no deaths in VIC; Trump orders Pentagon to drop troop levels to 2500 in Iraq and Afghanistan
Acting US Defence Secretary Christopher Miller has announced plans to reduce US troop levels in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying the decision fulfills President Donald Trump’s pledge to bring forces home even as Republicans and US allies warn against a rash withdrawal. The new plan will accelerate troop withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan in Trump’s final …
UNHCR – Refugees deliver mental health services to locked down camps in Iraq
Falak Selo knows what the sudden loss of home, country and loved ones can do to a person’s mental wellbeing. She was studying philosophy at the University of Damascus in 2013 when Syria’s civil war reached the area where her mother and sister were living. She abandoned her studies to flee with them to the …
