Tag: Iraq

French ISIS suspects stand trial in Iraq

Six French nationals went on trial on Sunday, as Iraq moves to prosecute thousands of suspected ISIS members. Iraq’s prisons, already packed with ISIS suspects,...

L’Iraq riaprirà i valichi di frontiera con l’Iran dopo l’attacco con i droni

Domenica le autorità irachene hanno annunciato un calendario per la riapertura di tre valichi di frontiera con l'Iran, a un giorno dalla loro chiusura...

Iraq PM Ali al-Zaidi rules out second term, vows to press ahead with anti-corruption drive

(Al Arabiya) Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi said on Friday that he would not seek a second term in office, while pledging to...

Qaani’s visit to Iraq focused on preventing clashes with security forces

IRGC Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani visited Iraq in a bid to prevent clashes between Tehran-backed militias and Iraqi security forces, according to sources...

Iraq Is Between Iran and a Hard Place

It has become a commonplace for Americans to describe our current war with Iran as stuck in a kind of limbo, neither full war...

Saudi, Iraqi FMs stress Iraqi territory must not be used to attack neighbors

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan met his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein in Amman on Wednesday, where the two stressed the need to...

Iran rejects US ceasefire proposal delivered by Iraqi PM: Report

(Al Arabiya) Iran rejected a US ceasefire proposal carried to Tehran by Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, the New York Times reported on Thursday,...

EU aviation agency warns to avoid Iran, Iraq and Lebanon airspace until August 31

(Al Arabiya) The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said on Wednesday that airlines should not operate within the airspace of Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon,...

Iraq raises southern oil output to 1.75 million bpd, officials say

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Iraq has increased crude oil production from its southern fields by 250,000 barrels per day to around 1.75 million barrels per day...

Riuscirà il nuovo primo ministro iracheno a tenere a freno le fazioni armate del paese?

(Redazione) Mentre la guerra tra Stati Uniti e Israele contro l'Iran si protrae, il governo iracheno guidato dal nuovo Primo Ministro Ali al-Zaidi si trova...

Iraq’s New Government Confronts Challenges on All Fronts

(The Soufan Center) The newly inaugurated Iraqi government of Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi faces the same pressures as its predecessors did, stemming from Iranian-U.S....

Kataib Hezbollah vows to keep arms as Iraq faces US pressure to disarm groups

(Al Arabiya) The influential Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah pledged on Saturday to keep up its activities, as Baghdad faces mounting US pressure to...

Iraq Forms New Government amid Regional Turmoil

(Lahib Higel - Crisis Group) On 14 May, six months after general elections were held in November 2025, Iraq’s parliament approved a still-incomplete government...

Turkey’s Iraq Gambit Amid the Strait of Hormuz Crisis

(Tamer Badawi and Burcu Ozcelik - RUSI) Iraq has once again become a critical pressure point in the widening US-Iran confrontation. Direct exposure to...

U.S. Arrest of Kataib Hezbollah Leader Signals a Shift in Iranian Proxy Model

(The Soufan Center) In a joint operation with Türkiye, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested and charged a key leader within the Iraq-based,...

Israel built and defended a secret base in Iraq for Iran war: Report

(Reuters/Al Arabiya) Israel set up a clandestine military outpost in the Iraqi desert to support its air campaign against Iran and launched airstrikes against...