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Twelve ‘ballistic missiles’ fired from outside Iraq at Erbil
Kurdish security forces say the US consulate in Erbil was targeted. Article written by Published on 03/13/2022 07:47 Update on 03/13/2022 12:01 Reading time : 1 min. Twelve “ballistic missiles”…
Iraq: several “missiles” fired against Erbil, in Kurdistan
“Twelve ballistic missiles” targeted Erbil and the American consulate in the capital of Kurdistan of Iraq, assured the Kurdish security forces in a press release. They claim that these missiles…
Iraq | 12 missiles targeted US consulate, Kurdish security forces say
(Erbil) Twelve “ballistic missiles” fired “outside the borders of Iraq, and more precisely from the east”, targeted the American consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, on Sunday, without…
Iraq | Missile fire against Erbil
(Erbil) Missile fire targeted targets in Erbil, the capital of autonomous Kurdistan in northern Iraq, at dawn on Sunday, without causing any injuries, local authorities reported without being able to…
presidential election in Iraq | The cards reshuffled after the suspension of one of the two favorites
(Baghdad) Hoshyar Zebari, a former Kurdish minister who was aiming for the presidency of Iraq, was dismissed by justice on Sunday because of accusations of corruption, on the eve of…
Deadly Turkish raids against Kurdish positions in Iraq and Syria
Turkey has carried out deadly airstrikes against Turkish Kurdish rebel positions in Iraq and Syrian Kurdish forces in Syria, targeted by a bloody jihadist assault in late January. A country…
Deadly Turkish raids against Kurdish positions in Iraq and Syria
(Beirut) Turkey carried out deadly airstrikes against Turkish Kurdish rebel positions in Iraq and Syrian Kurdish forces in Syria, targeted by a bloody jihadist assault in late January. Posted at…
Iraq: six rockets fired at Baghdad airport (security sources)
Baghdad | Six rockets were fired Friday at dawn at Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, causing no casualties but damaging a civilian plane, two security sources said. The six rockets…
Iraq | Rockets explode near the house of the Speaker of Parliament
(Baghdad) Three rockets fell Tuesday near the house of the speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Mohammed al-Halboussi in the west of Baghdad, injuring two children, a few hours after the…
Iraq | MP hospitalized after an eventful session in Parliament
(Baghdad) The deputy who presided over the inaugural session of the new Iraqi parliament on Sunday was hospitalized after scuffles broke out during the session, we learned from public television…
Iraq | US military defeats drone attack
(Baghdad) The US military on Monday shot down two drone bombs targeting the anti-jihadist coalition at Baghdad airport, an attack thwarted on the 2e anniversary of the assassination by the…
Iraq | Police chief sacked after murderous chase
(Baghdad) The Iraqi interior minister on Friday sacked the police chief in Babylon province and several officers were arrested, the day after an operation in still murky circumstances which resulted…
Iraq | Investigation opened for civilians killed during pursuit by security forces
(Hilla) Security forces in Iraq have announced the opening of an investigation after the death Thursday of several civilians killed during the pursuit of two individuals “accused of terrorism” in…
In “The Card Counter”, Paul Schrader paints the portrait of an Iraq veteran haunted by the tortures he practiced
A lonely anti-hero who drags his scars in a climate of deaf violence: 45 years after writing Taxi Driver, New Hollywood masterpiece, Paul Schrader continues his journey alongside the ghosts…
Iraq: operation “resurrection” of antiquities destroyed by the IS group in Mosul
It is a work of goldsmith. At the Mosul museum, still damaged, the Iraqis, supported by French restorers, sort through hundreds of stones: fragments of ancient remains over 2,500 years…
Iraq | Two rockets fired near the American embassy
(Baghdad) Two rockets targeted early Sunday the ultra-secure green zone in Baghdad housing the US embassy in the Iraqi capital, Iraqi security forces said in a statement. Posted on December…
Stolen works of art return to Iraq and Mali
Stolen works of art and treasures that find their country of origin. In Mali and Iraq, their return is celebrated as a victory. Thousands more are still missing. 3,500-year-old Mesopotamian…
Stolen works of art return to Iraq and Mali
Stolen works of art and treasures that find their country of origin. In Mali and Iraq, their return is celebrated as a victory. Thousands more are still missing. 3,500-year-old Mesopotamian…
Stolen works of art return to Iraq and Mali
Stolen works of art and treasures that find their country of origin. In Mali and Iraq, their return is celebrated as a victory. Thousands more are still missing. 3,500-year-old Mesopotamian…
3,500-year-old Mesopotamian clay tablet stolen 30 years ago has just been returned to Iraq
It is a clay tablet five centimeters thick by 15 centimeters high and 12 centimeters wide, bearing a cuneiform text written in Akkadian of inestimable value: that of the oldest…