Iraq

Iraq

Iraqi reporter who threw shoes at George Bush 'to run for office'

Muntazer al-Zaidi, jailed after hurling his shoes at the ex-US president in Baghdad in 2008, says he is campaigning in this month’s Iraqi elections.

02/05/2018

Iraq

Women, children linked to ISIL 'sexually exploited, denied aid' at Iraq camps

Women and children with perceived links to ISIL are being denied aid, prevented from returning to their homes and suffering sexual violence in Iraqi camps for displaced people, an Amnesty International report has found.

17/04/2018

Sport

Basra celebrates end of FIFA ban

Iraqi city hosts first authorised international since the invasion of Kuwait in 1990

22/03/2018

Iraq

Halabja massacre: 30 years since Kurds were gassed by Saddam

A ceremony has been held in memory of the 5,000 people who died

16/03/2018

Iraq

Mosul bridge re-opens

The bridge - known as the 'old bridge' or 'iron bridge' - is an essential artery linking the two sides of the Tigris river in central Mosul

15/03/2018

Iraq

Baghdad’s first female bookseller breaks barriers

Along one of Baghdad’s oldest streets, a new bookstore is making waves — not for the titles it sells but for who owns it.

27/02/2018

Iraq

Love is back in the air in Mosul

Love has returned to the streets of Mosul for the first time in three years after Iraqi forces drove out ISIL extremists in 2017.

14/02/2018

Iraq

Iraq: dozens killed as suicide bombers hit Baghdad market

Suicide bombers reportedly killed dozens of people and injured over 100 in a busy market in the Iraqi capital.

15/01/2018

Iraq

German teenager who joined ISIL: "stupid idea"

Linda Wenzel, 17, was briefly reunited with her mother and sister as she awaits for trial in Baghdad.

15/12/2017

World News

Iraq announces victory over ISIL

The Iraqi government announces that its war against ISIL is over, three years after a third of its territory was overrun by the militant group

09/12/2017

Iraq

UK troops to face ICC investigation into war crimes claims in Iraq

ICC says it has a "reasonable basis" to investigate claims of torture and murder by British troops in Basra and elsewhere in Iraq.

05/12/2017

Iraq

Iraqi forces claim to have re-captured Rawa, the last town held by ISIL in Iraq

ISIL is in full retreat in Iraq and Syria, where its last urban centre, al-Bukamal, is under seige.

17/11/2017

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Cracks in the road and gutted houses in quake-hit eastern Iraq

The quake was felt as far south as Baghdad, some 300 km away.

13/11/2017

Iraq

Magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits eastern Iraq

Deaths are reported in Iran after an earthquake in Iraq sparks panic.

12/11/2017

Iraq

Girls in Iraq ‘could be married at nine’ if draft law is approved

It’s part of proposed legislation that would see religious courts restored.

12/11/2017

Iraq

Iraq and Kurdistan fight to control oil rich Kirkuk

The Iraqis, the Kurds and the struggle for oil "rich" Kirkuk

02/11/2017

Iraq

Kurdish family in Brussels

31/10/2017

Iraq

Iraqi Kurd leader to quit

President Massoud Barzani announces he will step down after his failed independence bid

29/10/2017

Iraq

Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani to step down from presidency

Barzani's announcement came as a shock to the Iraqi Kurdish population

29/10/2017

Iraq

Euroviews. View: The West’s shameful silence on Kurdish statehood

When it comes to the Kurds of northern Iraq, the West has chosen realpolitik over moral consistency, writes Shlomo Avineri

27/10/2017

Iraq

Iraqi Kurds offer 'talks and truce'

Kurdistan government offers to put independence vote results on hold to enable talks with Baghdad

25/10/2017

Iraq

'Not safe': Kurds flee Kirkuk after Iraqi forces take over

One of them spoke to Euronews about his fear of sectarian reprisals, just three weeks after a banned vote for Kurdish independence.

19/10/2017

Iraq

Iraqi soldiers seize Kirkuk after independence referendum

Iraqi soldiers have seized Kirkuk in an attempt to quash an independence bid following a referendum in the region

17/10/2017

Iraq

Shia militias press home federal Iraqi forces' advantage in Kirkuk

With airport and oil fields reclaimed Iraqi forces push deeper into Kurdish-held Kirkuk.

16/10/2017

Iraq

Iraq launches major offensive in Kurdish-held Kirkuk

Iraqi government forces say they control vast areas of the Kurdish-held region of Kirkuk after a major operation aimed at taking over an airbase and oilfields.

16/10/2017

Iraq

Iraqi-Kurdish crisis: tension flares between Kurds and Shi'ite militia in town near Kirkuk

14/10/2017