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Iraq has released over 19,000 prisoners this year under a new amnesty law aimed at easing prison overcrowding. The amnesty includes some individuals convicted of terrorism-related offenses ...
Iraq has released more than 19,000 prisoners under a sweeping amnesty law designed to relieve pressure on its overcrowded prison system, including inmates convicted of being members of ISIL (ISIS).
Iraq is reducing its reliance on Iranian gas (40% of its needs) by boosting domestic production. Major projects with TotalEnergies, GE Vernova, Siemens, and others aim to capture flared gas, build ...
Agreements are expected, addressing Turkish military actions in Iraq and water supply concerns stemming from Turkish dams. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, receives Iraq's Prime ...
“Iraq is ready to cooperate with Turkey and the Turkish Kurdistan Workers' Party in receiving weapons," Basim al-Awadi told Rudaw, adding that Iraq has presented "initiatives that it is also ...
The message, delivered by UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) chief Mohamed al-Hassan, “commended Iraq’s recent accelerated efforts in repatriating Iraqi nationals from al-Hol and Roj camps ...
Esmail Qaani, head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF), traveled to Iraq on May 14. He met with Iraqi National Security Advisor Qasim al Araji after arriving in Baghdad.
BAGHDAD/DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will not attend the Arab League Summit in Baghdad this weekend, Syrian state media said on Monday, after Iraq's invitation spurred ...
A massive dust storm has swept across central Iraq, severely reducing visibility as vehicles navigate the hazardous conditions in Babil province. Sandstorms are common in central and southern Iraq.
Iraqi director Hasan Hadi’s debut feature, “The President’s Cake,” which screens in Directors’ Fortnight, is the first film from Iraq at to play in Cannes. Set in Iraq the 1990s ...
BAGHDAD (AP) — More than 19,000 prisoners have been released in Iraq so far this year under a broad new amnesty law that eases prison crowding and frees some people convicted of terrorism ...
Sharaa fought with Al Qaeda in Iraq after the U.S-led invasion in 2003. He was imprisoned there for more than five years, then released for lack of evidence in 2011, according to a senior Iraqi ...