Crop fires, a weapon of war, ruin harvests in Iraq and Syria
Thanks to ISIS policy of implementing a "scorched earth policy" in areas from which they retreat or where they are ...
Tag: Iraq
US sanctions on Iran felt in Iraqi Shiite tourist districts
Millions of Shiites from around the world come to Iraq every year to visit its many Shiite shrines and holy ...
Iraqi court sentences 3 French members of ISIS to death
Iraq is conducting trials of thousands of suspected members of Islamic State, including hundreds of foreigners, with many arrested as ...
Iraq offers to serve as mediator in Persian Gulf crisis
Shiite-majority Iraq has been trying to maintain a fine line as allies Iran and United States descend into verbal vitriol.
'This is about deterrence, not about war'
In Iran briefing, members of Congress say U.S. officials sought to convince lawmakers White House tamping down rhetoric on Tehran. ...
UN envoy: Islamic State revival in Iraq must be prevented
Addressing U.N. Security Council, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert warns that if the issue of thousands of returning Islamic State fighters and their ...
US Supreme Court rejects Iraqi Christian's plea not to be deported
Amir Shabo, a Chaldean Christian, was detained in a 2017 sweep of Iraqi immigrants who had criminal convictions. He appealed ...
Iraqi Shiite figures warn US-Iran war could 'burn' Iraq
"This war would mark the end of Iraq. We need peace and reconstruction," populist cleric Moqtada al-Sader says.
German, Dutch military suspend training operations in Iraq amid US-Iran tensions
Move comes amid an escalation between Washington and Tehran. A Dutch government source cites unspecified security threat as reason for ...
US tells nonessential personnel to leave Iraq amid ongoing escalation
The alert, published on the embassy's website on Wednesday, comes after Washington last week said it had detected new and ...