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Protesters are calling for a change of government in Iraq

At least 44 killed in Iraq anti-government protests

Iraq's Shia spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani called on the government to heed the demands of protesters who have thronged Baghdad and other cities for four straight days and condemned the mounting death toll from clashes with police.

World • 04 Oct 19

Demonstrations in Baghdad began over unemployment and poor services

Iraqi protests: Death toll rises to 28 people

Iraqi security forces opened fire on protesters who defied a curfew in Baghdad and exchanged fire with gunmen in a southern city, killing at least 28 people have been killed in the three days of protest and over 600 wounded.

World • 03 Oct 19

More than one million people in the 1980s and 1990s disappeared under Saddam Hussein's regime

Iraq exhumes bodies thought to be killed by Saddam

Iraq has begun to unearth the remains of dozens of victims, including children, likely killed during ex-dictator Saddam Hussein's campaign against the country's Kurds, a forensics official has said.

World • 23 Jul 19

The transfer took place in the town of Ain Issa, home to a large refugee camp

14 French, Dutch orphans repatriated from Syria

Twelve orphaned children of French jihadists were flown home from Syria, along with two Dutch orphans who will be handed over to the Netherlands, the French foreign ministry said.

World • 10 Jun 19

Search operations are continuing downstream after the tragedy

More than 70 people dead as ferry sinks in north Iraq

A ferry packed with families celebrating Kurdish New Year sank in a swollen river in the former jihadist stronghold of Mosul today, leaving more than 70 people dead in Iraq's worst accident in years.

World • 21 Mar 19

Donald Trump said Nicolas Maduro requested a meeting months ago and he turned down the Venezuela leader

Trump says sending military to Venezuela 'an option'

US President Donald Trump has said that sending the military to Venezuela was "an option" and that he had turned down President Nicolas Maduro's request for a meeting.

World • 03 Feb 19

Donald Trump and his wife Melania spoke to troops in Iraq

US President Donald Trump makes surprise visit to Iraq

US President Donald Trump made a surprise visit to Iraq today, his first trip to American troops deployed in a war zone since he was elected two years ago.

US • 27 Dec 18

IS militants overran large swathes of Iraq

UN says IS left behind 200 mass graves in Iraq

The United Nations has said more than 200 mass graves containing up to 12,000 victims were left behind by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq.

World • 06 Nov 18

Protesters gather at the burnt-down local government headquarters in Basra

Iraq authorities lift curfew in crisis-hit Basra

Iraq authorities lifted a curfew in the crisis-hit southern city of Basra today, where 12 protesters were killed this week in clashes with security forces.

Iraq • 08 Sep 18

The US is offering a $25 million reward for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's capture

Islamic State leader urges Muslims to fight on

The leader of the so-called Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has called on Muslims to fight on - despite recent defeats.

Islamic State • 23 Aug 18

Moqtada al-Sadr party came out on top in the May election

Iraqi political leaders announce coalition deal

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have said their political blocs, which came in third and first place in a May parliamentary election respectively, would enter into an alliance.

World • 23 Jun 18

Moqtada al-Sadr after voting on Saturday

US adversary Sadr's party all but wins Iraqi election

Populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a long-time adversary of the United States, has all but won Iraq's parliamentary election, the electoral commission has said.

World • 14 May 18

Around 7,000 candidates, representing 205 political entities, are vying for 329 seats

Iraq votes in first election since defeat of IS

Iraqis have voted in the first parliamentary election since the defeat of so-called Islamic State, with Prime Minister Haider Abadi, a rare ally of both the United States and Iran, trying to fend off powerful Shia groups that would pull the country closer to Tehran.

World • 13 May 18

Haider al-Abadi's office said the strikes were launched from Iraq

Iraq launches air strikes against IS positions in Syria

Iraq's air force carried out "deadly" airstrikes on so-called Islamic State positions inside neighbouring Syria, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office said.

Syria • 19 Apr 18

The Strava heat map shows Bagram airfield in Afghanistan (Pic Strava Labs)

Fitness app Strava reveals details of military sites

A map showing paths taken by users of an exercise tracking app reveals potentially sensitive information about US and allied military personnel in places including Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.

Strava • 29 Jan 18

The square has been the site of deadly attacks in the past

27 killed, 64 wounded in Baghdad bomb blast

A double suicide bombing has killed 27 people in Baghdad, the second such attack in the Iraqi capital in three days.

World • 15 Jan 18

Iraqi soldiers display a flag in central Mosul

Iraq declares victory after driving IS from country

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said that Iraqi forces have driven the last remnants of so-called Islamic State from the country, three years after the militant group captured around a third of Iraq's territory.

News • 10 Dec 17

People mourn over the body of a victim in Sarpol-e Zahab in western Iran

Iran says earthquake rescue operations have ended

Iran said rescue operations have ended in areas hit by a powerful weekend earthquake that killed at least 450 people and injured thousands of others, state television reported.

World • 14 Nov 17

At least four people have been killed in Iraq's Kurdistan region (Pic: Google Maps)

Scores dead as strong earthquake hits Iraq and Iran

A strong earthquake hit large parts of northern Iraq and Iran today where at least 65 people have been killed.

World • 12 Nov 17

Iraqi forces search the site of a suspected mass grave containing the remains of victims of the Islamic State group

Mass graves discovered in Iraq

Mass graves containing at least 400 suspected Islamic State group victims have been found near the former jihadist bastion of Hawija in northern Iraq, the regional governor has said.

News • 12 Nov 17

Masoud Barzani has campaigned for Kurdish self-determination for nearly four decades

Kurdish leader Barzani resigns after vote backfires

Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said he would give up his position as president on 1 November, after an independence referendum he championed backfired and triggered a regional crisis.

World • 29 Oct 17

Iraqi forces guard an oil field west of Kirkuk

Iraqi forces take full control of Kirkuk from Kurds

Iraqi forces have taken control of the last district in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk still in the hands of Kurdish Peshmerga fighters following a three-hour battle, security sources said.

Kurdistan • 20 Oct 17

Kurds celebrate following the referendum

Iraq calls for annulment of Kurdish independence vote

Iraq's government has piled pressure on the country's Kurds, demanding they cancel their overwhelming vote for independence.

World • 27 Sep 17

A woman waits to cast her referendum vote at a voting station in Kirkuk

Kurds vote in independence referendum in northern Iraq

Kurds have voted in an independence referendum in northern Iraq, ignoring pressure from the Iraqi government and threats from Turkey and Iran, as well as international warnings that the vote may ignite yet more regional conflict.

kurdistan • 25 Sep 17

Burnt out vehicles after gunmen and suicide car bombers killed more than 70 people in two assaults

74 killed in Iraq suicide attacks

Gunmen and suicide car bombers have killed at least 74 people including Iranians near the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah, in an attack claimed by Islamic State group.

World • 14 Sep 17