
Air siren heard in Baghdad amid explosions reports
Updated : 2 days, 1 hour ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 9 (ANI): Air raid siren went off near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq early on Monday morning amid reports that several explosions hit the surrounding area.
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25 killed, 130 injured in Iraq gunfire: officials
Updated : 3 days, 1 hour ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 08 (ANI): At least 25 people died and 130 were injured after a gunman targeted anti-government protesters in Baghdad, officials confirmed on Saturday.
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Iraq: Gunmen open fire on demonstrators in Baghdad; 16 killed, 47
Updated : 3 days, 21 hours ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 7 (ANI): The death toll in an attack by unidentified gunmen on demonstrators in a rally in Iraq's capital Baghdad on Friday rose to 16, a security official told Xinhua news agency, adding that as many as 47 people were injured in the incident, some of whom are in critical
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Iraq: 4 killed in firing in Baghdad shooting
Updated : 4 days, 3 hours ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 07 (Sputnik/ANI): Four people were killed during a rally in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Friday after a group of unidentified armed men opened fire on demonstrators, a source at the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights told Sputnik.
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Rockets strike US military base in Iraq, no casualties
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 4 (ANI): Multiple rockets hit an airbase that houses US troops in western Iraq's Anbar province on Tuesday but no casualties were reported, the Iraqi military said.
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Trump, Macron spar over need to return fighters from ISIS
Updated : 1 week ago IST
London [UK], Dec 4 (Sputnik/ANI): US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron appeared at odds on Tuesday during a press conference here when the two leaders discussed efforts to take back people who joined the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group.
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Amid protests, Iranian consulate in southern Iraq set on fire agai
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Najaf [Iraq], Dec 2 (Sputnik/ANI): Demonstrators on Sunday set the Iranian consulate building in Iraq's southern city of Najaf on fire for the second time in a week as violent anti-government protests continue to rock the country's southern regions.
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Iraq: Parliament approves PM Adel Abdul Mahdi's resignation
Updated : 1 week, 2 days ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 1 (ANI): Amid weeks of deadly anti-government protests in the country, Iraqi parliament on Sunday approved Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi's resignation during a parliament session held here.
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Iraqi PM Adel Abdul Mahdi resigns amid anti-government protests
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Dec 01 (ANI): Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Saturday submitted his resignation to Parliament amid ongoing anti-government protests in the capital of Baghdad and in the southern part of the country.
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Iraqi PM Adel Abdul Mahdi announces he will resign
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Nov 29 (ANI): Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Friday he will submit his resignation to the parliament, in a move that follows weeks of violent anti-government protests in the country and calls for him to step down by the Shiite religious leadership.
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At least 45 protesters shot dead, 152 others wounded in escalating
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
Baghdad (Iraq), Nov 29 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 45 demonstrators have been shot dead by security forces and 152 others have been injured amid increasing protest violence in the south of Iraq and the country's capital of Baghdad, local media reported, citing sources.
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Death toll rises, 25 more killed in anti-government protests in so
Updated : 1 week, 5 days ago IST
Nasiriyah [Iraq], Nov 29 (ANI): As many as 25 people were killed on Thursday after security personnel fired tear gas and live ammunition in a bid to disperse anti-government protestors here even as protests turned more violent in other parts of the country, according to medical sources and w
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