The former NSC official who sparked Trump’s first impeachment says successive administrations have bought into Moscow’s vision of itself Alexander Vindman entered the spotlight in 2019. As a US army lieutenant colonel detailed to the...
City damaged during occupation by Islamic State group reopens 850-year-old mosque in time for Ramadan as reconstruction gathers pace In the small courtyard of Sara’s grandmother’s house, children are running and playing as if time had...
Abdullah Öcalan’s call for fighters to disarm is an important moment. But a lasting resolution will require greater rights for Kurds After four decades of violence that have claimed at least 40,000 lives, this was a momentous...
Abdullah Öcalan’s message, which follows four decades of guerrilla warfare, will have far-reaching implications The ageing leader of a Kurdish militant group imprisoned on a remote Turkish island has called on the group to disarm and...
When Nussaibah Younis met IS brides, the peace consultant was struck by how easily she could have become one herself – sparking the idea for her darkly funny first novel One February evening, in Baghdad’s Green Zone, I found myself...
Figures who backed rights of religious minorities in first Trump term fall silent as vital work halted on the ground During the first Trump administration, Mike Pence , the vice-president, pledged hundreds of millions of dollars, mostly...
US government auditors find cuts have ‘degraded USAid’s ability to distribute and safeguard humanitarian assistance’ Nearly half a billion dollars of food aid is at risk of spoilage following the decision of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s...
The confusing and vague executive order underscores how complex sex is and why it’s hard to reduce it into a neat binary Has the moment we’ve all been waiting for arrived? After both Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris failed to break the...
The Iraqi parliament has passed a ‘terrifying’ law permitting children as young as nine to marry Iraqi MPs and women’s rights groups have reacted with horror to the Iraqi parliament passing a law permitting children as young as nine...
Proponents of the amendments – described by activists as ‘disastrous’ – say they align with Islamic principles Iraq’s parliament has passed amendments to the country’s personal status law that opponents say would in effect legalise child...
Hamas, Hezbollah and other militia are enfeebled – but Palestine is likely to stay at forefront of global politics Middle East crisis – live updates The ceasefire due to come into force on Sunday, barring a major last-minute problem,...
The sacrifice has been so great, the misery so complete, that few can claim with certainty that this was all worthwhile There may be no winners in war, but history suggests combatants are often eager to convince the world otherwise. The...
PM appoints Emma Reynolds as her replacement as Siddiq steps down but implies she could return to government in future Stephen Doughty , a Foreign Office minister, has told MPs that the future of Greenland is a matter for the people who...
The country has as many as one million missing persons after decades of conflict. Forensic teams face huge challenges to document remains as families wait in hope of closure Text by Marta Bellingreri and photographs by Alessio Mamo in...
Document releases from 2004 show that the Labour cabinet was deeply divided and badly informed on how to handle migration from Europe Judgments about Tony Blair’s Labour government tend inevitably to focus on the Iraq war. Iraq was...
A senior US official said the president needed a ‘dose of reality’ to deal with Iraqi insurgents, documents reveal Tony Blair’s advisers privately questioned if the US had “proper political control” of military operations in Iraq after a...
Barry Manners says when British Airways crew discovered his partner had Aids they were both forced out of hotel where other hostages were being held A man who was among British Airways passengers and crew taken hostage in Kuwait and used...
Ankara’s support of Syria’s rebels was a strategic triumph that confirms it is replacing Iran as the regional powerhouse The fall of the Assad regime in Syria marks the end of Iran’s long-feared “ Shia crescent ” and the rise of Turkey’s...
Excerpts from Francis’s autobiography say British intelligence and Iraqi police foiled two suicide bomb plots Pope Francis has said he escaped a double suicide bombing during a visit to Iraq three years ago after the attempts on his life...
Phil Shiner pleads guilty to misconduct and dishonesty relating to untruthful allegations against UK combatants An award-winning former human rights lawyer has been spared jail after admitting to fraud charges linked to false abuse...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi criminal court has sentenced a Russian-national terrorist to death over joining Islamic State militant group. “The Criminal Court... More The post Iraqi court sentences Russian terrorist to death over...
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi fighter jets have killed twelve Islamic State members, including a prominent leader, southwest of Kirkuk, a security source from... More The post Iraqi troops kill 12 Islamic State militants, southwest of...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Two Islamic State members were arrested in an ambush by the Iraqi intelligence, after they infiltrated into the country coming... More The post Iraqi military arrests two Islamic State members after sneaking from...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The U.S.-led Coalition has carried out an airstrike against the border region with Iraq in Syria’s southern Hasaka in an... More The post U.S. Coalition carries out airstrike near Iraqi-Syrian borders, arrests...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) A civilian was wounded in a bomb blast, southeast of Baghdad, a police source was quoted saying on Thursday. Speaking... More The post Civilian wounded in bomb blast, southeast of Baghdad appeared first on Iraq...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraq’s ambassador to the vatican, a Kurd, has announced his intention to run for the post of president of the... More The post Iraqi ambassador to Vatican to nominate for president appeared first on Iraq news, the...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi parliament is holding an emergency session next Saturday to discuss political group’s objections to parliament elections results, according... More The post Iraqi parliament to discuss elections...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Denmark said Thursday it had pulled its special forces from Iraq after participating in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State... More The post Denmark pulls back special forces from Iraq: ministry appeared...
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Three Iraqi soldiers were wounded on Thursday repelling an attack by Islamic State militants on the borders with Syria, a... More The post Three Iraqi soldiers wounded in Islamic State attack at borders with Syria...
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Vice President Nuri al-Maliki has said that Iraq aspires for a strong government and improvement to citizens’ services after... More The post Iraq aspires for strong government: Maliki tells Mcgurk appeared...