Iraq
Iraq
US begins transfer of Islamic State prisoners from Syria to Iraq
Islamic State ISIS militants in Gweran prison in Hasaka, Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), November 2023. Photo: Screengrab/DW video/YT/via iKurd.net US moving...
Iraq says U.S.-led forces fully withdraw from federal territory
U.S. Air Force Airmen unload High Mobility Artillery Rocket System launchers from a U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy at Joint...
Iraqi passport remains world’s third weakest in 2026: Henley Index
An Iraqi passport. Photo: Creative Commons/pintrest/via iKurd.net NEW YORK,— Iraq’s passport has been ranked among the weakest in the world,...
Iraq plans to nationalize West Qurna 2 oilfield operations: government
Flames emerge from a pipeline at the oil fields in Basra, southern Iraq, July 25, 2016. Photo: Reuters BAGHDAD,— Iraq’s...
Haibat al-Halbousi elected as Iraq parliament speaker
Haibat al-Halbousi elected as Iraq parliament speaker, December 29, 2025. Photo: INA/inq.iq BAGHDAD,— Iraq’s newly elected parliament on Monday chose...
Facial Recognition Technology, Monitoring and Infiltration of the opposition in Iraq
Illustrative photo: iKurd.net/credit AFP Sheri Laizer | Exclusive to iKurd.net Facial Recognition Technology (FRT) is now being widely used in...
Iraq says foreign firms in Kurdistan obliged to transfer oil under deal
SOMO Iraqi State Organization for Marketing of Oil, 2025. Photo: SOMO BAGHDAD,— Iraq’s state oil marketing company SOMO said on...
EU airline lands in Baghdad for first time in 35 years
An Airbus A320 NEO aircraft operated by Aegean Airlines, 2021. Photo: Creative Commons/Kevin Hackert/flickr BAGHDAD,— A passenger aircraft operated by...
Iraq’s wheat self-sufficiency dream fades amid water crisis
A person walks along the edge of uncultivated farmland on the outskirts of Najaf, where dry soil stretches across fields...
Former Iraqi president Barham Salih appointed as UNHCR chief
Former Iraqi President Barham Salih, April 2025. Photo: Channel8.com GENEVA,— Former Iraqi President Barham Salih has been appointed as the...
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