Tag Archives: Iraq

TUNIS | TASS | Iraq has received more than 1,000 soldiers of the Syrian army who crossed the Al-Qa’im border checkpoint into the Anbar province in the western part of the republic, the Iraqi News Agency reported citing a source in the security services. According to him, “the soldiers were welcomed and …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Iraq has invited Uganda to be part of their Road Development Project aimed at linking the Asian country to Europe. Uganda would participate by acquiring space in the strategically located industrial zones along the network. Ghazi Ktab, Director of the Africa Department at the Ministry …

BAGHDAD | Xinhua | As the world celebrates International Museum Day on Saturday, Iraq remains haunted by the poignant scars of looted antiquities in the wake of the U.S.-led invasion. Boasting an ancient civilization of thousands of years, Iraq has abundant archeological treasures. However, the U.S. invasion of Iraq and …

Washington, US | Xinhua | U.S. military on Wednesday struck a weapon storage facility in eastern Syria it believed was used by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and affiliated groups, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said in a statement. Austin called the operation a “precision self-defense strike,” saying …

U.S. troops in Syria continue to smuggle Syrian oil to Iraq Damascus, Syria | Xinhua | The U.S. forces have stolen 398 tankers of Syrian oil since Thursday and sent them to its bases in Iraq, Syrian state news agency SANA reported on Tuesday. SANA reported tha the U.S. sent 65 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security agencies have successfully traced the Ugandan woman from Kawempe who was allegedly sold off for marriage in the Iraqi capital of Baghdadi. Officials from the Internal Affairs Ministry started tracing for the woman only identified by her pseudo name Shifah, at the beginning of July …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Internal and external security agencies are probing a case of a woman who was lured with $900 monthly housemaid salary but ended up being sold to an Iraqi man for marriage. Reportedly married to a security officer, the woman whose name has been concealed as the …

Baghdad, Iraq | Xinhua | Iraq seeks to raise its crude oil production to 8 million barrels per day (bpd) by the end of 2027 to fulfil its commitment to export quota within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail said Sunday. “Iraq is …

Tehran, Iran | Xinhua | Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Sunday that the United States has by no means any compassion toward Muslim nations in the region, according to the president’s official website. Making the remarks in a phone conversation with his Iraqi counterpart Barham Salih, Raisi said it has …

  West has been playing dumb over the refugee issues of Iraq, Syria and Yemen, as well as Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory, as if people in those places were inherently inferior and unworthy of respect Beijing, China | Xinhua | The sharp difference in Western media coverage of the Ukraine …