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    Oct 07, 2013 03:56 PM EDT

    BREAKING: Iraq: String of apparently coordinated bomb blasts rock Baghdad in evening, kill at least 22.— The Associated Press (@AP) October 7, 2013

  • Iraq reopens historic al-Nuri mosque in Mosul 8 years after Islamic State destruction

    Iraq reopens historic al-Nuri mosque in Mosul 8 years after Islamic State destruction

    Sep 01, 2025 09:07 PM EDT

    ... sermon and leading prayers. The militant group later destroyed the mosque by detonating explosives inside the structures as it faced defeat in a battle with Iraqi military forces for control of the city in 2017. UNESCO, the U.N.'s scientific, educational and cultural organization, worked alongside Iraqi heritage and ...

  • Massive fire engulfs shopping mall in Iraq, killing more than 60

    Massive fire engulfs shopping mall in Iraq, killing more than 60

    Jul 17, 2025 07:01 PM EDT

    ... within 48 hours, he said. The building owner could not immediately be reached for comment. Poor building standards have often contributed to tragic fires in Iraq. In July 2021, a blaze at a hospital in the Iraqi city of Nasiriyah that killed between 60 to 92 people was determined to ...

  • Kurdish separatist fighters in Iraq begin laying down weapons as part of peace process with Turkey

    Kurdish separatist fighters in Iraq begin laying down weapons as part of peace process with Turkey

    Jul 11, 2025 05:17 PM EDT

    Kurds have mixed feelings Kurds in Iraq said that they were optimistic, although some expressed fears that the deal would collapse. “This will benefit both sides,” said Abdulrahman Abbas, a resident of the town of Dukan, near where the ceremony took place. "Why should this bloodshed continue for nothing?” A ...

  • WATCH: Senate confirms Iraq War vet Daniel Driscoll as Army secretary

    WATCH: Senate confirms Iraq War vet Daniel Driscoll as Army secretary

    Feb 25, 2025 06:25 PM EDT

    ... Both Duckworth and Slotkin voted against him. According to the Army, Driscoll served as an armor officer from August 2007 to March 2011, deploying to Iraq from October 2009 to July 2010. He ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary for a North Carolina congressional seat in 2020, getting about 8 ...

  • WATCH: Pentagon addresses Iraqi military operation targeting the Islamic State

    WATCH: Pentagon addresses Iraqi military operation targeting the Islamic State

    Oct 22, 2024 03:10 PM EDT

    BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister announced Tuesday that the Islamic State militant group’s leader in Iraq was killed in a military operation along with eight of the group’s other senior leaders. Watch in the player above. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said that Jassim al-Mazroui ...

  • U.S. troops will leave some bases in Iraq under deal to end mission fighting Islamic State

    U.S. troops will leave some bases in Iraq under deal to end mission fighting Islamic State

    Sep 27, 2024 09:22 PM EDT

    ... counter-ISIS operations with Iraq's military. In the years since, the U.S. has maintained that presence to pressure Iranian-backed militias active in Iraq and Syria. The presence of American forces in Iraq also makes it more difficult for Iran to move weapons across Iraq and Syria into ...

  • 15 suspected ISIS militants killed in joint U.S., Iraq raid

    15 suspected ISIS militants killed in joint U.S., Iraq raid

    Aug 31, 2024 04:37 PM EDT

    ... the country. There are approximately 2,500 U.S. troops in Iraq. Since the U.S. toppled dictator Saddam Hussein with its 2003 invasion of Iraq, the country has struggled to balance relations between America and neighboring Iran. Since the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Iraqi militias allied to Iran ...

  • Iraq passes harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law imposing up to 15 years in prison, drawing backlash

    Iraq passes harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law imposing up to 15 years in prison, drawing backlash

    Apr 28, 2024 05:10 PM EDT

    ... in the country,” the statement said. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron called the law “dangerous and worrying.” Although homosexuality is taboo in the largely conservative Iraqi society, and political leaders have periodically launched anti-LGBTQ+ campaigns, Iraq did not previously have a law that explicitly criminalized it. WATCH: LGBTQ+ Ugandans ...

  • Iran-allied militia coalition claims its base in Iraq was hit by an airstrike

    Iran-allied militia coalition claims its base in Iraq was hit by an airstrike

    Apr 20, 2024 12:05 AM EDT

    ... it seized large sections of Iraq in 2014. In 2016, the Iraqi government designated the Popular Mobilization Forces as an “independent military formation” within the Iraqi armed forces. In recent months, some PMF member groups staged attacks on U.S. forces based in Iraq and Syria, which they said was ...