• Death toll in fire at Iraqi COVID-19 hospital surpasses 80

    Death toll in fire at Iraqi COVID-19 hospital surpasses 80

    Apr 25, 2021 05:43 PM EST

    The deadly fire was only the latest chapter in Iraq’s poor record for public safety. In March 2019, over 100 people died when a ferry capsized on the Tigris River near the northern city of Mosul. The boat overturned due to overcrowding and high water. A few months later ...

  • Pope, top Iraq Shiite cleric deliver message of coexistence

    Pope, top Iraq Shiite cleric deliver message of coexistence

    Mar 06, 2021 07:54 PM EST

    ... Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani,” said Najaf resident Haidar Al-Ilyawi. “It is a historic visit and hope it will be good for Iraq and the Iraqi people.” Iraq’s Christians, battered by violence and discrimination, hope a show of solidarity from al-Sistani will help secure their place in Iraq ...

  • Pope Francis makes first-ever papal visit to Iraq amid violent threats and a deadly virus

    Pope Francis makes first-ever papal visit to Iraq amid violent threats and a deadly virus

    Mar 05, 2021 11:40 PM EST

    ... wrapped in Iraqi flags, 58 people killed. But the attack wasn't only designed to kill Christians. It was designed to kill a version of Iraq that, in the '80s and '90s, despite Saddam Hussein's tyranny, was diverse, integrated, and welcoming of multiple religions, including Iraq's Christians, which ...

  • Pope arrives in Iraq to rally Christians despite pandemic

    Pope arrives in Iraq to rally Christians despite pandemic

    Mar 05, 2021 01:56 PM EST

    ... was 50,000, he said. It had dwindled to 2,000 before IS overran northern Iraq. He doesn't expect more to return, but he said Francis' visit would have immeasurable importance for those who stayed.“This visit will bring peace to Iraq” he said. Winfield reported from Vatican City.

  • U.S. contractor dies in rocket attack at Iraq base, Pentagon says

    U.S. contractor dies in rocket attack at Iraq base, Pentagon says

    Mar 03, 2021 06:22 PM EST

    ... area. British Ambassador to Iraq Stephen Hickey condemned the attack, saying it undermined the ongoing fight against the Islamic State group. “Coalition forces are in Iraq to fight Daesh at the invitation of the Iraqi government,” he tweeted, using the Arabic acronym for IS. “These terrorist attacks undermine the fight ...

  • WATCH: Pentagon says no attribution for Iraq rocket attacks

    WATCH: Pentagon says no attribution for Iraq rocket attacks

    Feb 22, 2021 06:45 PM EST

    The Pentagon said Monday it has not yet determined blame for the recent rocket attacks in Iraq. Watch the briefing in the player above. Spokesman John Kirby said while previous strikes have been claimed by Shia-backed militias operating inside Iraq, he doesn't "know of any attribution for the ...

  • News Wrap: Officials investigating deadly rocket attack near a U.S. military base in Iraq

    News Wrap: Officials investigating deadly rocket attack near a U.S. military base in Iraq

    Feb 16, 2021 11:50 PM EST

    ... hall event with an invitation-only audience. He said Republicans will hurt the nation if they unite against his $1.9 trillion relief plan. In Iraq, the U.S. began investigating an overnight attack that killed a coalition contractor and injured a U.S. service member and Iraqi civilians. Rockets ...

  • WATCH: Psaki says White House is 'outraged' by rocket attack in Iraq

    WATCH: Psaki says White House is 'outraged' by rocket attack in Iraq

    Feb 16, 2021 03:13 PM EST

    The White House said Tuesday it is "outraged" by the rocket attack in Iraq that killed a contractor Monday night. Watch Psaki's remarks in the player above. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the U.S. "is still working through attribution with our Iraqi partners" to determine who ...

  • Turkey accuses U.S. of backing PKK after Turks killed in Iraq

    Turkey accuses U.S. of backing PKK after Turks killed in Iraq

    Feb 15, 2021 07:00 PM EST

    ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan laid into the United States, accusing it of supporting Kurdish militants on Monday, days after Turkish troops found the bodies of 13 Turkish soldiers, police and civilians abducted by Kurdish insurgents in a cave complex in northern Iraq. Erdogan also took aim ...

  • News Wrap: Two suicide bombings kill at least 32 people in Iraq

    News Wrap: Two suicide bombings kill at least 32 people in Iraq

    Jan 21, 2021 11:35 PM EST

    ... was the latest evidence of economic wreckage from the pandemic. The number was down slightly from the previous week, but it remained historically high. In Iraq, at least 32 people were killed today by suicide bombings in Central Baghdad. Two blasts tore through a busy market, injuring more than 100 ...