German authorities on Wednesday arrested an Iraqi man accused of involvement in the killing of prisoners and the amputation of a person’s hand in his homeland as a member of the Islamic State group. The suspect, identified only as Abdel J.S. in
An Iraqi criminal court convicted five men and sentenced them to life in prison on Thursday in the killing of a U.S. citizen in Baghdad last year, officials said. Stephen Edward Troell, 45, a native of Tennessee, was fatally shot in his
Amid a counterterrorism operation in the northern region of Baghdad, a French soldier lost his life in combat, as reported by the French military. The operation, directed towards an Islamic State group cell, also resulted in injuries to two Iraqi soldiers and
Iraq’s oil minister Hayan Abdel-Ghani arrived in the Turkish capital Ankara to discuss several issues including the resumption of oil exports through the Ceyhan oil terminal, a source in the minister’s office told Reuters on Monday. Iraqi oil minister will meet his
Turkey’s foreign minister has condemned Swedish officials for allowing an Iraqi protester to burn a Quran outside Stockholm’s central mosque. Salwan Momika, a refugee from Iraq who lives in the Swedish capital, was allowed to burn the religious document outside Zayed bin
When a pharmacist in Iraq told Umm Mohammed her prescription for a skin ailment would cost about $611, she turned to cheaper natural remedies as some of her relatives had done. In a herbal remedy shop, the 34-year-old mother-of-two found a treatment
Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr announced on Friday that he would suspend the movement he leads for one year, citing “corruption” among some of his followers. A group within his Sadrist movement, which has dubbed itself the “Owners
An explosion struck next to the Suleimaniyah International Airport in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region Friday, local officials said. The blast came days after Turkey closed its airspace to flights to and from the airport, citing an alleged increase in Kurdish militant
Christian and minority lawmakers in Iraq are pushing back on a 2016 alcohol ban that has officially gone into full effect, arguing it discriminates against non-Muslim communities. The law, passed over half a decade ago, received renewed pushback this week after customs
Three Iraqi troops were killed Thursday when a suspected Islamic State militant detonated an explosive vest, state media reported, as security forces remain on high alert for sectarian attacks. The soldiers were carrying out a raid on a suspected IS cell in