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The head of ISIS has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime minister announced Friday. CBC | World News
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Critics say new bill passed by Iraqi lawmakers opens door to child marriage
Iraq’s parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country’s personal status law that opponents say would in effect legalize child marriage. CBC | World News
Read More »16 killed in ‘new U.S. aggression’ against Iraq’s sovereignty, Iraqi PM says
Sixteen people were killed, among them civilians, and 25 injured in overnight U.S. airstrikes on pro-Iran targets in Iraq, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s office said on Saturday. CBC | World News
Read More »Alarm as Iran condemned over ‘reckless’ missile strikes on Iraqi city
The United States yesterday strongly condemned Iran after it launched ballistic missile attacks at Iraq’s northern city of Irbil, calling them “a reckless and imprecise set of strikes”. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Iraqi military condemns U.S. airstrikes, Americans say civilians were avoided
Iraq’s military condemned overnight U.S. airstrikes on Friday, saying they had killed six people and describing them as a violation of sovereignty and a targeted aggression against the nation’s formal armed forces. CBC | World News
Read More »Iraqi factions select new PM-designate after weeks of jockeying
Former communications minister Mohammed Allawi has been named prime minister-designate by rival Iraqi factions after weeks of political deadlock. CBC | World News
Read More »Missiles fired at U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraqi PM condemns attack
Five Katyusha rockets crashed into a riverbank near the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone without causing any injuries or serious damage, a statement from U.S. Joint Operations Command said. CBC | World News
Read More »Iraqi security forces clash with protesters in Baghdad, other cities
Iraqi security forces firing tear gas and live bullets clashed with anti-government protesters in central Baghdad and other cities on Sunday. CBC | World News
Read More »Iraqi security forces raid protest camps after populist cleric withdraws support for demonstrators
Security forces set fire to anti-government protest tents in the southern Iraq early Saturday and re-opened key public squares in Baghdad that had been occupied by demonstrators for months. CBC | World News
Read More »Officials, activists say 2 Iraqi protesters killed amid renewed violence in Baghdad
Two protesters were killed and more than a dozen wounded in central Baghdad on Friday in renewed violence between anti-government demonstrators and Iraqi security forces, activists and officials said. The deaths follow weeks of calm. CBC | World News
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