US 'defensive' strike kills four in IraqAn American airstrike targeted a base south of Baghdad, killing and injuring members of Iraq's Iran-aligned Popular Mobilization Forces. Th...
31 Jul, 2024, 01.06 PM IST
Blast hits Iraq former paramilitaries depot"At 7:00 pm (1600 GMT)... an explosion occurred in logistics warehouses belonging to the 42 Brigade... in the Yusufiyah area, south of Bagh...
19 Jul, 2024, 09.47 AM IST
Rockets fired from Iraq at US-led coalition base in SyriaThe rocket attack on the military base in Syria housing a US-led coalition, originating from northern Iraq, has sparked a major search oper...
22 Apr, 2024, 07.22 AM IST
Amid Israel-Iran tensions, 'bombing' hits Iraq military base housing pro-Iranian paramilitariesSeveral people were wounded in a "bombing" overnight Friday on an Iraqi military base housing pro-Iranian paramilitaries, two security sour...
20 Apr, 2024, 08.30 AM IST
Iraq slams US after strike kills pro-Iran commanderIraq condemns a US airstrike killing a senior Kataeb Hezbollah commander accused of attacks on American troops. The strike follows previous...
08 Feb, 2024, 06.00 PM IST
Three rockets hit near Baghdad Green Zone, none hurt, says security officialThe rockets struck near a Red Crescent hospital, a bank and the district's water management department, the source added. The so far unclai...
31 Oct, 2021, 02.06 PM IST
Iraq's election: How it works, main playersA new single-member constituency system is supposed to boost independents and reduce traditional political blocs, largely centred on religi...
03 Oct, 2021, 09.16 AM IST
Two rockets fired near US embassy in Baghdad: Security sourceAttacks on US interests in Iraq had been launched almost daily in recent months, blamed on pro-Iran armed groups within the security appara...
29 Jul, 2021, 04.06 PM IST
Pro-Iran militias attack United States base in Syria after air strikesThe Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor reported shell fire by Iran-backed militias against the US base in eastern Syria's Al-O...
29 Jun, 2021, 03.38 PM IST
Three explosives-laden drones hit near Iraq's ArbilThe drone attack occurred overnight, the anti-terrorist unit in Kurdistan said, with two striking a house and causing damage while the payl...
27 Jun, 2021, 12.04 PM IST
Would like situation in Gulf to de-escalate as soon as possible: IndiaMinistry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar also said India is "very closely" monitoring the situation in the Gulf region. On W...
09 Jan, 2020, 09.48 PM IST
After Afghanistan, Pakistan says it will not allow its soil to be used against anyone"We will not allow our soil to be used against anyone," Army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor was quoted as saying by the ARY News. "Pa...
07 Jan, 2020, 12.35 PM IST
No decision on withdrawal of US troops from Iraq yet, says Defence Secretary EsperSome 5,000 US soldiers are deployed in Iraq as part of the international coalition against the IS terror group. The Iraqi Parliament on Sun...
07 Jan, 2020, 11.13 AM IST
S Jaishankar holds conversation with Iranian FM, says India deeply concerned about levels of tensionThe conversation between the two leaders comes days after Iran's top military commander Soleimani was killed in a US strike.
05 Jan, 2020, 07.24 PM IST
US will hit Iran harder than ever before if attacked, Trump warns TehranPresident Donald Trump on Sunday warned Iran that the US will hit the Islamic Republic harder than ever before if Tehran retaliates to the ...
05 Jan, 2020, 01.46 PM IST
Trump ordered killing of Soleimani to protect US personnel abroad: PentagonGeneral Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite al-Quds force and architect of its regional security apparatus, was killed following a US airst...
03 Jan, 2020, 10.59 AM IST
Two mass graves found in Yazidi district of IraqIn 2014, IS killed thousands of Yazidis in Sinjar and kidnapped thousands of women and girls from the community to abuse them as sex slaves.
02 Dec, 2017, 07.25 PM IST