‘We need to kill Ivanka’: Who is Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi? Iraqi commander targeted President Trump’s daughter to avenge the killing of Qasem SoleimaniA senior operative of Kata'ib Hizballah, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi, has been arrested by the United States. He is accused of plan...
23 May, 2026, 02.11 PM IST
‘They don’t eat lettuce’: Youtuber explores a misunderstood community protecting 7,000-year-old tradition in northern IraqA new documentary by Sonny Side introduces the Yazidi people, an ancient religious minority. The film explores their unique faith, traditio...
21 May, 2026, 02.12 PM IST
Nouri al-Maliki's comeback: Powerbroker set to return as Iraq PMNouri al-Maliki: A central figure in Iraq's politics and its only two-term premier since the US invasion of 2003, the 75-year-old Shiite Ar...
25 Jan, 2026, 12.16 AM IST
Turkey launches new cross-border ground and air offensive against Kurdish militants in Northern IraqOn Monday, Turkey’s Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, in his address to the nation via a video posted on the military’s website, announced that...
18 Apr, 2022, 10.08 PM IST
Donald Trump to announce further reduction in US troops in Iraq, AfghanistanDuring a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi in August, Trump said American troops would leave Iraq but gave no timetable.
10 Sep, 2020, 12.22 AM IST
IS second-in-command Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali killed in US air strike: White HouseThe second-in-command of the dreaded Islamic State militant group has been killed in a US air strike in northern Iraq, the White House has ...
22 Aug, 2015, 12.26 PM IST
Iraq's divisions will delay counter-offensive on Islamic StateAmericans' training mission aims to prepare Iraqi troops for a spring offensive to retake territory, incl Mosul and Islamic State's powerba...
01 Dec, 2014, 02.45 PM IST
Germany supplies arms and ammunition to Kurdish forces in IraqGermany today delivered arms and ammunition to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in Iraq to boost their firepower against the Islamic State mili...
27 Sep, 2014, 01.56 PM IST
Germany rules out air strikes, ground troops against Islamic StateGermany has ruled out participation in air strikes or any other ground offensive against the Islamic State militants in Iraq.
22 Sep, 2014, 01.57 PM IST
US ready to carry out military strikes against IS in Syria"It will be unified, cohesive, and under one single command authority," Rice the US National Security Advisor said in response to a questio...
20 Sep, 2014, 01.19 AM IST
Barack Obama to woo skeptical allies in Iraq offensiveObama is hopeful he can build a broad coalition in the region because Sunni states are beginning to recognize that Islamic State is a grave...
09 Sep, 2014, 11.08 AM IST
Car bomb kills 10 at busy Baghdad intersection, says officialsBomb ripped through crowded Baghdad intersection during morning rush hour today, killing 10 people, Iraqi security officials said.
26 Aug, 2014, 02.00 PM IST
Indian nurses in Iraq freed, say sourcesAccording to a team of Indian officials waiting at the border, Indian nurses were on way to Erbil, a non-conflict zone in Iraq.
04 Jul, 2014, 02.58 PM IST
Iraq unrest may lead to $15-20 per barrel rise in oil price in 2 monthsMilitants pressing a major offensive in Iraq attacked Iraq's biggest oil refinery, pushing up Brent on ICE Futures Europe exchange.
18 Jun, 2014, 08.11 PM IST
- Iraq says new military operations to begin in Diyala province next month
The top US commander in northern Iraq says two new operations aimed at quelling violence in the area will begin early next month.
27 Jul, 2008, 05.57 PM IST
- 'Indian embassy attack shows worsening security situation'
Describing the bombing of the Indian embassy in Kabul as another sign of a severe deterioration of security in Afghanistan, Obamaa vowed to...
12 Jul, 2008, 10.28 PM IST
- Bush says offensive in Iraq just beginning
US President George W. Bush signaled Saturday his unwillingness to consider early US troop reductions in Iraq, saying new offensive operati...
25 Aug, 2007, 10.00 AM IST