Shelly Kittleson, US journalist kidnapped in Iraq: Here’s what we know so farAmerican journalist Shelly Kittleson was abducted in Baghdad by armed men. Iraqi forces are in pursuit, having detained one suspect and rec...
01 Apr, 2026, 11.00 AM IST
Who is Shelly Kittleson, and who has abducted US female journalist? Baghdad kidnapping triggers global concernWho is Shelly Kittleson, and who has abducted US female journalist became a global concern after the kidnapping of Shelly Kittleson in Bagh...
01 Apr, 2026, 12.44 AM IST
Drone attack against Iraqi intelligence services in Baghdad: officalA drone strike hit the Iraqi National Intelligence Service headquarters in Baghdad's Mansour district on Saturday morning. A second drone f...
21 Mar, 2026, 02.37 PM IST
Iraq, U.S.-led coalition conclude talks, signaling new phaseIraq and the U. S. -led coalition concluded a final round of technical talks to formally transition from a combat mission tasked to root ou...
09 Dec, 2021, 04.39 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
Tensions rise in Baghdad after arrest of militia commander Qassim Mahmoud MuslehMusleh is the head of the Popular Mobilization Forces in Anbar province. The PMF is a state-sanctioned group comprised of an array of milit...
27 May, 2021, 01.59 PM IST
Explainer: How could US drawdown in Iraq aid IS, Iran?There are already signs of a possible Islamic State comeback as the group exploits security gaps widened by a year of protests and the pand...
03 Dec, 2020, 01.09 PM IST
Rocket attack hits near US Embassy in Baghdad's Green ZoneIt was the first such attack since September, when three mortar shells landed in an abandoned lot inside the Green Zone.
20 May, 2019, 09.51 AM IST
UK to send more troops to Iraq to assist ISIS fightBritain will send 250 additional soldiers to Iraq to help the Iraqi Army build on the recent sucess in combating Islamic State terrorists.
30 Jun, 2016, 07.25 PM IST
Baghdadi dodged 2014 airstrike due red tape bungle: reportOver 400 km away in the small border town of al-Qa'im, on the banks of the Euphrates, Baghdadi entered a nursery school in the morning
09 Mar, 2015, 01.43 PM IST
CIA bought chemical weapons from secret seller in Iraq: ReportCIA bought and destroyed deadly chemical weapons from a secretive Iraqi seller in 2005 and 2006 to ensure that such arms do not fall into t...
17 Feb, 2015, 03.51 PM IST
Saddam Hussein planned to kidnap Israeli PM Menachem Begin in 1981The sensational revelation has been made in a soon to be published memoir by Saddam's attorney, Badie Aref, Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper repo...
18 Oct, 2014, 03.10 PM IST
No threat from Iraqi insurgent group ISIS: GovernmentThe government on Wednesday denied receiving any threat from Iraqi insurgent group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
13 Aug, 2014, 03.20 PM IST
Pursuing 'inclusive agenda' critical to Iraq's success: USAt present there are the less than 200 American personnel already assigned to the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq at its Baghdad Emb...
21 Jun, 2014, 09.07 AM IST
US ready to carry out targeted, precise strikes in Iraq: Barack ObamaThe US will continue to increase its support to Iraq, Obama said adding that the US is prepared to create joint operation centres.
20 Jun, 2014, 12.26 AM IST
- CIA and MI6 were told Iraq had no active WMDs: Report
Vital intelligence used for Iraq invasion was based on "fabrication", a media report claims, citing that CIA and MI6 were told that Saddam ...
18 Mar, 2013, 07.26 PM IST
- Al-Qaeda leader Zarqawi killed
Al-Qaeda’s chief in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been killed in an air strike, US and Iraqi officials announced on Thursady, hailing a maj...
09 Jun, 2006, 08.13 AM IST