crown

Subscribe Now

FOLLOW US

Sign in

Iraq News

PAGE 7

In a gaffe, Bush slams 'invasion of Iraq', corrects promptly saying 'I'm 75'

George W Bush on Wednesday mistakenly said ‘brutal invasion of Iraq’ while he meant to say the brutal invasion of Ukraine.

Published on May 19, 2022, 1:03 PM IST

9 schoolteachers among 11 dead in Iraq as minibus crashes, erupts into flames

Many roads are full of potholes and are plunged into total darkness at night.

Published on Apr 16, 2022, 2:31 PM IST

Missiles target US consulate in north Iraq, no casualties

12 missiles were fired toward the US consulate in Iraq’s northern city of Irbil. (File photo - AP)

Published on Mar 13, 2022, 7:15 AM IST

Rocket strikes Baghdad's Green Zone, injures 3, including children

The US embassy in Baghdad

Published on Jan 14, 2022, 7:57 AM IST

6 dead as scaffolding collapses at Iraq Shiite pilgrimage site

The accident struck at the shrine of Imam Hamza, connected to the family of the Prophet Mohammed.

Published on Jan 13, 2022, 5:27 PM IST

Two rockets hit Baghdad's Green Zone, where US embassy is located: Iraqi army

Security forces started an investigation to detect the launch site.

Published on Dec 19, 2021, 7:27 AM IST

Incomplete Saddam-era marquee mosque lays bare Iraq divisions

Al-Rahman Grand Mosque in al-Mansour district of Iraq's capital Baghdad, one of the last projects by late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

Published on Dec 5, 2021, 2:50 PM IST

Civilians among 10 dead in Iraq attack blamed on IS: Officials

Late last month, five Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters were killed and four wounded in a roadside bombing claimed by IS.

Published on Dec 3, 2021, 2:21 PM IST

‘Looking forward to early formation of govt in Iraq’: India at UNSC briefing

Sanjay Bhattacharyya, secretary to the government of India (GoI) in the MEA

Published on Nov 24, 2021, 7:44 AM IST

Biden strongly condemns 'terrorist attack' at Iraqi PM's residence

Motorists commute near Baghdad's Green Zone on November 7, 2021, after a drone attack on the residence of Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi.

Updated on Nov 8, 2021, 11:11 AM IST

Iraq's prime minister survives Baghdad drone attack. What we know so far

Iraqi prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi

Published on Nov 7, 2021, 8:10 AM IST

Archaeologists in Iraq find ancient wine press, carvings

The carvings, 12 panels measuring five metres (16 feet) wide and two metres tall, show gods, kings and sacred animals.

Published on Oct 25, 2021, 3:35 AM IST

Iraq, Syria militants ‘actively’ entering Afghanistan: Russia's Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Published on Oct 14, 2021, 6:15 AM IST

Iraq says it arrested top Islamic state leader Sami Jasim

Sami Jasim al-Jaburi, the alleged finance chief of the Islamic State group, arrested by intelligence services "outside the borders" of Iraq.

Published on Oct 11, 2021, 4:35 PM IST

Ancient cuneiform clay tablet acquired by Hobby Lobby going back to Iraq

A man photographs the Gilgamesh Tablet, a 3,500-year-old Mesopotamian cuneiform clay tablet that was believed to be looted from Iraq around 1991 and illegally imported into the US to be displayed at the Washington Museum of the Bible, during a ceremony to repatriate the tablet to Iraq, at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, in Washington, DC,

Updated on Sep 24, 2021, 8:19 AM IST

Islamic State attack kills 13 Iraqi cops: Report

Thirteen policemen were killed in an attack by the Islamic State group against a checkpoint near Kirkuk in northern Iraq. In this file photo, the Iraqi federal police forces stand guard at a checkpoint in a street in the capital Baghdad.

Published on Sep 5, 2021, 2:28 PM IST

Bigg Boss OTT: Shamita Shetty cries, says there's a 'class divide' in the show

Bigg Boss OTT: Shamita Shetty confides in Raqesh Bapat.

Updated on Aug 22, 2021, 9:10 AM IST

Gilgamesh tablet: US takes step to return 3,500-year-old looted artefact to Iraq

The US state department on Tuesday said that the rare fragment was illegally imported to the country after it was bought by Hobby Lobby.

Published on Jul 28, 2021, 9:08 PM IST

Fire at Covid-19 ward in Iraq: Death toll climbs to 92, several others injured

Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi convened an emergency meeting and ordered the suspension and arrest of the health director in Dhi Qar provice, the hospital director and the city's civil defense chief. In picture - Rescuers at work after a catastrophic blaze erupted at a Covid-19 hospital ward in the al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq.

Published on Jul 13, 2021, 9:45 PM IST

Iraq pushes Covid-19 vaccine rollout amid widespread apathy, rumors

So far, fewer than than 380,000 people have been fully vaccinated in the country of 40 million.

Published on May 5, 2021, 2:52 PM IST

Explosives-laden drone targets US forces at Iraq's Erbil airport

Smoke rises over the Erbil, after reports of mortar shells landing near Erbil airport, Iraq February 15, 2021.

Published on Apr 15, 2021, 2:31 PM IST

Pope leaves Iraq for Rome after historic whirlwind visit

Pope Francis boards a plane upon concluding his visit to Iraq at Baghdad airport, Iraq, Monday, March 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Published on Mar 8, 2021, 12:41 PM IST

Pope visits Iraq's war-ravaged north, urges minority to stay despite instability

IS overran Mosul in June 2014 and declared a caliphate stretching from territory in northern Syria deep into Iraq’s north and west. It was from Mosul’s al-Nuri mosque that the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, made his only public appearance when he gave a Friday sermon calling on all Muslims to follow him as “caliph.”

Published on Mar 7, 2021, 5:18 PM IST

Iraqi Shiite leader reaffirms coexistence after meeting pope

Shiite Muslim leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, left, meeting Pope Francis, 2nd left, along with Christian priests in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021.

Published on Mar 6, 2021, 1:34 PM IST

Iraq's struggling Christians hope for boost from pope visit

Nasser Banyameen inspects his neighbor's damaged house in Qaraqosh, Iraq, . Iraq's Christians are hoping that a historic visit by Pope Francis in March will help boost their community's struggle to survive.

Published on Feb 24, 2021, 1:25 PM IST

11 Iraqi fighters killed in IS attack: Report

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but security sources interviewed by AFP blamed IS.

Updated on Jan 24, 2021, 2:14 AM IST

7

Home / Topic / Iraq / News

© 2026 HindustanTimes