About 90 suffocate from gas leak in eastern Iraq: health ministry

Baghdad, Mar 16 (Xinhua/UNI) About 90 people suffocated from the leak of chlorine gas in Iraq's eastern city of Kut, capital of Wasit Province, the Iraqi Ministry of Health said Friday.

Nine IS militants killed in airstrike in northern Iraq

Baghdad, Mar 15 (Xinhua/UNI) Nine Islamic State (IS) militants were killed in an airstrike by Iraqi airforce and international coalition aircraft in Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk, the Iraqi military said.

One killed, six injured in bomb attack in central Iraq

Bagdad, Mar 11 (Xinhua/UNI) An explosive expert affiliated to the Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces was killed and six paramilitary members were wounded on Sunday in a roadside bomb explosion in Iraq's north central province of Salahudin, a security source said.

Fourteen French IS members to be tried in Iraq: newspaper

Baghdad, Mar 10 (Xinhua/UNI): Fourteen French Islamic State (IS) militants previously transferred from neighboring Syria to Iraq are currently facing trial by Iraqi courts, a local official newspaper said on Sunday.

Iran plans to establish marketing center in Iraq's capital to market products

Tehran, Mar 10 (Xinhua/UNI): Iran is planning to establish a center in the Iraqi capital Baghdad for marketing its products in the neighboring country, Tehran Times daily reported Saturday.

Six IS militants killed in operation in eastern Iraq

Baghdad, Mar 9 (Xinhua/UNI): A total of six Islamic State (IS) militants were killed and seven of their hideouts destroyed in a two-week operation by security forces to chase the extremist militants in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a provincial official said on Friday.

Iraq: Four IS terrorists killed during airstrike

Baghdad, Feb 17 (IBNS): During an airstrike in Iraqi province of Diyala on Saturday, at least four Islamic State terrorists were killed, media reports said.

Iraq: Security Council told ‘despair’ has ‘given way to hope’ but road to stability ‘long and far from easy’

New York, Feb 14 (IBNS): Despite some positive developments following years of brutal conflict, Iraq is gripped by political stalemate and a continued humanitarian crisis that is hampering the stabilization of the country, the head of the UN Assistance Mission in the country, (UNAMI), Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, told the Security Council on Wednesday.

Deadly bombing in Iraq's Tal Afar kills 2, ISIS claims responsibility

Baghdad, Dec 26 (IBNS): At least two people were killed when a car bomb exploded in an outdoor market in the city of Tal Afar in northwestern Iraq on Tuesday, media reports said.

Iraq: Over 150,000 children endangered by ‘freezing’ temperatures, warns UNICEF

New York, Dec 11 (IBNS): The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has ramped up efforts to provide warm clothes and life-saving supplies to more than 150,000 displaced children across northern Iraq whose lives are threatened by freezing temperatures.

Conflict and inequality shape children’s lives in Iraq; UNICEF urges ‘right policies’ for protection

New York, Nov 20 (IBNS): Conflict and inequality remain the defining features of children being raised in Iraq today, according to the first comprehensive survey conducted by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in seven years.

Outgoing UN official praises Iraq’s ‘exemplary peaceful transfer of power’ at the top

New York, Nov 14 (IBNS): In his last briefing as the top United Nations official in Iraq, Ján Kubiš updated the Security Council on the country’s post-election political settlement, commending the “exemplary peaceful transfer of power” between Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and his successor, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, who was sworn in at the end of October.

ISIL’s ‘legacy of terror’ in Iraq: UN verifies over 200 mass graves

New York, Nov 7 (IBNS): Investigators have uncovered more than 200 mass graves containing thousands of bodies in areas of Iraq formerly controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh), according to a United Nations human rights report out on Tuesday.

Iraq: Car bomb blast in Mosul leaves 10 hurt

Mosul, Oct 23 (IBNS): A car bomb blast left at least 10 people wounded in Iraq's Mosul city on Tuesday, media reports said.

Iraq: Bomb blast kills 2 in Baghdad

New Delhi, Sept 12 (IBNS): Two Iraqi civilians were injured in a bomb blast in Baghdad city of Iraq on Wednesday, media reports said.