From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. When Haider al-Abadi took over as prime minister of Iraq in 2014, he lifted bans on media outlets that had been shuttered under the former administration. Less than two years later, press freedom […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. At least 35 Iraqi soldiers have been killed outside of Fallujah while advancing on the second day of an offensive against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as […]
Iraqi forces battled the Islamic State group Monday in the opening stages of an operation to retake Fallujah, one of the toughest targets yet in Baghdad's war against the jihadists.
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Suicide attackers broke into a gas plant north of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least seven people and setting fire to gas tanks, officials said.
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Blasts in mainly Shia neighbourhoods mark the year's deadliest day for Baghdad, with death toll crossing the 88 mark:
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has opened a new camp in a football stadium in the northern Iraqi town of Debaga for people displaced as the Iraqi military presses its offensive Islamic State […]
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Thousands of angry protesters broke into Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Saturday and stormed the parliament building after lawmakers again failed to approve new ministers:
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. After months of relatively peaceful protests, anti-government demonstrations in Baghdad have turned violent. A state of emergency was declared across the Iraqi capital following the storming of the Green Zone. The heavily fortified […]
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The Islamic State group carried out rare attacks in Iraq's deep Shiite south Sunday, killing at least 33 people with twin suicide car bomb blasts in the city of Samawa:
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Mass protests against Iraq’s government have once again swamped the streets of Baghdad. They want the government out and new leadership that prioritises eliminating corruption. The political standoff in Iraq’s parliament is having […]
From Al Jazeera. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Peter Galbraith, an advisor to the Syrian Kurds and former US diplomat, discuses the decision of US President Barack Obama to send 250 more troops to Syria:
From AFP. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqi forces retook the town of Heet [Hit] from the Islamic State group (IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) after weeks of fighting, the military said, the latest in a series of losses for the jihadists:
