TEL AVIV/ERBIL, Iraq, Oct 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. military thwarted an attack in Iraq early on Wednesday, intercepting two drones before they could strike, two U.S. officials said after the first such attack on U.S. forces in Iraq in more than a year. The officials, who spoke to Reuters […]
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The Taliban has reportedly asked Iran, Iraq and Jordan to grant them passage to Israel so that they can “conquer Jerusalem”. Hamas terrorists launched a surprise assault on Israel today, launching thousands of missiles into the country and crossing the border with armed militants. Israel has retaliated with a series of […]
Holding hands, the beaming couple were unable to hold back their smiles on what should have been the happiest day of their lives. But unbeknownst to newlyweds Haneen and Revan, this was to be their final picture together before a raging inferno swept through their Christian wedding in Iraq today. […]
MOSUL, Iraq, Sept 27 (Reuters) – A fire ripped through a packed wedding hall in northern Iraq late on Tuesday, killing more than 100 people in a Christian town that had survived Islamic State occupation as authorities announced an investigation into the blaze. Fire fighters searched the charred skeleton of […]
CNN — A fire at a wedding in northern Iraq has killed at least 100 people and injured 150 others, according to the Iraqi state news agency INA citing local authorities. The disaster in the Hamdaniya district of northeast Nineveh governorate, was set off by fireworks, candles, and other materials […]
MOSUL, Iraq — A fire that raced through a hall hosting a Christian wedding in northern Iraq killed at least 100 people and injured 150 others, authorities said Wednesday, warning the death toll could rise higher. The fire happened in Iraq’s Nineveh province in its Hamdaniya area, authorities said. That’s […]
BAGHDAD (AP) — Demonstrations in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk over the handover of a key facility from federal to local Kurdish authorities turned violent Saturday, and one protester was killed and several were injured, witnesses and local officials said. Clashes broke out around the planned handover of the […]
“I wouldn’t say I’ve taken the most conventional route,” Ali al-Hamadi says of his journey to this point. Even then it feels as though he is underselling it. The 21-year-old AFC Wimbledon striker was born in Maysan, Iraq, but at the age of one he fled the war-torn country with […]