News Iraq Najaf: Alhurra Exclusive: U.S. Strikes Militia Sites in Iraq
A U.S. defense official told Alhurra on Monday that American forces have conducted operations in Iraq concurrently with the military campaign being carried out by the United States and Israel against Iran. Since the launch of the military operations, sites belonging to Iraqi militias loyal to Tehran have been subjected to airstrikes, although no party…
News Iraq Najaf: Iraq’s top Shiite cleric calls support for Iran a ‘collective duty’
Ali al-Sistani, regarded as highest Shiite religious authority for millions of followers in Iraq and around the world, issues ruling amid escalating tensions in region - Anadolu Ajansı
News Iraq Najaf: US forces land in Iraqi western desert, clash with Iraqi troops, leave one dead: Sources
A US special force has landed in desert areas in Iraq’s Anbar, Najaf and Karbala provinces, resulting in reported clashes with Iraqi forces that left one soldier dead and two others wounded, according to Iraqi officials and security sources to Rudaw.
News Iraq Najaf: Iraq approves oil export pipeline to Jordan
Iraqi officials said last year the project consists of two phases, including a 1700-km pipeline from the Southern port of Basra to Najaf city in central-south Iraq and another one linking Najaf to the ...
News Iraq Najaf: Iran grants additional visas to Iraqis to boost its economy
He said in March that “such a measure only serves Iranian interests, as 7 million Iranians enter Iraq every year to visit religious shrines in Baghdad, Salahuddin, Karbala, Najaf and central parts of ...
News Iraq Najaf: Iraqis welcome Pope Francis' plan to visit in 2020
Positive reactions to the pope's intention to visit Iraq next year came from Islamic figures as well as Christian ones. Shiite Muslim leader Jawad al-Khoei, head of the Najaf-based Al-Khoei Institute, ...
News Iraq Najaf: Iraq tries to bring Iran-backed militias in country to heel as tensions escalate
Iraq’s prime minister is attempting to bring powerful Iran-backed militias in the country under the control of the Iraqi armed forces, as he tries to placate the US amid soaring tensions with Tehran. Adel Abdul-Mahdi issued a decree ordering the militias, which fall under the umbrella of the Popular
News Iraq Najaf: Baghdad is Stuck in The Middle of a Washington-Tehran Rivalry
Baghdad has become the centre of a tug of war between Washington and Tehran, but it's trying its best to maintain a balance between the two rivals while pursuing its own interests. Invaded by the US in 2003, and then enduring the presence of Daesh between 2014 and 2017 and defeating the terror outfit with the help of Tehran-backed militia Hash al Shaabi, Iraq now finds itself entangled between the competing foreign policies of the US and Iran.
News Iraq Najaf: Iraqi forensic DNA scientists train at Marshall
The course attendees included top Iraqi forensic DNA analysts/police, who have been doing this work since 2009 via their DNA reporting results and databasing efforts in Baghdad, Babil, Najaf and Al ...
News Iraq Najaf: Widows of Iraq's war pick up the threads of fragmented lives
Widow Fatam Hadi Jabr, 56, prepares Iftar 'break fasting meal' during the holy month of Ramadan in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq May 12, 2019. REUTERS The factory's foreman, Nathem Sultan ...
