A joint Iraq-U.S. operation killed a leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, according to Washington and Baghdad. Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rufay’i, also known as Abu Khadija, was responsible ...

(250314) -- BAGHDAD, March 14, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Syria's chief of foreign affairs authority Asaad al-Shaibani attends a joint press conference with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (not in ...

US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces eliminated ISIS’s second-in-command Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai, also known by his alias “Abu Khadijah,” on Thursday in western Iraq, the organization ...

Iraq's prime minister has described Abu Khadija as "one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world". On Thursday, an airstrike targeted his vehicle and US forces said they had ...

PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH!” Additional details of the airstrike in Iraq’s Al Anbar Province against Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, also known as “Abu Khadija,” were provided in a release from ...

“Today the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq was killed,” Trump said in a Truth Social statement reacting to the news. “He was relentlessly hunted down by our intrepid warfighters. His ...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaybani, left, speaks during a news conference with his Iraqi counterpart Fouad Hussein following their meeting, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March.14, 2025.

Baghdad – Iraq is exploring alternatives to Iranian gas imports, including options in the Gulf, a government official said, as it seeks to reduce dependence on its sanctions-hit neighbour.

For years, this strategy proved successful. Slowly but surely, Tehran’s “axis of resistance” gained influence in Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria, where it railed against Israel and the United States. In ...

During the call, Waltz also encouraged Baghdad to welcome more American energy companies and praised Sudani’s efforts to achieve energy independence for Iraq. He also “requested that the Iraqi ...

(Beirut) – After months of legal and political wrangling, an amendment to Iraq’s Personal Status Law that entered into force on February 17, 2025, violates women’s and girls’ rights to ...

BASRA, Iraq, March 10 (Reuters) - After the U.S. moved to block Iraq's imports of electricity from Iran, Baghdad is looking to Qatar and Oman as possible options should Washington do the same ...