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The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

Trial date for retired British geologist facing smuggling allegations in Iraq

UK ministers have faced fresh pleas to personally raise the case of Jim Fitton with their Iraqi counterparts.

The Independent UK

British man found with ancient shards in Iraq to stand trial

The lawyer of a British national accused by Iraq of possessing small archaeological fragments will be tried next week

The Independent UK

Case of retired geologist held in Iraq raised repeatedly, minister says

Father-of-two Jim Fitton has been detained in Iraq for more than six weeks.

The Independent UK

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Ministers meet in Morocco to discuss ongoing threat from IS

Members of the global coalition fighting the Islamic State group are meeting in Morocco to discuss the campaign

The Independent UK

Iran’s IRGC shells ‘terrorist positions’ in Iraq’s Erbil

The attack comes two months after the IRGC launched ballistic missiles at what it said was an Israeli base in Erbil.

Al Jazeera

Biden Extends State of Emergency in Syria, Iraq, Yemen

US President Joe Biden has extended the state of emergency in Syria, Iraq and Yemen, pointing out that the turbulent internal conditions in these countries continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to US national security. Biden sent a letter to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Shell Militant Bases North of Iraq’s Erbil, Says State Media

Iran's Revolutionary Guards shelled an area north of the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Erbil on Wednesday, targeting what Iranian state television described as terrorist bases. Iraqi Kurdish media reported that an artillery shell had landed in a village in the Sidekan area near the Iranian border, around 60 miles (100…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Iran's Tasnim says Revolutionary Guards fired on positions in Iraq's Erbil

Iranian semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp had targeted positions of what it described as terrorist groups in Iraq's Erbil.

Reuters

Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS to Hold 1st Ministerial Meeting in Marrakech

The Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS will hold its first ministerial meeting in Marrakech on Wednesday, at the joint invitation of Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The meeting aims to address ISIS’s growing threat in Africa and efforts to combat this threat in…

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Iraq's President Calls for Vigilance Against Terrorism

Iraqi President Barham Salih discussed with Defense Minister Juma Inad and Minister of Water Resources Mahdi Rashid al-Hamdani the two most significant challenges facing the country: terrorism and water shortages. Iraq faces terrorism linked to ISIS remnants almost five years after the government announced the military defeat of the extremist…

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Baghdad-Erbil Crisis Looms after Oil Talks Collapse

Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar has dropped a bombshell by acknowledging that no agreement has been reached with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over oil and energy, warning of a crisis erupting between Baghdad and Erbil. Last March, the Federal Supreme Court announced a binding and final decision for…

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Iraq signs contracts with U.S and France to import advanced weapons -state news agency

Iraq's Ministry of Defence signed contracts with the United States and France to import advanced weapons and strengthen artillery, the state news agency (INA) reported on Sunday citing a senior military commander.

Reuters

Iraq Signs Contracts with US, France to Import Advanced Weapons

Iraq's Ministry of Defense signed contracts with the United States and France to import advanced weapons and strengthen artillery, the state news agency (INA) reported on Sunday citing a senior military commander. He added that long-range artillery weapons had proved efficient in fighting ISIS recently, and that new cannons are…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Detained geologist ‘heartbroken’ at missing daughter’s wedding celebrations

The family of Jim Fitton, 66, has renewed its appeal for UK ministers to help free him from Iraq.

The Independent UK

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Daughter of Briton facing death penalty in Iraq ‘heartbroken and afraid’ as father misses wedding

‘The horrible, but very real, possibility of the death penalty is hanging over us,’ Leila Fitton says

Al Jazeera

Iraqi cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi deepens intra-Shia dispute

The controversial figure has become the subject of widespread discussions in Iraq, igniting debates on his ideology.

Daily Mirror

Shocking moment dad recklessly shoots cigarette out of young son's mouth

The heart-stopping clip, filmed in southern Iraq, saw the father tell the boy to place the cigarette in his mouth as he then takes aim with his Kalashnikov rifle

Reason

Review: The Nineties: A Book

Culture critic Chuck Klosterman's latest covers Nirvana, the first Iraq war, American Beauty, Waco, VCRs, and Ross Perot.

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Iraq’s Sadrist Movement, Coordination Framework Bet on Independent MPs for Forming Gov’t

Sadrist Movement leader Muqtada al-Sadr concluded the forty-day deadline he granted his opponents (the Coordination Framework) to form the government, with a surprising tweet. A day after the Coordination Framework announced an initiative to solve the political impasse in the country, seven months after holding “early” elections, throwing the ball…

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Lebanese Abroad Cast Votes in Parliamentary Polls

The first phase of Lebanon’s parliamentary elections kicked off on Friday morning, for expats residing in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Syria, Oman, Egypt, Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq and Iran. The rest of the expatriates will vote in the second phase in 48 other countries on Sunday. Prime Minister Najib Mikati inaugurated…

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Kurdish Official: 10,000 Fled Northern Iraq Fighting

More than 10,000 people have fled fighting between the Iraqi army and Yazidi fighters affiliated with Turkey's banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), an official from Iraq's Kurdistan region said Thursday. The latest figure is more than double the 4,000 which an official from the region reported on Tuesday had arrived,…

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Thousands Sick as Latest Severe Sandstorm Sweeps across Iraq

One person died in Iraq and more than 5,000 were treated in hospitals Thursday for respiratory ailments due to a sandstorm, the seventh in a month, the health ministry said. Duststorms have increased dramatically in frequency in Iraq in recent years, driven by soil degradation and intense droughts made worse…

The Guardian - UK

Ministers accused of abandoning UK geologist at risk of execution in Iraq

Family ‘baffled’ by Foreign Office after Jim Fitton arrested for taking pottery pieces from ancient site

Reuters

Severe dust storms in Iraq cause breathing problems for thousands - medics

A series of dust storms across central and southern Iraq have led to thousands of Iraqis attending hospitals and clinics to seek treatment for breathing problems, medical officials said on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Sandstorm suspends flights, many Iraqis struggle to breathe (old)

Hundreds of Iraqis have rushed to hospitals with breathing problems and the Baghdad airport suspended flights for several hours as a sandstorm blanketed the country, the fifth within a month

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