iraq news Articles and latest stories | The Jerusalem Post

The site where a missile fired from Lebanon hit and caused damage in Nahariya, northern Israel, November 12, 2024

Hezbollah missile kills two, IDF demolishes launchers in Lebanon

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A drone is launched during a large-scale drone combat exercise of Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in Semnan, Iran January 6, 2021

Drones target Iraq's Ain al-Asad airbase, no casualties, say military sources

Iraqi police at site of Kirku bomb attack 370

Four Iraqi police officers killed in fighting with ISIS

By THE MEDIA LINE STAFF

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani attends a press conference, in Baghdad, Iraq April 22, 2024.

‘Iraqi militias will be more involved in the regional conflict in upcoming months,’ experts say

By Giorgia Valente/The Media Line

Newly recruited fighters who joined a Houthi military force intended to be sent to fight in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, march during a parade in Sanaa, Yemen December 2, 2023

Houthis' attack could signal the start of a larger Middle East war

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim men from the Iranian-backed group Kataib Hezbollah wave the party's flags as they walk along a street painted in the colours of the Israeli flag during a parade marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of Ramadan, in Baghdad. July 25, 2014

How an Iranian ally in Iraq was made to stand down

By REUTERS

Smoke rises in the aftermath of a missile attack by Iran's Revolutionary Guards on what they said was the headquarters of Israel in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, in Erbil, Iraq January 16, 2024.

Iran struck Iraqi city because they can't hit Israel, Iraqi FM says

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

People gather at the site following a fatal fire at a wedding celebration, in the district of Hamdaniya in Iraq's Nineveh province, Iraq, September 27, 2023.

Over a hundred killed, 150 injured in Iraq wedding inferno

By REUTERS

A plane is seen at the Erbil International Airport in Erbil, Iraq September 29, 2017.

Drone attack and Iran threats in Kurdish region of Iraq

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Miss Iraq Sarah Idan.

Miss Iraq defends Zionism in latest X post

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

View of a damaged building in the aftermath of missile attacks in Erbil, Iraq March 13, 2022

Turkish FM in Kurdistan region of Iraq after Baghdad visit

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

A general view of the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, June 9, 2022.

Six years after ISIS, what’s next for Iraq’s Mosul - analysis

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad speaks during a joint press conference with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (not pictured), in Baghdad, Iraq June 4, 2023.

Syria-Iraq ties continue to thaw with FM Baghdad visit - analysis

By SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Iraqi and Turkish soldiers wave flags at the Habur Border Gate between Turkey and Iraq

Iraq calls on Turkey to apologize for attack on Sulaymaniyah airport

By REUTERS

Smoke billows from a presidential palace compound in Baghdad during airstrikes, Iraq, March 21, 2003. Large explosions shook Baghdad during a night of blistering air strikes, as US and British ground forces advancing across southern Iraq battled for hours for control of a strategic airfield.

Up to 1m. people 'disappeared' in Iraq in last half century - UN

By REUTERS

Abdul Latif Rashid takes his oath of office in front of Iraqi lawmakers in Baghdad, Iraq, October 13, 2022.

Iraqi parliament approves unpopular election law amendments

By REUTERS

A bank note from Iraq with a picture of Saddam Hussein.

Observers question ability of Iraq’s Prime Minister to fight corruption

By HUDHAIFA EBRAHIM/THE MEDIA LINE

US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines assigned to C/Company, 1ST Battalion, 5th Marines, 1ST Marine Division engage the enemy during a firefight with Iraqi Forces near Baghdad, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

Twenty years later, US Senate may finally end authorization for war on Iraq

By REUTERS