Iraqi government

Iraq cuts Kurdistan air links with outside world

The Iraqi government cut autonomous Kurdistan's direct air links with the outside world indefinitely on Friday, partially isolating the northern region after it voted a massive "yes" in an independence referendum.

Sep 30, 2017, 11:06 AM IST

Iraqi forces try to bring civilians out of west Mosul, US pledges more support

Iraqi government forces attempted to evacuate civilians from Mosul`s Islamic State-held Old City on Tuesday so that troops could clear the area, but militant snipers hampered the effort, Iraqi officers said.

Mar 21, 2017, 20:17 PM IST

Four killed, 90 injured in Baghdad's Green Zone riots: Hospitals

The toll, compiled from four hospitals where casualties were taken and Baghdad's central morgue, accounts only for gunshot wounds and does not include cases of suffocation caused by tear gas.

May 21, 2016, 19:40 PM IST