ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD

FILE - In this July 4, 2017, file photo, fleeing Iraqi civilians walk past the heavily damaged al-Nuri mosque as Iraqi forces continue their advance against Islamic State militants in Iraq's Old City of Mosul. The U.N. cultural agency has discovered five bombs hidden within the walls of the historic al-Nouri Mosque in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, a remnant of the Islamic State militant group’s rule over the area, UNESCO said in a statement Saturday. The mosque, famous for its 12th-century leaning minaret, was destroyed by IS in 2017 and has been a focal point of UNESCO’s restoration efforts since 2020. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
UNESCO finds Islamic State group-era bombs in Mosul mosque walls, years after the defeat of IS
The U.N. cultural agency has discovered five bombs hidden within the walls of the historic al-Nouri Mosque in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq.
 
This is a locator map for Iraq with its capital, Baghdad. (AP Photo)
A leading human rights group calls on Iraq to halt deportations of Syrian refugees
A leading international rights group says Iraqi authorities in Baghdad and the administration in the semi-autonomous northern Iraqi Kurdish region have arbitrarily detained and deported Syrian refugees home to their country.
 
An oil refinery burns outside Irbil, Iraq, Thursday, June 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilind Tahir/Rudaw)
Firefighters battle massive fire at northern Iraq oil refinery
A team of 32 firefighters in northern Iraq is battling to put out a massive fire, a day after it broke out at an oil refinery, with more than a dozen of them injured while tackling the blaze, local officials said.
 
Iraqi security forces stand guard in front of Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Baghdad, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. The recent protests — apparently organised by supporters of Iran-backed, anti-American militias in Iraq — reflect surging anger against the United States, Israel’s top ally, over the war in Gaza. (AP Photo/Ali Jabar)
Attacks on businesses linked to US brands rattle Baghdad as anger over the war in Gaza surges
A flurry of recent attacks in Iraq, apparently orchestrated by supporters of Iran-backed, anti-American militias, reflect surging anger against the United States, Israel’s top ally, over the war in Gaza.
 
This is a locator map for Iraq with its capital, Baghdad. (AP Photo)
Notorious people smuggler wanted in Europe arrested in northern Iraq
One of Europe’s most notorious human smugglers has been arrested in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, security officials said.
 
Iraqi government asks the United Nations to wind down its political mission in the country
The Iraqi government has requested the United Nations end a mission set up to promote governance and human rights reforms in the country by the end of 2025, the latest in a series of international bodies operating in the country that Iraq has sought to wind down.
 
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Syria’s Kurdish-led force hands over 2 IS militants suspected in 2014 mass killing of Iraqi troops
Syria’s U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led force has handed over to Baghdad two Islamic State group militants suspected of involvement in the 2014 massacre of Iraqi soldiers.
 
FILE - Supporters of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr sign a pledge to stand against homosexuality or LGBTQ, outside a mosque in Kufa, Iraq, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. Human rights groups and diplomats criticized a law that was quietly passed by the Iraqi parliament over the weekend that would impose heavy prison sentences on gay and transgender people. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil, File)
Passage of harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law in Iraq draws diplomatic backlash
Human rights groups and diplomat have criticized a law that was quietly passed by the Iraqi parliament over the weekend that would impose heavy prison sentences on gay and transgender people.
 
Blood covers the ground at the scene of a shooting on Saturday, April 27, 2024 in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi authorities are investigating the killing of Ghufran Mahdi Sawadi, a well-known social media influencer, who was shot by an armed motorcyclist in front of her home in central Baghdad. (AP Photo/Ali Jabar)
Iraqi authorities are investigating the killing of a social media influencer
Iraqi authorities are investigating the killing of a well-known social media influencer who was shot by an armed motorcyclist in front of her home in central Baghdad.
 
Man convicted in killing of Iraqi analyst who criticized militias is acquitted and released
Officials in Iraq say that an Iraqi police officer previously sentenced to death for the murder of a prominent security analyst critical of powerful Iran-backed militias has been released from prison following a retrial.
 
FILE - An oil refinery is seen in the city of Beiji, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, on Dec. 8, 2014. Iraq's prime minister announced Friday Feb. 23, 2024 the reopening of the Beiji refinery, the country's largest, which had been shut down for a decade after being damaged in the battle against the Islamic State extremist group. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)
Iraq announces reopening of a key oil refinery a decade after it was stormed by the Islamic State
Iraq’s prime minister has announced the reopening of the Beiji refinery, the country’s largest, which had been shut down for a decade after being damaged in the battle against the Islamic State extremist group.
 
Lebanese army soldiers gather around a damaged car near the coastal town of Jadra, south Lebanon, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. An apparent Israeli drone strike hit a car near Lebanon's southern port city of Sidon Saturday killing at least two people and wounded others, security officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
An Israeli drone strike in Lebanon kills 2 in one of the deepest hits inside the country in weeks
An Israeli drone strike has hit a car near Lebanon’s southern port city of Sidon, killing at least two people and wounding two others.
 
A satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC shows a military base known as Tower 22 in northeastern Jordan on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. A satellite image taken Monday of the Jordanian base targeted by a bomb-carrying drone that killed three U.S. soldiers appears to show damage at the site. The damage can be seen in the center left of the photo. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
US hits hard at militias in Iraq and Syria, retaliating for fatal drone attack
The U.S. military has launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
 
This is a locator map for Iraq with its capital, Baghdad. (AP Photo)
Four premature babies die in hospital fire in Iraq
Health officials say a fire erupted at a hospital in southern Iraq, sending smoke through a maternity ward and killing four premature babies.
 
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Turkey steps up airstrikes against Kurdish groups in Syria and Iraq after 12 soldiers were killed
Turkey has intensified its airstrikes against Kurdish groups in Syria and northern Iraq in retaliation for the deaths of 12 Turkish soldiers in Iraq over the weekend.
 
FILE - Iraqi Speaker of Parliament Mohamed al-Halbousi speaks with the news media as he departs the Department of State after meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in Washington, on March 28, 2019. Iraq’s top court ruled Tuesday Nov. 14, 2023 to terminate the parliament speaker. The Federal Supreme Court said in a statement it decided to terminate al-Halbousi's membership in Parliament along with that of Laith al-Dulaimi. It did not give a reason. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
Iraq’s top court rules to oust the speaker and a rival lawmaker from Parliament
Iraq’s top court has ruled that the speaker and a rival lawmaker should be ousted from the country’s Parliament, following a high-profile feud between the two men.
 
This is a locator map for Iraq with its capital, Baghdad. (AP Photo)
Dispute between Iraqi military and Kurdish Peshmerga turns deadly, killing 3
Iraq’s military spokesperson says the Iraqi military and Kurdish Peshmerga forces have briefly clashed in a dispute over the control of a strategic military post, killing three.
 
FILE - Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid speaks during a news conference as an ancient artifact brought back from Italy is displayed at the Peace Palace inside the Green Zone, in Baghdad, Iraq, on June 18, 2023. The Iraqi president announced Tuesday Sept. 19, 2023 that he will summon Turkey’s ambassador and hand him a formal letter of protest over recent Turkish airstrikes on Iraqi territory. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)
Iraq’s president will summon the Turkish ambassador over airstrikes in Iraq’s Kurdish region
The Iraqi president says he will summon Turkey’s ambassador and hand him a formal letter of protest over recent Turkish airstrikes. It comes a day after an airstrike on a military airport in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region.
 
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An airstrike on a military airport in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region kills 3 people
An airstrike on a military airport in northern Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region killed three people Monday, local officials said.
 
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Clashes in Iraq’s Kirkuk over handover of police HQ to Kurds leave 1 dead, several injured
Witnesses and local officials say that demonstrations in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk over the handover of a key facility from federal to local Kurdish authorities has turned violent and one protester was killed and several were injured.
 
This is a locator map for Iraq with its capital, Baghdad. (AP Photo)
Turkish airstrike in northern Iraq kills 4 Kurdish insurgents as Ankara’s top diplomat visits region
A Turkish airstrike in northern Iraq has killed three members of an outlawed Kurdish insurgent group. Thursday’s attack came as Ankara’s top diplomat was visiting the city of Irbil, the seat of Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish government.
 
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Top Turkish diplomat calls for Iraq to designate PKK a terrorist organization during Baghdad visit
Turkey’s foreign minister has denounced the separatist Kurdish Workers Party, or PKK, which operates in northern Iraqi territory, as an enemy of both Turkey and Iraq.
 
This is a locator map for Iraq with its capital, Baghdad. (AP Photo)
Delayed passengers growl after a bear escapes from crate in cargo hold of an Iraqi plane in Dubai
An Iraqi airline says it’s not to blame for a bear’s escape from a crate in the cargo hold of one of its planes in Dubai. Iraq’s prime minister has ordered the country’s transportation minister to conduct an investigation into the incident.
 
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Power station fire, explosions cut off power in much of Iraq in scorching summer heat, officials say
Power was cut off in large swaths of southern and central Iraq during scorching summer heat and observances of the Shiite holy day of Ashoura after a fire broke out at a power station in the southern city of Basra.
 
A man walks past the rubble of a demolished al-Siraji Mosque in Basra, Iraq, on Monday, July 17, 2023. An official said the old mosque would be replaced with a modern, better-designed one that would not impede traffic flow. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
Iraqis are furious over their government’s demolition of a minaret that stood for nearly 300 years
The al-Siraji Mosque, with its minaret inlaid with blue ceramic tiles, has been a distinctive feature of the city of Basra in southern Iraq for three centuries.
 
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, center left, and Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani review a military honour guard during a welcome ceremony in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, July 16, 2023. Iraq's prime minister held talks Sunday with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus during the first such trip by an Iraqi premier to the war-torn country since the 12-year conflict began. (SANA via AP)
Iraqi premier in Syria for first visit in over a decade to discuss boosting cooperation
Iraq’s prime minister is holding talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus during the first trip of its kind to the war-torn country since the 12-year conflict began.
 
Iraqi men and their sons swim in the Tigris river to beat the heat in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraqi officials are defending a barter deal with Iran, say it doesn’t violate US sanctions on Tehran
Iraqi officials are defending a deal inked this week to barter oil for gas with Iran, saying it does not violate U.S. sanctions on Tehran and that it will help alleviate a worsening electricity crisis in Iraq.
 
FILE - Water buffaloes swim near the Nihran Bin Omar oil field north of Basra, Iraq, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. A multi-billion dollar agreement signed with France’s TotalEnergies could help resolve Iraq’s longstanding electricity crisis. The $27 billion agreement signed in Baghdad on Monday, July 10, 2023, after years of negotiation marks the largest foreign investment in Iraq’s history. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani, File)
Iraq moves toward easing its energy crisis with $27B TotalEnergies deal, but challenges remain
A multibillion-dollar agreement signed with France’s TotalEnergies could help resolve Iraq’s longstanding electricity crisis. It might also attract international investors and reduce Iraq’s reliance on gas imports from neighboring Iran.
 
This is a locator map for Iraq with its capital, Baghdad. (AP Photo)
Iraq opens an investigation into the kidnapping of a missing Israeli-Russian academic
An Iraqi government spokesman says Baghdad has opened an investigation into the case of a dual Israeli-Russian academic who has been missing in Iraq since last March.
 
More than 50 MPs resign from Iraqi Kurdish region’s parliament to protest court ruling
More than 50 members of the local parliament in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region in the north have submitted their resignations to protest a court decision that deemed as unconstitutional the body’s postponement of elections by a year.
 
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