All news on the topic: Iraq

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Iraq lowers legal age of consent to nine, allowing older men to marry young girls
The new law would repeal one of the most progressive pieces of legislation in the Middle East, and has sparked a massive campaign from Iraqi women, with the support of some MPs
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Turkey launches strikes in Syria and Iraq following an attack on a defense firm near Ankara
Airstrikes launched against suspected Kurdish militant targets after PKK blamed for Tusaş attack
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Saladin and the wonderful lamp: Why Iran truly believes Israel is using djinns to combat Hezbollah
A prominent Iranian theologian, Mustafa Karami, recently claimed that Israel’s success in eliminating Hamas and Hezbollah commanders can be attributed to an army of djinns that Israel has allegedly enlisted.
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Iraqi militias increase attacks on Israel as Iran turns to smaller proxies
Analysts suggest proxies in Syria, Iraq and Yemen fighting hidden conflict could be targets for Israel as it considers retaliation against Tehran
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Sex slave abducted at 11 is freed after 10 years, thanks to a TikTok video
One TikTok video from an Isis sex slave kidnapped as a child led to a secret rescue operation to get her out of captivity.
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Iraq’s dollar auction: the ‘monster’ channeling billions to fraudsters and militants via the U.S. Federal Reserve
A system set up to channel dollars from Iraqi oil sales to importers has been exploited by money launderers and militant groups for years. An OCCRP investigation shows how the fraud works in practice.
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US and Iraq launch joint raid, killing 15 Islamic State militants
Seven American troops injured during battle in Anbar desert, says central command
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Kuwait flight hostages are suing British Airways and the UK government
Passengers and crew held hostage after a 1990 British Airways flight landed are suing the airline and the UK government for “deliberately endangering” them.
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British army ’ready to lead Dunkirk-style evacuation’ of UK nationals living in Middle East
RAF jets were already being used to shoot down Iranian drones on Saturday night, after Tehran announced it had launched an attack on Israel in what threatens to become a major regional escalation
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’Part of me died too when my bodyguard dad was blown up - but I’ve fought back’
The daughter of tragic serviceman Mark Carman was just 11-years-old when police turned up at her school disco to tell her the harrowing news that her father had been killed
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Assassin targets Donald Trump allies in revenge plot over slain Iranian officer
The Miami FBI uncovered a sick plot targetting Donald Trump's allies by an Iranian military assassin, in revenge for the 2020 killing of Qassem Soleimani, another influential Iranian officer
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'Sewage smell blanketing city' was caused by huge ship carrying 19,000 cows
City officials inspected sewage facilities for leaks and an environmental health team was activated before the source of the smell was discovered; a ship docked in the harbor carrying 19,000 live cattle from Brazil to Iraq
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General warns West is facing new ISIS ‘War on Terror’ after Middle East carnage
Fears are mounting about whether Britain and The US will be forced into a wider conflict and face attacks on their soil after fighting erupted across multiple fronts this winter.
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Senior Iranian militant killed by US drone strike as tensions reach fever pitch
Kataib Hezbollah commander Abu Baqir Al-Saadi was blown up in his vehicle on Wednesday, prompting militia calls for an attack on the American embassy in the Iraqi capital
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Moment ships launch missiles to destroy Houthi targets as all-out war fears grow
The USS Gravely, USS Carney and the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower were among the warships to have launched strikes at Houthi forces - dramatic video shows the moment they
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David Cameron issues warning to Iran as Houthi Red Sea crisis deepens
The UK and the US struck 36 Houthi targets in Yemen overnight in the third wave of airstrikes this month as David Cameron issued a warning to Iran
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Donald Trump claims Iran called him before launching strikes in Iraq
Former US President Donald Trump told Fox News that Iran officials personally called him before launching their strikes in Iraq and said that it was out of 'respect'
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Iranian-backed official on deescalation after US drone strikes in Syria and Iraq
The US hit more than 85 targets using more than 125 guided missiles at sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard
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Middle East on 'brink of the abyss' warns Iraq as 16 killed in US strikes
The retaliatory US strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq near the Syrian border was "an act of aggression against Iraq's sovereignty", the Iraqi government said
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US vows 'this is the start of our response' after Iraq and Syria revenge strikes
President Joe Biden issued his first statement since launching an operation to strike Iranian targets within Syria and Iraq, warning other enemies that America 'will respond'
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UK forces brace for attack as US prepares for revenge strike on Iranian groups
Pentagon chiefs are planning a blitz on Iranian proxy group the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, which hit a US outpost called Tower 22 in north east Jordan with a drone, also injuring 40
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Where Joe Biden could target with strikes after three US troops killed in Jordan
Joe Biden said the US 'shall respond' after a drone strike killed three American troops and injured dozens more - and an expert told The Mirror which areas might be targeted
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Convoy heading towards Israel border with Lebanon as Middle East braces for war
President Joe Biden vowed the US “shall respond” to the attack on ­logistics base Tower 22 in Jordan which was hit by increasingly aggressive pro-Iranian militia who are based in Syria
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Jordan attack mapped as Iran drones kill 3 US troops amid World War 3 fears
Tensions are skyrocketing in the Middle East, with the US engaged in a war of drone strikes since October. The stakes are set to raise after the US military suffered their first casualties over the weekend
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Biden in chilling warning US 'will respond' after 3 troops killed in Iran attack
US forces are trying to figure out which group was behind the devastating drone attack that injured at least another 34 troops at a military site in Jordan near the Syrian border