Tag: Iraq
French jihadist who claimed Nice attack to be tried in Iraq: source close to probe
Adrien Guihal, who claimed the 2016 Nice attack for the Islamic State group, will be tried in Iraq…
Iraq’s first industrial-scale solar plant opens in Karbala desert to tackle electricity crisis
KARBALA, Iraq (AP) — Iraq is set to open the country’s first industrial-scale solar plant Sunday in a…
US-led coalition in Syria kills IS militant said to have planned attacks in the West
BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S.-led coalition said its troops killed a top militant from the Islamic State group…
Accused French Islamic State members held in Syria sent to Iraq for trial, officials say
BAGHDAD (AP) — Forty-seven French citizens who had been held in detention in northeast Syria on suspicion of…
Israeli-Russian captive in Iraq Tsurkov was freed in exchange deal: Report
Israeli-Russian academic and Princeton University student Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was held captive in Iraq for more than two…
Kidnapped Israeli-Russian academic Tsurkov released in Iraq
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the release of Israeli-Russian academic…
Kidnapped academic Elizabeth Tsurkov released in Iraq
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the release of Israeli-Russian academic…
Israeli-Russian researcher freed in Iraq after two years in captivity
Israeli-Russian academic and Princeton University student Elizabeth Tsurkov has been freed in Iraq after spending more than two…
Princeton researcher Tsurkov released from militia captivity in Iraq
By Christian Martinez(Reuters) -An Israeli-Russian graduate student from Princeton University who was kidnapped by a Shiite militia in…
Iraqi Kurdish PUK security force alleges plot to kill party leader
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -A security agency controlled by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region…
Iraq is facing a water crisis, hit by one of its worst droughts in century
Iraq is experiencing its driest year on record since 1933, as the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, which flow…
Iraq says its tip to Lebanon leads to the destruction of an amphetamine factory
BEIRUT (AP) — One of Lebanon's largest factories making the highly addictive amphetamine Captagon has been discovered and…