At least one person was killed and 14 wounded when a bus carrying workers at a small oil refinery in northern Iraq was blown up by an improvised explosive device, police said. The bus was at the Siniya refinery, near Iraq's largest oil refinery of Baiji in the predominantly Sunni Salahuddin
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Iraqis ponder the coup that murdered King Faisal II after 60 years
Iraq's monarchy came to a bloody end on July 14, 1958 Many look back at the era with a sense of nostalgia BAGHDAD/LONDON: With Iraq facing its latest security challenge amid growing protests over unemployment, Iraqis could be forgiven for harking back nostalgically to an era of rising prosperity when
Iraq battles with a water crisis as Turkey starts filling dam basin ahead of time
BAGHDAD/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Iraq is surprised by Turkey's decision to start holding back water behind its Ilisu dam earlier than promised, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday, suggesting it was done to win support for the government in upcoming elections. Turkey has started filling the dam basin, a step that
Putin congratulates Assad on recapturing Damascus
Alexander Lavrentiev relayed Putin’s congratulations to Assad on the capital’s recapture. Russia has backed Syria’s government for several decades but intervened militarily in its war in 2015. (Reuters) DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar Assad hailed Russia’s hand in his recent victories during a meeting in Damascus on Wednesday with the Kremlin’s