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Iraq canceled Friday prayers in the Shi’ite holy city of Kerbala due to concerns about the coronavirus, a statement from the administration of the city’s holy site said on Wednesday. Kerbala, like the neighboring holy city of Najaf,…

Iraq has banned entry to travelers coming from France and Spain, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday, bringing the total number of countries on its entry ban list to 11 as it tries to stem the spread of coronavirus. The ban does not…

Iraq’s parliament on Thursday adjourned a session to approve a new cabinet proposed by Prime Minister-designated Mohammed Allawi, state television reported. It said the parliament had failed to convene a quorum as many lawmakers unhappy…

Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi said on Wednesday he has put together a cabinet of political independents and called on parliament to hold an extraordinary session next week to grant it a vote of confidence.

A number of demonstrators were injured today, Sunday, after security forces fired tear gas and bullets to disperse the protesters in al-Khilani Square, in the center of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Student demonstrations were also…

A spokesman for the US-led coalition said that missiles struck the headquarters of the coalition in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, early Sunday morning, but it did not result in casualties in a new attack targeting American facilities in Iraq.

Thousands of Iraqi women demonstrated today, Thursday, in the capital, Baghdad, and the central and southern governorates, in support of the protests the country has been witnessing since the first since last October. The demonstrators…

The Iraqi security forces reopened the Qualified Sanak Bridge to Tahrir Square in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, where the forces began removing concrete blocks and concrete barriers from the bridge. The area witnessed a heavy security…

Clashes resumed today, Friday, in Al-Wathba Square in Baghdad, between the demonstrators and the security forces, which resulted in a number of wounded among the protesters as a result of the firing of live bullets by Iraqi security forces…

On Friday, the supreme religious authority of Iraq’s Shiites, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, condemned the use of force to evacuate protest camps across the country as security forces stepped up measures against protesters, again calling…