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The water level of Tigris River continues to decline due to climate change and construction of dams on its tributaries by neighboring countries of Iraq. The water level of Tigris River has decreased significantly, which has affected…

Hundreds of displaced persons in Hassan Sham camp, in west Erbil of Kurdistan region in north Iraq, struggle with poor living conditions due to lack of basic services including water, electricity and education, in addition to the lack of…

Today, Monday, A24 news agency reporter reported that unidentified gunmen assassinated an American citizen in the Karrada area in central Baghdad. He added that preliminary information indicates that the American citizen works as an English…

Draw for the 25th edition of Arabian Gulf Cup was held Tuesday at Grand Millennium Hotel in Basra, southern Iraq, attended by delegations of the eight participating teams (Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Oman and Yemen).…

Staff at The Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad welcome the return of the local public and international visitors. The museum's organizers told A24 they are delighted with the influx of visitors from Iraq and abroad, noting the museum still…

A number of Iraqi protesters were injured today, Wednesday, in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad in clashes between hundreds of Sadrist movement supporters and Iraqi security forces. The protest comes in conjunction with Iraqi parliament…

Thousands of people took to the streets in capital Baghdad to protest the parliamentary session scheduled for today, Wednesday. The session will be held to vote on resignation of Speaker of Parliament, Muhammad al-Halbousi, and to choose a…

Turkish drones bombed the Amedi area of Duhok province and targets north of Sulaymaniyah several times on Monday. The Turkish aerial assaults came as Iranian artillery continued bombarding areas of northern Iraq, also targeting Kurdish…

The Iraqi government ordered the closure of several main roads and bridges in the capital Baghdad on Tuesday ahead of a session of parliament. Due to supporters of influential Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr taking to the streets ahead of the…

Iraq's political future could likely be decided on Wednesday when the country's supreme court is scheduled to take up a motion to dissolve the session of Baghdad’s deadlocked parliament. Analyst Rafid Al-Tai told A24 that the court must…