Ahmed Rasheed

Iraqi prime minister says victory certain as Falluja assault looms

August 25, 2021 at 12:08 a.m.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed to eradicate al Qaeda in Iraq and predicted victory as his army prepared to launch a major assault against the Sunni...

Shi’ites finish Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq under tight security

August 24, 2021 at 11:29 p.m.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite Muslims observed the holy day of Arbaeen in the Iraqi city of Kerbala on Tuesday under heavy security after a string of...

Youths survey and take pictures of the debris after a suicide bomb attack at a cafe.

Cafes shut, sports fields empty as war returns to Iraq

November 3, 2021 at 11:41 p.m.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - In an evening in late June, Yasir al-Nuaimi draped an Iraqi flag over his shoulder and headed out to watch a soccer match being shown on television...

Cafes shut, sports fields empty as war returns to Iraq

May 14, 2019 at 5:02 a.m.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - In an evening in late June, Yasir al-Nuaimi draped an Iraqi flag over his shoulder and headed out to watch a soccer match being shown on television...

Gunmen attack Iraq’s Akkas gasfield, three workers killed

August 24, 2021 at 6:54 a.m.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked a contracting company in Iraq's Akkas gasfield on Monday, killing at least three local workers and kidnapping two more before burning their camp in the...

Series of bombs kills at least 22 in Baghdad: police

August 24, 2021 at 6:10 a.m.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Car bombs and roadside blasts killed at least 22 people in Shi'ite districts across the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Tuesday, police and hospital sources said. Sunni Islamist...

Iraq PM warns Sunni protesters, makes small concession

November 3, 2021 at 9:24 p.m.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Shi'ite prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, has warned he will not tolerate Sunni anti-government rallies indefinitely, but made a concession to their demands by promising to free...

Iraq PM warns Sunni protesters, makes small concession

August 22, 2019 at 12:54 p.m.

Iraqi president in hospital after suffering stroke

August 24, 2021 at 12:41 a.m.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd who has mediated among Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish parties, was in hospital on Tuesday after suffering a stroke that left him...

Iraqi president in hospital after suffering stroke

August 22, 2019 at 12:38 p.m.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd who has mediated among Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish parties, was in hospital on Tuesday after suffering a stroke that left him...

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