Iraq

The terebinth-made rosaries in the park under the historical Erbil Citadel in the center of the city of Erbil in northern Iraq attract great attention. The colorful and unique rosaries are valued between 1 and 500 dollars. "Most of these…

Tensions escalated in Iraq when Swedish police permitted a protest against the Quran and the Iraqi flag at the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm. In response, supporters of the Sadr Group set fire to parts of the Swedish Embassy in…

In the aftermath of the Syrian civil war that started in 2011, Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Sudani conducted the first prime ministerial visit to Syria. There, he met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in…

The Quran burning action carried out by an Iraqi national asylum seeker in the Swedish Capital Stockholm on the first day of Eid-al-Adha caused eyebrows to raise in Muslim countries. The protest, which was held in front of a mosque, was not…

A devastating accident took place at a car wash service in the town of Kasnazan, Erbil, Iraq. As stated by Fadel Haji, the spokesperson for Erbil Traffic Directorate, a worker whose foot got trapped on the gas pedal crashed the vehicle into…

A crane, on which eight workers were working, collapsed at a construction site in the Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah yesterday. Three workers were reported dead, while another was seriously injured. It was stated that the workers had been…

The al-Fethe bridge over the Tigris River, which connects the cities of Kirkuk and Saladin in Iraq, collapsed due to flooding caused by heavy rains. On the other hand, dozens of villages were submerged in the city of Diyala, located in the…

A public holiday was declared throughout Iraq due to the heavy rain and flooding in the country. The most affected cities in the country were Baghdad, Al Anbar, Erbil, Mosul, Sulaymaniyah, Duhok, Al Diwaniyah, and Kirkuk. In the country's…

With the onset of spring in Iraq, which is battling drought and climate change, a sandstorm that started in Anbar province began to move to the central parts of the country. The Iraq Meteorology Directorate stated that the sandstorm has…

Heavy rainfall across the country in the morning caused flooding in Iraq. Anbar, Zikar, and Diwaniyah all declared public holidays as a result of the bad weather. More than 30 hectares of agricultural land were hit by the hail, which mostly…