governorate of Iraq
Iraqi PM orders cancellation of three Mosul airport contracts over alleged militia links
thenationalnews.com/news/gulf/2026/11/08/iraqi-pm-orders-cancellation-of-three-mosul-airport-contracts-over-alleged-militia-links/
Turkey is supporting Iraqi attempts to combat ISIS threats to Kirkuk, other regions
jpost.com/middle-east/article-914104
amwaj.media Nov 04
🎥 The PKK's withdrawal in October from Turkiye and border areas of Iraqi Kurdistan has kickstarted a debate over Turkish bases in Iraq ... Show more
Deep Dive: As the PKK packs up, will Turkiye also leave Iraq?
Deep Dive: As the PKK packs up, will Turkiye also leave Iraq?
Can Baghdad finally resolve the crisis in Sinjar?: Earlier this week, the Iraqi government announced that the Yazidi-led armed group that had been a dominant ...
middleeasteye.net/news/will-iraqs-latest-move-finally-resolve-sinjar-crisis
The Man Who Risked Death Documenting ISIS: Omar Mohammed on life in Mosul under ISIS rule
theatlantic.com/podcasts/2026/10/david-frum-show-omar-mohammed-eye-of-mosul/689185/
Kuwait Times Oct 20
Iraq holds massburial for troops executed by IS | Kuwait Times Newspaper: MOSUL: Iraq held a mass funeral on Tuesday for 47 members of the security forces who ...
kuwaittimes.com/article/52023/world/iraq-holds-massburial-for-troops-executed-by-is/
Ten years ago, Iraqi forces launched an offensive to retake Mosul from ISIL. Fierce fighting and relentless bombardment devastated the city. A decade later ... Show more
Cultural treasures are being destroyed by war, and people want justice: A cauldron of conflicts is bubbling across the world, with cultural monuments being ...
bbc.com/news/articles/cvgy1q2k2z0o
Paid articlePaywall District league promoted team after a strong start against relegated SV Niedernhausen.
wiesbadener-kurier.de/sport/fussball/fussball-wiesbaden/geheimfavorit-meso-nassau-gegen-topfavorit-sv-niedernhausen-6491543
Pair deny violent disturbance outside Truro kebab shop: They will stand trial later this year
cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/pair-deny-violent-disturbance-outside-11176854
Paid articlePaywall Can Turkey’s Bashiqa withdrawal pave the way for deeper Iraq ties?: Ankara hopes the planned handover of its Bashiqa base will deepen security cooperation with ...
al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/can-turkeys-bashiqa-withdrawal-pave-way-deeper-iraq-ties
Northern Iraq: Turkey wants to hand over important military base near Mosul to Iraq
zeit.de/politik/ausland/2026-09/tuerkei-militaerstuetzpunkt-nordirak-truppenabzug-recep-tayyip-erdogan-ali-al-saidi
Turkiye to transfer Bashiqa base to Iraq under phased troop withdrawal agreement: Turkiye will transfer control of the Bashiqa-Zelikan military base in northern ...
arabnews.com/middle-east/turkiye-to-transfer-bashiqa-base-to-iraq-under-phased-troop-withdrawal-agreement-3002908
On the UNGA sidelines, a major breakthrough has been announced towards dissolving the PKK terrorist group. After a meeting between the Turkish president and ... Show more
🔴 Iraq’s Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi says Mount Sinjar will be under the full authority of the government
🔴 Sinjar’s factions will begin handing over their ... Show more
The 'Mosul Eye' blogger whose live tweeting helped hundreds escape the ISIS occupation
thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/09/04/mosul-eye-blogger-isis-occupation-omar-mohammed-junaid-al-fakhry/
Paid articlePaywall OpinionThe Man Who Stared Into Oblivion: The stories of Omar Mohammed about the years of ISIS terror in Mosul must be read.
wsj.com/opinion/the-man-who-stared-into-oblivion-6fe2c6e8
Suspected IS fighters arrested - | Terrorists apparently paid monthly: Ein irakischer Soldat geht am 01.03.2017 in Mossul an einem Tunnel mit einer Wandmalerei ...
morgenpost.de/politik/article412862638/mutmassliche-is-kaempfer-festgenommen-terroristen-bezahlten-wohl-monatlich.html
Iraq’s Yazidi community marked 12 years since ISIL’s assault on Sinjar, which the UN recognised as genocide.
Thousands remain displaced or missing as many ... Show more
I was rescued from sexual slavery under Isis. But my suffering isn't over: Fawzia Amin Sido was trafficked, beaten and raped over a decade before her rescue from ...
inews.co.uk/news/world/rescued-sexual-slavery-isis-suffering-over-4673592
He escaped the IS terrorists. Today he's bringing them to court.: He fled to the Sinjar Mountains when the IS pickup trucks approached. Now he's tracking ...
trib.al/GjcJfsl
mb.com.ph Jul 30
WATCH : Buildings and vehicles were left destroyed after US and Saudi strikes on Tehran-backed militias in Mosul, Iraq.
The Popular Mobilization Forces ... Show more
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A clear victory for Hanau 93 to conclude their preseason preparations. Brennecke, Klement, Schwarz, and Bozan scored in the 4-0 win. #gemeinsamViktoria #Aschaffenburg #Hanau
The Citizen Jun 28
Mbule finds new home after Orlando Pirates exit: Sipho Mbule was released by Pirates earlier this month after the club decided against renewing his one-year ...
citizen.co.za/sport/soccer/local-soccer/mbule-finds-new-home-after-orlando-pirates-exit/
Sipho Mbule joins Iraq side Zakho SC: After leaving the Buccaneers at the end of last season, Mbule officially joined the Iraqi Stars on Saturday and took time ...
timeslive.co.za/sport/soccer/2026-06-28-sipho-mbule-joins-iraq-side-zakho-sc/
Rare stele of Assyrian king who reigned 2,600 years ago unearthed in Iraq's Nineveh
thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/06/25/rare-stele-of-assyrian-king-who-reigned-2600-years-ago-unearthed-in-iraqs-nineveh/
Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service mourns three soldiers killed in bomb blast: Officials say device exploded during field sweep outside northern city of Mosul
thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/05/24/iraqi-counter-terrorism-service-mourns-three-soldiers-killed-in-bomb-blast/
First Turkish-Iraqi transit convoy passes through Syria, reviving abandoned trade route
arabnews.com/node/2644047/middle-east
Saudi Gazette May 02
Iraq begins crude oil exports to Syria via Rabia crossing after 13-year closure: Iraq launched its first crude oil exports to Syria through the Rabia border ...
saudigazette.com.sa/article/661007/world/iraq-begins-crude-oil-exports-to-syria-via-rabia-crossing
Iraq reopens Rabia border crossing to ease fuel shipments through Syria: Deal with Damascus allows Baghdad to increase vital oil exports as Strait of Hormuz ...
thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/04/21/iraq-reopens-rabia-border-crossing-to-ease-fuel-shipments-through-syria/
Iraq reopens the once-bustling al-Rabia border crossing with Syria, more than a decade after it was closed to trade following the rise of ISIS.
Archbishop Emil Nona appointed patriarch of Chaldean Catholic Church: Archbishop Emil Nona was born in the Iraqi town of Alqosh in 1967 and was appointed ...
jpost.com/middle-east/article-892835
Iraq's PMF says there’s been simultaneous US-Israeli attacks on the intelligence headquarters of the 25th Brigade in Nineveh Governorate and the 52nd ... Show more
Iran war updates: Ceasefire response ‘not good enough’, says Trump
Iran war updates: Ceasefire response ‘not good enough’, says Trump
A prominent historian investigating the death of Jesus experienced a conversion — and a brush with the supernatural
edition.cnn.com/2026/04/05/us/tom-holland-easter-christianity
How might humanitarian journalism be done better?: Humanitarian journalism is a moral calling to document human suffering. But in practice ...
aeon.co/essays/how-might-humanitarian-journalism-be-done-better
Several missile and drone interceptions have been reported across northern Iraq, with Erbil still being targeted after drones aimed at US bases were downed on ... Show more
Yeni Safak English Mar 29
Two Iraqi forces killed in Mosul checkpoint attack: Iraq announced late Saturday that an officer and a security personnel member were killed in an attack ...
en.yenisafak.com/world/two-iraqi-forces-killed-in-mosul-checkpoint-attack-3716429
Video shows thick plumes of smoke rising from the Rashidiya area in Mosul after air strikes targeted sites belonging to Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces ... Show more
NL Times Mar 25
Defense minister apologizes for 2016 Mosul airstrike, offers families compensation
nltimes.nl/2026/03/25/defense-minister-apologizes-2016-mosul-airstrike-offers-families-compensation
Thick black smoke rises above buildings in Iraq’s Mosul after a reported US-Israeli airstrike hit the residence belonging to the leader of an Iran-backed ... Show more
Paid articlePaywall “No pension, no future”: Why refugee women systematically fail: Khuloud Asfour with the mother and son of the Said Houdie family in their apartment in Staaken ...
morgenpost.de/bezirke/spandau/article411516640/keine-rente-keine-zukunft-warum-gefluechtete-frauen-systematisch-scheitern.html
Rockets launched from Iraq’s Mosul toward US base in Syria, sources say: MOSUL, Iraq: At least seven rockets were launched from the Iraqi town of Rabi’a toward ...
arabnews.com/node/2637397/middle-east
Strike hits former paramilitary base near Iraq’s Mosul: officials: An airstrike on Monday hit a base belonging to the Hashed al-Shaabi coalition in northern Iraq ...
english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2026/03/09/strike-hits-former-paramilitary-base-near-iraq-s-mosul-officials
Paid articlePaywall John Cantlie probably killed by coalition strike in Battle of Mosul: The photojournalist and missing Isis hostage was labelled a person of interest by the US ...
thetimes.com/world/middle-east/article/john-cantlie-hostage-photojournalist-mosul-sms0667d7
What would you do to survive as an Isis hostage?
John Cantlie, the British photojournalist, was kidnapped in Syria in 2012 alongside his friend James Foley ... Show more
Iraqi children paraded through the streets of the Old City of Mosul, carrying colourful Ramadan lanterns and singing hymns to celebrate the arrival of the holy ... Show more
Globetrotter Bauer moves from Thailand to Iraq: "German machine at Mosul Club": Former German junior international and 89-time Bundesliga professional Robert ...
transfermarkt.de/globetrotter-bauer-wechselt-aus-thailand-in-den-irak-deutsche-maschine-im-mosul-club-quot-/view/news/475267
Yeni Safak English Feb 10
Fidan says Iraq must act on PKK, cites lessons from Syria operations: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stated that resolving the PKK presence in Iraq is an ...
en.yenisafak.com/turkiye/fidan-says-iraq-must-act-on-pkk-cites-lessons-from-syria-operations-3714395
Residents in Mosul express their feelings following the nomination of former Iraqi prime minister Nouri Al Maliki, with some saying they do not want a ... Show more
OpinionCartoon for December 10, 2025: Our cartoonist's take on Israel's raid of UNRWA's East Jerusalem HQ
thenationalnews.com/opinion/cartoon/2025/12/09/unrwa-jerusalem-israeli-raid-palestinians-middle-east/
Surprise victory: Here's where to find the best kebab in the Göttingen region: Göttingen may have the most kebab shops, but the best kebabs in the region are ...
goettinger-tageblatt.de/lokales/goettingen-lk/goettingen/ueberraschungssieg-hier-gibt-es-den-besten-doener-der-region-goettingen-RX7HI5LKFVAKZNZP62H76KY4SM.html
Mosul airport reopens with first passenger flight since ISIS rule: Iraqi Airways flight to Baghdad marks return of domestic traffic
thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2025/11/06/mosul-airport-reopens-with-first-passenger-flight-since-isis-rule/
Iraq’s shoemakers revive their ancient craft: Mosul’s shoemakers are restoring an ancient craft, creating jobs and hope after years of conflict.
aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/9/30/iraqs-shoemakers-revive-their-ancient-craft
Eight years after being blown up: Mosque destroyed by ISIS reopens in Mosul: It is intended to be a symbol of resistance against terrorism and the reconstruction ...
spiegel.de/ausland/irak-vom-is-zerstoerte-moschee-in-mossul-wiedereroeffnet-a-e2a2bd2f-f03b-46f7-8cfc-88b274cf04c9
Iraq's al-Nouri Mosque reopens eight years after ISIS destroyed it: The so-called Islamic State group detonated explosives at the 12th-century Mosul landmark in ...
euronews.com/2025/09/01/iraqs-al-nouri-mosque-officially-reopens-eight-years-after-being-destroyed-by-isis
The historic al Nuri mosque has been reopened in the heart of Mosul's Old City in Iraq, eight years after it was destroyed by Islamic State militants.
Ancient tombs unearthed in Iraq at Mosul dam reservoir: Tombs were discovered following droughts in region
thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2025/08/31/ancient-tombs-unearthed-in-iraq-at-mosul-dam-reservoir/
Sinjar: Proxy Wars on Sacred Ground: Eleven years ago today, ISIS began its genocidal assault on Iraqi Yazidis. Reporting from the Sinjar region ...
jacobin.com/2025/08/sinjar-yazidis-iraq-kurdistan-isis
Drone attack targets Tawke oilfield in Iraq's Kurdistan: A drone attack targeted an oilfield operated by Norwegian oil and gas firm DNO in Tawke ...
reuters.com/world/middle-east/drone-attack-targets-tawke-oilfield-iraqs-kurdistan-2025-07-17/
Key FactsDrone Strikes Disrupt Kurdistan Oil Production
Jul 17, 2025 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: reuters.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: reuters.com
- A drone strike hit the Tawke oilfield operated by DNO in the Zakho area of northern Iraq.
- This marks the second assault on the field within days, prompting a temporary shutdown of operations.
- These attacks have lowered oil production in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region by 140,000 to 150,000 barrels per day.
- Preliminary probes suggest the drones originated from zones controlled by Iran-backed militias.
WATCH | Drone strikes shut oilfields in Iraq's Kurdistan: Several oilfields in Iraq's Kurdistan semi-autonomous region halted production as field ...
timeslive.co.za/news/world/2025-07-16-watch--drone-strikes-shut-oilfields-in-iraqs-kurdistan/
Healing in harmony: Iraqi singer plays oud during landmark brain surgery in Mosul
gulfnews.com/world/mena/healing-in-harmony-iraqi-singer-plays-oud-during-landmark-brain-surgery-in-mosul-1.500199437
Assyrian relief discovered: He had the king beheaded and his head hung from a tree.
welt.de/geschichte/article256113082/Assyrisches-Relief-entdeckt-Er-liess-den-Koenig-enthaupten-und-seinen-Kopf-an-einen-Baum-haengen.html
The Blogs: The murders outside the museum were foreseeable: That’s the problem: Despite warning signs, society and law enforcement agencies fail to recognize and ...
blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-murders-outside-the-museum-were-foreseeable-thats-the-problem/
Long lost to time, northern gate of Mosul’s Al Nuri Mosque restored to its rightful place
thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2025/05/16/mosul-northern-gate-al-nuri-mosque-restored/
Radio project in northern Iraq: Trauma and dreams: In northern Iraq, there is great mistrust between Yazidis, Arabs and Kurds. Now they want to set up a radio ...
taz.de/Radioprojekt-im-Nordirak/!6069950/
Old town of Mosul restored after IS destruction: In Mosul, Iraq, the IS terrorist militia devastated outstanding historical sites. To complete an extensive ...
faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/altstadt-von-mossul-ist-nach-is-zerstoerung-restauriert-110277229.html
Landmarks in Iraq’s Mosul are reopening after UNESCO-led restoration: A UNESCO-led project is restoring historic landmarks in Iraq's Mosul, including the ...
euronews.com/culture/2025/02/07/war-ravaged-landmarks-in-iraqs-mosul-are-reopening-after-unesco-led-restoration-project
Iraqi archaeologists reconstruct treasures IS destroyed: A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq's famed Nimrud site, archaeologists have been painstakingly ...
rte.ie/news/newslens/2025/0109/1489833-iraq-archaeology/
