Iraq

Fire breaks out near Erbil International Airport in Erbil on March 1, 2026, after loud explosions were heard overnight at the site that hosts U.S.-led coalition troops in Iraq's Kurdistan region
US-Israel war on Iran
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Drones hit oil sites, target militants in Iraq

Drones hit an airport and oil facilities in southern Iraq on Friday, while Iranian Kurdish militants were targeted in the country's north.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 March, 2026
Lebanon denies weapons stockpile at Beirut's main airport
Iraq
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Iraqis stranded in Lebanon urge Iraqi gov't help to return home

Mohammed Al-Bassem
06 March, 2026
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US-Israel war on Iran
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Israel strikes Beirut as assault on Iran, region widens

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 March, 2026
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Iraq scrambles to avoid spillover from US–Israel war on Iran

Dana Taib Menmy
05 March, 2026
A large crowd of Iraqi supporters waves national flags inside Basra International Stadium in Basra, Iraq, on November 18, 2025. (Photo by TIBA SADEG/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)
US-Israel war on Iran
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Travel chaos threatens Iraq's participation in World Cup playoffs

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 March, 2026
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Iraq increases oil exports, sees extra revenues: SOMO

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 September, 2025
An Iraqi-Kurdish electrical engineer gives a briefing by solar panels installed atop the roof of the Electricity Directorate in Sulaimaniyah in northern Iraq's autonomous Kurdish
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Iraq's first solar plant opens in Karbala desert

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 September, 2025
Members of the Iraqi Counter-terrorism Service (ICTS) take part in the 'Iron Fist' tactical military exercise at Baghdad International Airport
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Iraq says senior Islamic State leader killed in Syria

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 September, 2025
Al-Hol refugee camp, Syria
Iraq
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Accused French Islamic State members sent to Iraq for trial

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 September, 2025
Petrochina Turkmenistan gas Processing plant
Iraq
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Iraq fails to win US approval to import Turkmen gas via Iran

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 September, 2025
Rifles for sale at a gun shop in the Baghdad, Iraq on September 22, 2020
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Iraqi plan to bring arms ownership under state control nears end

The New Arab Staff
18 September, 2025
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Iraq's parliamentary elections clouded by fears of low turnout

Dana Taib Menmy
18 September, 2025
Sudani-Sergi
Iraq
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Sergei Shoigu in Baghdad ahead of Sudani–Putin meeting

Dana Taib Menmy
16 September, 2025
Umm Qasr Port in Basra
Iraq
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Iraq to boost oil exports via proposed pipeline to Oman

Dana Taib Menmy
15 September, 2025
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Elizabeth Tsurkov
MENA
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No deal behind academic Elizabeth Tsurkov's release in Iraq

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 September, 2025
Damaged buildings with cars parked in front of them
Iraq
MENA
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Israel likely breached Iraqi, other airspaces in Qatar strike

Dana Taib Menmy
11 September, 2025
Elizabeth Tsurkov was kidnapped in Baghdad and held for 903 days
Elizabeth Tsurkov
MENA
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Tsurkov freed in 'secret Hezbollah-Israel prisoner exchange'

The New Arab Staff
11 September, 2025
A fisherman sits in his boat near swathes of water hyacinth, a water-consuming invasive bloom which thrives and clusters in low flow waterways, blocking the area around the supporting beams of the al-Zaytun bridge on the Euphrates river in Nasiriyah, in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province on September 9, 2025.
Euphrates River
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Invasive plants and bacteria threaten Iraq's Euphrates

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 September, 2025
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Elizabeth Tsurkov
MENA
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Elizabeth Tsurkov freed after 903 days in Iraq militia captivity

The New Arab Staff
10 September, 2025
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Iraq
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Uncertainty grows in Iraq over who will replace US troops

Dana Taib Menmy
10 September, 2025
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Kidnapped academic Elizabeth Tsurkov released in Iraq

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 September, 2025