DUBAI: Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani on Wednesday ordered the formation of a joint forensic task force and a high-level investigative committee to examine the killing of election candidate Safaa Al-Mashhadani in a bomb attack north of Baghdad. The committee was tasked with determining who was responsible for the attack, which struck Al-Mashhadani’s vehicle […]
Read MorePHILADELPHIA: Archaeologists studying ancient civilizations in northern Iraq during the 1930s also befriended the nearby Yazidi community, documenting their daily lives in photographs that were rediscovered after the Islamic State militant group devastated the tiny religious minority. The black-and-white images ended up scattered among the 2,000 or so photographs from the excavation kept at the […]
Read MoreBy Tom Hussain With President Donald Trump poised to determine whether the United States will plunge into the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran, anxiety over the possible consequences is sweeping across the Middle East. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday broadened his demands for Iranian capitulation, moving beyond calls to dismantle the Islamic […]
Read MoreIraq, Jordan and Lebanon closed their airspace in the context of Iran’s drone and missile attacks on Israel. However, the countries have reopened the airspace on Sunday. Iraq’s Civil Aviation Authority announced the reopening of airspace in a statement. They said there was no further security risk to civilian aircraft. In Jordan, the head of […]
Read MoreIran has launched drones and missiles at Israeli targets. Israel says it could take hours for Iranian drones to strike targets. In this situation, Iraq and Jordan have announced the closure of their airspace. Israel is also going to close the airspace, the country’s Ministry of Transport said. The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority said this […]
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