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LGBTQ+ rights in Iraq: how morality laws ramped up
The Week via Yahoo News· 1 month agoSupporters of Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr burn a poster depicting an LGBTQ+ flag during a protest in Karbala on 29 June 2023. Human rights groups have...
A feud between a patriarch and a militia leader adds to the woes of Iraqi Christians
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIraqi Christians have struggled since the Nineveh plains, their historic homeland of rolling hills...
Former Iraqi activists dismayed as powerful groups use protest tactics
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIraqi activists who demonstrated three years ago against powerful parties and militias that run the...
Close US partners in the Middle East demand air defenses after Iranian drone attacks
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched missiles on Jan. 15 that struck buildings in...
Iraq starts enforcing 2016 ban on alcoholic beverages -document
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIraq has begun enforcing a 2016 ban on alcoholic beverages, an official document showed, a move some...
Iraqis protest over Koran desecration; Iran condemns Sweden
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Several thousand Iraqis demonstrated in Baghdad on Saturday over the burning or...
Iraqi security forces deploy in Kirkuk after four protesters killed in ethnic clashes
Reuters via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) -Iraqi security forces deployed in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk...
Dispute between Iraqi military and Kurdish Peshmerga turns deadly, killing 3
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Iraqi military and Kurdish Peshmerga forces briefly clashed Sunday in a dispute over control of...
Talks to end US-led coalition in Iraq may take until after US election, Iraqi official says
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 months agoTalks between the United States and Iraq on ending the U.S.-led military coalition in the country...
Iraqi government accuses US of lying about circumstances of airstrikes, violating international law
The Hill via Yahoo News· 4 months agoAn Iraqi government spokesperson has accused the U.S. of violating international law and lying about...