A sandstorm in central and southern Iraq sent more than 1,800 people to hospitals with respiratory problems on Monday, health officials said. Authorities temporarily shut the airports in the ...

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This pipeline, with a capacity of 2.4 million bpd, will support increased exports from Iraq’s southern ports. Turkiye is looking to expand cooperation with Iraq in electricity exports too.

In a significant step towards strengthening its national climate change response, Iraq has intensified efforts to embed climate adaptation concepts within its education system. On 14–15 April 2025, ...

Iraq has signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with the US to develop power plants and an integrated solar energy project in Iraq, according to the Iraqi prime minister's media office ...

Iraq has finally designated 11 November 2025 as the date for parliamentary elections, as confirmed by a statement from Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani's media office following a vote by ...

Iraq announced the closure of its border with Syria during the lightning rebel offensive that led to Assad’s fall in December, fearing the repercussions of the instability on its territory.

“It was an amazing thing to see all Iraq, from North to South, gathered together,” wrote Gertrude Bell, a British colonial official who had recommended Faisal to her government and would be ...

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More than a thousand people have been left with respiratory problems after a sandstorm swept across Iraq’s central and southern parts of the country, health officials said. One official in Muthanna ...