Iraq
The European Union has expressed concern in a recent statement after the Iraqi parliament passed new anti-LGBTQ+ legislation. The EU External Action Office suggests that the new law not only goes against the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Iraq ratified in 1971, but also violates Iraq's own Constitution. Twenty years since the first gay marriages, the fight for rights in Europe goes onThe controversial legislation imposes severe penalties, ranging from 10 to 15 years in prison for same-sex relationships, as well as lesser terms for gender-transition procedures or ad...
Euronews (English)
An explosion at a military base of a powerful Iran-allied militia in Iraq left one militiaman dead and eight others injured, the Iraqi army reported on Saturday amid reports that the facility came under airstrikes. The casualties resulted from a blast and a fire early Saturday at Camp Kalsu in the province of Babil in Iraq, housing premises of the Iraqi security forces and the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), the Security Media Cell added, according to Iraq’s official news agency INA. A committee has been formed to investigate the cause of the blast and fire, it said, citing initial findings ...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden and Iraq's Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani said Monday they would keep working towards the withdrawal of a US-led anti-jihadist coalition in the country. Their meeting at the White House came amid soaring tensions in the Middle East after Iraq's neighbor Iran launched a massive aerial attack on US ally Israel over the weekend. The US-led military coalition was formed in 2014 to fight the Islamic State group -- the year the jihadists overran nearly a third of Iraq's territory and swaths of neighboring Syria. Iraq has been trying to stay out of reg...
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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden said Monday he wants to prevent the Middle East conflict from spreading but vowed to defend Israel after Iran launched an unprecedented aerial attack on the key US ally. Biden also reiterated his desire for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas following the October 7 attacks. "Iran launched an unprecedented aerial attack against Israel, and we launched an unprecedented military effort to defend it. Together with our partners, we defended that attack," Biden said as he met Iraq's prime minister at the White House. "The United States is commi...
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Iraq celebrated the end of Ramadan this Wednesday. During the day, children attended carnivals specially set up for the celebration of Eid al-Fitr. There they received gifts, money and other special treats. Families also visited their relatives and friends to exchange greetings and enjoy festive meals.
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Turkey is inflicting devastating damage to critical civillian infrastructure in north-eastern Syria during attacks on suspected Kurdish militant positions, a rights organization said on Friday. "As the world's attention remains fixed on the devastating conflict unfolding in Gaza, another crisis is intensifying under the radar in northeast Syria," Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a statement. Turkey's airstrikes and drone attacks on critical civilian infrastructure in north-east Syria "are putting livelihoods at risk and severing communities from electricity, medical care, and other essential s...
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Baghdad (AFP) - An American air strike in Iraq on Wednesday killed a senior commander from a pro-Iran armed group who was involved in attacks on Washington's troops in the region, the US military said. Washington launched a wave of strikes on Iran-linked targets in Iraq and Syria last week following the killing of three American troops in neighbouring Jordan on January 28, and the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the commander killed Wednesday was targeted "in response to the attacks on US service members". The strike killed "a Kataeb Hezbollah commander responsible for directly planning and ...
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Washington (AFP) - Iran-backed militants launched ballistic missiles at a base hosting US forces in western Iraq, causing one Iraqi and possible American casualties, the US Central Command said Saturday. "Multiple ballistic missiles and rockets were launched by Iranian-backed militants in western Iraq targeting al-Assad Airbase," CENTCOM said in a social media post, which placed the time of the attack at 6:30 pm Baghdad time (1530GMT) Saturday evening. Most of the projectiles were intercepted by the base's air defense systems but "others impacted on the base," the statement said. "A number of ...
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Baghdad (AFP) - A US strike in Baghdad on Thursday killed a pro-Iran military commander, the Pentagon said, with Al-Hashed al-Shaabi ex-paramilitaries saying it hit one of their headquarters. An Iraqi security official said two people were killed and seven wounded in the drone strike, which the government dubbed a "blatant aggression". But Pentagon spokesman Major General Pat Ryder said the strike was an act of self-defence against a commander who was actively planning attacks against US personnel. "It is important to note that the strike was taken in self-defence, that no civilians were harm...
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Baghdad (AFP) - US fighter jets struck two targets in Iraq early on Wednesday, killing eight pro-Iran fighters in retaliation for repeated attacks on American troops, US and Iraqi sources said. The twin strikes, which followed similar bombardment of Iran-backed forces on Tuesday, drew condemnation from the Iraqi government, which said it had not been consulted about the military action on its soil. The US military "conducted discrete, precision strikes against two facilities in Iraq," US Central Command said on X, previously Twitter. "The strikes were in direct response to the attacks against ...
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