Iraq News News Iraq » People: Iraq seizes mounds of gold and millions in cash in corruption crackdown
An anti-corruption probe in Iraq leads to seizure of 825 pounds of gold and tens of millions in cash from lawmakers and government officials.
News Iraq » People: Fire guts Iraq shopping center, killing at least 61 people, officials say
Baghdad — A fire at a newly opened mall in eastern Iraq's Wasit province killed more than 60 people, including women and children, Iraqi officials said Thursday. The nation's Interior Ministry said in ...
News Iraq » People: Iraq’s elections are being stolen by Iran before votes are cast
With elections scheduled for Nov. 11, Iraq is heading toward another vote. But the outcome is already being written in Tehran. Iran’s agents have infiltrated Iraq’s election commission, manipulating ...
News Iraq » People: Iraq sandstorm closes airports, puts 3,700 people in hospital
A sandstorm swept through Iraq, filling the air with choking dust that closed airports and put more than 3,700 people in hospital with breathing difficulties, the health ministry said Tuesday.
News Iraq » People: Iraqi security forces arrest 47 officials in anticorruption crackdown
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, shown speaking after assuming office on May 16, 2026, has promised to crack down on corruption ...
News Iraq » People: Iraq sandstorm leaves 1,800 people with respiratory problems: Health officials
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 southern ...
News Iraq » People: Iraq PM says corruption crackdown only in 'first phase' after wave of arrests
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al Zaidi has said a wave of arrests targeting legislators, politicians and officials on corruption charges is only the beginning and pledged to graft “night and day” to ...
News Iraq » People: Perspective: Iraq’s future is visible every day in the faces of its young people
Most mornings, I walk across a university campus in Baghdad where students hurry to class inside buildings that were once part of Saddam Hussein’s palace complex. On their way, they pass marble ...
News Iraq » People: It is time to start trusting the Iraqi people
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