Erdogan denies allegations of Turkish army using chemical weapons
President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey’s armed forces have never used chemical weapons and they abide by international law, saying legal action would be taken against those who...
Iraq
Iraq elects new president and premier, ending stalemate
Iraq’s parliament on Thursday elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as president, who immediately named Mohammed Shia al-Sudani prime minister-designate, ending a year of deadlock...
Rockets land in Baghdad’s Green Zone after day of clashes, Iran closes borders (Update 2)
Militants fired rockets at Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone as clashes between Shi’ite Muslim groups spilled into a second day, Iraq’s military said, and Iran closed...
Iraqi factions call for new government in rival protests
Rival Iraqi factions took to the streets of Baghdad on Friday to call for a new government, with supporters of Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr demanding...
Deadlock gives Iraq record run without government, hampering reforms
Iraq marked its longest post-election deadlock on Wednesday as infighting among Shi’ite and Kurdish groups in particular prevents the formation of a government, hampering reforms needed...
Turkey rejects responsibility for attack on Iraq’s Dohuk that killed eight
Iraq’s government will call back the Iraqi charge d’affaires in Turkey for consultation after accusing Ankara of carrying out a strike on a mountain resort in the...
Two dead in Turkish air strikes on PKK sites in Iraq’s north
At least two people werekilled and seven injured in Turkish air strikes targeting Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) sites in Iraq’s northern province of Sinjar, security sources said...
The struggle to save Iraq’s last Persian leopards
Tying a camera trap around a tree trunk on Bamo mountain in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, brothers Bahez and Nabaz Farooq Ali hope to capture footage...
Iraq parliament fails to elect new state president over lack of quorum
Iraq’s parliament failed again on Saturday to vote for a president after Iran-backed groups boycotted the session, in a setback to an alliance led by...
Explosion kills four, wounds 20 in Iraq’s Basra
At least four people were killed and 20 wounded in an explosion in Iraq’s southern city of Basra, police and hospital sources told Reuters on...
