Egypt’s GDP growth at 7.7 per cent in fourth quarter
Egypt’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 7.7 per cent in the March to June quarter compared to a 1.7 per cent contraction in the same...
Iraq
End of the road for US combat mission in Iraq
U.S. President Joe Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi sealed an agreement formally ending the U.S. combat mission in Iraq by the end of 2021, but...
Anger mounts after 92 die in fire on Iraq COVID ward
The death toll from a fire that tore through a coronavirus hospital in southern Iraq rose to 92, health officials said on Tuesday, as authorities...
At least 44 killed in hospital fire in Iraq, China hotel collapse kills eight
At least 44 people were killed and over 67 injured in a fire likely caused by an oxygen tank explosion at a coronavirus hospital in Iraq‘s...
Turkish air strike kills at least three in refugee camp inside Iraq (update 1)
A Turkish air strike killed at least three people and injured others on Saturday at a camp for displaced people in northern Iraq, said Rashad...
Rockets land at Iraqi air base hosting US, coalition forces
Several rockets landed on Wednesday at Iraq’s Ain al-Asad air base that hosts United States, coalition and Iraqi forces, two security sources said. No casualties...
Suicide attack kills seven, injures 20 in central Baghdad market (update)
A suicide attacker using an explosive vest killed at least seven people and injured at least 20 in a central Baghdad market, police and medical...
Foreign minister holds phone conversation with new Iraqi counterpart
Cyprus Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides had a telephone conversation on Thursday with the new foreign minister of Iraq Fuad Hussein. The two ministers reaffirmed their...
Turkey plans more military bases in north Iraq after offensive
Turkey plans to set up more temporary military bases in northern Iraq after stepping up its strikes against Kurdish militants there, a senior Turkish official told...
Rockets hit oil industry district in southern Iraq, no casualties
Rockets landed near the US Halliburton site early on Monday but caused no damage or casualties, police sources said. Police said the three Katyusha rockets,...
U.S. wages retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq after deadly attack
The United States waged a series of precision air strikes on Thursday against an Iran-backed militia in Iraq that it blamed for a major rocket attack a...
Rockets hit U.S. embassy in Iraq
By Aziz El Yaakoubi and Nadine Awadalla BAGHDAD, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Iraqi security forces shot at anti-government protesters in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least one...
‘No, No America’: Thousands of Iraqis rally against US military presence
Thousands of Iraqis rallied at two central Baghdad intersections on Friday after a prominent cleric called for a “million strong” protest against the American military presence,...
Thousands mourn militia leader in southern Iraq
Thousands of Iraqis packed the streets of the southern city of Basra on Tuesday to mourn Iranian-backed militia leader Jamal Jaafar Ibrahimi, known by his nom...
Iran promises to avenge US killing of top Iranian commander Soleimani (Update 4)
Iran promised vengeance after a US air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani, Tehran’s most prominent military commander and the architect of its growing...
Rock-throwing Iraqi militias quit U.S. embassy after protests, embassy suspends all operations
Supporters of Iranian-backed Iraqi paramilitary groups who stormed the U.S. embassy’s perimeter and hurled rocks in two days of protests withdrew on Wednesday after Washington...
2019 – A man neither Isis nor paralysis can beat
After more than a decade of writing for the Cyprus Mail, I am usually in a quandary when the annual email requesting our top story...
Turkish foreign ministry says one consulate employee died in Erbil shooting
At least two people including a Turkish diplomat were shot dead on Wednesday in a rare attack in the Iraqi Kurdish capital Erbil, Kurdish security...
Cyprus eyes role in reconstruction of Iraq
The presence of the Iraqi foreign minister in the recent trilateral in Jordan could pave the way for Cyprus’ participation in the post-conflict reconstruction in...
Ties with Iraq to be enhanced
The foreign ministers of Cyprus, Greece, Jordan and Iraq met on Sunday in Amman to discuss issues concerning financial, trade and tourist cooperation. Among issues...