BAGHDAD — Three overnight airstrikes on eastern Syria Saturday near a strategic border crossing with Iraq killed six Iran-backed militants, two members of Iraqi militia groups told The Associated Press. The strikes on the border region of Boukamal came hours after an umbrella group of Iran-backed Iraqi militants — known as the Islamic Resistance — … Read more
BAGHDAD — Christian religious leaders in northern Iraq called for an international investigation Monday into a deadly wedding fire that killed more than 100 people last week and slammed the government’s probe, which had blamed the blaze on negligence and lack of precautionary measures. An Iraqi Syriac Catholic priest, meanwhile, said widespread corruption in the … Read more
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Two protesters set hearth to a replica of the Koran, Islam’s holy e-book, in entrance of the Iraqi embassy within the Danish capital on Monday, risking an additional deterioration of relations between the 2 international locations. Protests have raged throughout Iran and Iraq after Denmark and Sweden allowed the burning of the Koran … Read more