2021-02-15 New plan “to minimize and eradicate” ISIS threats New Covid-19 variant identified in Iraq Iraqi minister of health announced identification of new variant of Covid-19 virus in a press conference on Monday. The ministry has tested several... Two killed, four wounded in a Mosul hospital elevator collapse Two people were killed and four were injured when a lift collapsed in Mosul military hospital, Nineveh Civil defense said on Sunday. “The lift is basic... Iraq: full curfew during weekends and night curfew for two weeks The high committee for national health and safety has decided to implement full curfew on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and night curfew from 8 pm to 5 am... Turkmen unite in Kirkuk for parliamentary elections yet its leadership controversial Nine Turkmen political parties united under one alliance to run a unified bloc for Iraq’s October 2021 parliamentary elections yet they have not... Six ISIS hideouts controlled south of Kirkuk Iraqi forces have taken over six hideouts of IS militants in Daquq, southwest of Kirkuk, tens of bombs and explosives found. The operation was launched on... No salary deduction of civil servants and pensioners in 2021 budget Iraqi parliament speaker confirmed on Saturday that parliamentary finance committee has decided not to deduct any percentage of wages for civil servants and... Covid-19 cases spiked 1% across Iraq in January Covid-19 infection cases have spiked remarkably across Iraq in January due to public socializing and overlooking health measures, Iraqi minister of health... Kirkuk exported 3M barrels in January for $162M Export of Kirkuk oil fields’ has flourished in 2020 as figures by Iraqi ministry of oil shows. Early 2020, Kirkuk was exporting 1.1 million barrels a... Officer insults, threatens two journalists in Kirkuk An officer assigned to the state-run North Oil Company threatened and hurled insults at Karwan Salehi, KirkukNow correspondent, and Ozheen Jola, Anadolu... Later date set for early parliamentary elections The Iraqi Council of Ministers has set 10 October 2021 for the early parliamentary elections. The date was moved from 6 June on the request of the... About 900,000 IDPs, refugees still live in the Kurdistan Region Duhok, 2019 – Dawdiya Camp which hosts mostly Ezidis from Shingal – photo: KirkukNow. There are still 698,902 IDPs (internally displaced persons) of... KirkukNow correspondent wins award for best report related to human rights An investigative report by KirkukNow won best price reports related to human rights in an annual competition organized by Radio Deng (Voice). The award... ‹ 1 2 ... 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ... 27 28 ›