BASRA — The southern Iraqi city of Basra is struggling to cope with a growing drug problem that has overcrowded prisons and strained police resources, only months after violent protests over poor municipal services.
Basra's prison system is clogged (...)
BAGHDAD — Iraqi President Barham Salih said on Monday that President Donald Trump did not ask Iraq's permission for US troops stationed there to "watch Iran."
Speaking at a forum in Baghdad, Salih was responding to a question about Trump's comments (...)
THE US-backed Iraqi offensive to take back Mosul from Daesh (the so-called IS) gained fresh momentum on Thursday, with an armored division trying to advance into the city from the northern side.
The militants are now besieged in the northwestern (...)
An Egyptian military effort to recruit and arm tribal fighters to take on Daesh (the so-called IS) militants in the Sinai is failing, according to security sources, Sinai residents and tribal figures.
The military launched the program with much (...)
