US Defence Secretary Mark Esper has denied US troops are pulling out of Iraq. Mr Esper said there had been “no decision whatsoever to leave”. The confusion came amid Iraqi threats to American forces as Iraq’s council of representatives held an extraordinary session on Sunday to vote on a resolution for the Iraqi government to […]
Kurdish makeup-artist Lava Kerber joined The Breakfast Club to tell us all about herself and her career! Click here to listen to the interview.
Protesters in several southern cities cut off key roads linking to the capital of Baghdad as widespread demonstrations continue. In Nasiriyah, demonstrators stopped traffic across most of the city’s major bridges. In Muthanna, protesters crossed the main streets of the city of Kut and forced employees and students to return to their homes, demanding that […]
By the order of Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minster Masrour Barzani, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) closed down 30 illegal oil refineries in the province of Duhok on Thursday. The closings came after a governmental committee tasked with ending unauthorized refining. The makeshift operations were not legally registered and were having detrimental effects on area […]
Official websites of four ministries of the Iraqi government were shut down after a cyberattack. Unknown hackers on Wednesday interrupted the access to the websites of Oil Ministry, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Defense, and Ministry of Education. Previously amid the months-long protests in Iraq, a cyberattack had targeted the official website of the federal […]
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani attended a ceremony on Tuesday to open the last phase of a strategic 120 meter highway in the capital city of Erbil. The circular highway enables passenger vehicles and trucks to travel around Erbil. It connects all major exists. PM thanked the executive company, emphasizing that the project was […]