BAGHDAD—Iraq’s currency ended its nosedive after a meeting between the Iraqi Central Bank head and a top U.S. Treasury official. Under Secretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence Brian E. Nelson said in a statement Saturday that he had met with Central Bank of Iraq Governor Ali al-Allaq in Istanbul the day before…
US Fines Virgin Atlantic $1.05 Million for Flying Over Iraq
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) said Tuesday it had fined Virgin Atlantic $1.05 million for flying in restricted airspace over Iraq on numerous occasions. USDOT has jurisdiction since the flights carried Delta Air Lines’ code. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had issued a notice prohibiting U.S. carriers from flying over Iraqi airspace without prior approval….
Explosion in Northern Iraq Kills Two Soldiers, Injures Three
BEIRUT—Two soldiers were killed and three were injured in an explosion in northern Iraq, Iraqi state news said Thursday. The soldiers were traveling in an army vehicle a day earlier in the Makhmour district when an explosive device detonated, the state Iraqi News Agency reported. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. It was…
Turkey, Iran Strike Kurdish Groups Amid Fears of Widening Conflict
ISTANBUL—Turkey has ramped up its cross-border strikes on Kurdish YPG militants in Syria and Iraq, while Iran struck dissident groups in northern Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region this week. Russia and the United States, both of which maintain troops in Syria, have called on Turkey to show restraint amid fears of widening conflict in the region….
Official: ISIS Terrorists Kill 4 Iraqi Soldiers in Northwest
BAGHDAD—ISIS terrorists attacked an Iraqi army position in the northwestern governorate of Kirkuk early Saturday killing four soldiers, a local government official said. It was the first such attack in nearly a year. In January, ISIS terrorists broke into a barracks in the mountainous al-Azim district outside the town of Baqouba, where they killed a…
Official: Gas Tank Explosion in Northern Iraq Kills 15
BAGHDAD (AP) — The death toll from a heating gas tank that exploded in a residential complex in northern Iraq has risen to 15, an civil defense official said Friday. The explosion a night earlier in the city of Sulimaniyah destroyed three homes and also injured 16 people. On Thursday night, Kurdish officials and local…
Iran Strikes Dissident Sites in Iraqi Kurdistan, 2 Dead: Officials
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq—At least two people were killed and 10 were wounded on Monday when rockets and drones hit the headquarters of Iranian Kurdish parties in the autonomous Kurdish region of neighboring Iraq, local officials and security sources said. Iran’s semi-official Fars news said the country’s Revolutionary Guards had attacked the bases of “terrorist groups” in…
Fair Elections Are the Underpinning of a Free Society: Retired Marine Reserve Colonel
Election integrity was paramount on Jan. 30, 2005, when Iraq held its first free election in years to choose an entirely new National Assembly. Retired Marine Reserve Colonel Frank Ryan, today a Republican state representative in the Pennsylvania House, had been called out of retirement and was responsible for pulling together election security with the…
10 Killed, More Than 20 Wounded in Explosion in Baghdad
BAGHDAD—Ten people were killed and more than 20 wounded in an explosion in east Baghdad on Saturday, according to security and medical sources. The explosion took place in a garage near a football stadium and a café, when an explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated, leading to another explosion of a gas tanker that…
Iraqi Parliament Approves New Cabinet in Long-Awaited Vote
BAGHDAD—Iraq’s parliament gave its vote of confidence to a new Cabinet on Thursday, breaking a yearlong political stalemate. It’s the first government since 2005 that doesn’t include members from the bloc of a powerful Shiite cleric. A majority of the 253 lawmakers present voted to appoint 21 ministers, with two posts—the Construction and Housing Ministry…
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