Iraq shortlists 11 firms for Grand Faw port operation, decision in January 2025
Iraq has shortlisted 11 shipping companies to compete for the Grand Faw port operation contract, with a decision on the ...
Spy satellite images lead archeologists to the site of a historic battle in Iraq
Declassified 1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led a British-Iraqi archeological team to what they believe is the site ...
Archaeologists identify centuries-old battle site in Iraq using declassified spy satellite images
Archaeologists say they have found the site of an ancient battle in what is now Iraq by comparing historical accounts with ...
US jury awards $42m to ex-detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib
A US jury has awarded $42m (£33m) to three former detainees of Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, holding a Virginia-based ...
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Iraq could be the Middle East’s next battleground
Most of the Middle East’s rulers, including those of Iran’s allies, would prefer God has other plans. Iraq has been doing rather well of late. It is at last using its oil revenues to fund ...
Trump’s defense secretary pick said women shouldn’t be in combat roles. These female veterans fear what comes next
When Elisa Smithers was deployed to Iraq in 2005, there was a ban on women serving in ground combat operations. She now fears ...
Duckworth on Hegseth speaking out against women in combat: ‘Where do you think I lost my legs?’
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) criticized President-elect Trump’s nomination of Fox News host Pete Hegseth as Defense ...
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Iraq to lower the ‘age of consent’ for girls to nine
Iraq is poised to slash the legal age of consent from 18 to to nine, allowing men to marry young children. The proposed legal ...
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US Spy Satellite Locates Ancient Battle Site in Iraq
Archaeologists have discovered the site of the ancient Battle of al-Qadisiyyaha in Iraq using declassified photos from a US ...
In Iraq, men may soon be allowed to marry 9-year-olds. What are world's lowest marriage ages?
Iraq is likely to amend its marriage laws, which would lower the legal age of consent from 18 to nine. Currently, Afghanistan ...
Trump says Hegseth nomination puts U.S. enemies 'on notice'
President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Department of Defense wrote in a best-selling book that "the next ...
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Site of ancient, key battle in Iraq found by archeologists using spy satellite images
The Battle of al-Qadisiyah was fought in Mesopotamia — in present-day Iraq — in the A.D. 630s between Arab Muslims and the army of the Sassanid Persian dynasty during a period of Muslim expansion. The ...