Occupation of Iraq

Turkish troops to retreat at end of Mosul offensive but camp should be Iraqi: Ambassador

Turkey and Iraq have agreed that Turkish troops will withdraw from the Bashiqa camp in northern Iraq after the end of the Mosul offensive, but Baghdad wants the camp to immediately be turned over to Iraq, Iraqi Ambassador to Ankara Hisham al-Allawi said.

Sadrist protesters leave Iraqi parliament building after hours of protests

Hundreds of supporters of the Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr left the heavily guarded parliament building in the Iraqi capital early May 1, hours after storming the parliament building when lawmakers failed to convene for a vote on overhauling the government. 

WFP says serious food shortages in Fallujah, besieged by Iraqi army

Humanitarian disaster is looming in the western Iraqi city of Fallujah, an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) stronghold under siege by security forces, where tens of thousands of people face food shortages, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on March 8. 

US Embassy says several Americans missing in Iraq

The U.S. Embassy confirmed on Jan. 17 that "several" Americans had gone missing in Iraq, after local media reported that three Americans had been kidnapped in the Iraqi capital.

U.S. Embassy spokesman Scott Bolz said, "We are working in full cooperation with Iraqi authorities to locate the missing Americans."

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