Tag: Iraq
Ottawa to appoint first resident ambassador to Iraq in 26 years
The Liberal government will appoint a resident ambassador to Iraq in the coming weeks, the first one Canada has had on the ground in Baghdad in nearly 26 years.Sources told […]
Turkey strikes Iraq after Ankara bombing blamed on Kurdish militants
Turkish warplanes struck Kurdish militant camps in northern Iraq on Monday, a day after 37 people were killed in an Ankara car bombing that security officials said involved two fighters […]
Daesh chemical attacks in Iraq kill three-year-old, injure hundreds
Daesh has launched two chemical attacks near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, killing a three-year-old girl, wounding some 600 people and causing hundreds more to flee, Iraqi officials said […]
Canadian government tells Kurds it supports ‘territorial integrity’ of Iraq
Canada has told the Kurds that it wants to see Iraq remain united and not broken into different parts that would include an independent Kurdish state. But experts say it […]
Why Iraqi refugees in Germany are choosing to head home
It’s a change of heart that Iraqi immigrant Sekvan Agho never saw coming.Agho was among the wave of nearly 1.1 million asylum-seekers who came to Germany last year seeking a […]
Amnesty says Kurds waging campaign to uproot Arabs in north Iraq
Kurdish forces have bulldozed, blown up and burned down thousands of Arab homes across northern Iraq in what may constitute a war crime, human rights watchdog Amnesty International said in […]
Canadian airstrike alleged to have killed 10 civilians in Iraq
Canada’s military is facing fresh allegations its bombs may have killed civilians in northern Iraq, CBC News has learned. According to local Iraqi media reports, 10 civilian workers were allegedly […]
Q&A: Journalist Robert Fisk on ISIL, evil, and moral equivalency
Hamilton Spectator Veteran British journalist and author Robert Fisk has been a foreign correspondent based in Beirut for nearly 40 years, covering numerous conflicts and interviewing figures such as Saddam […]