Sinan Mahmoud
Iraq Correspondent at The National
@TheNationalNews Iraq Correspondent. Previously @AP senior reporter. RTs not endorsements. Contact: smahmoud at https://t.co/2TCCDoo8lh
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2 days ago |
thenationalnews.com | Sinan Mahmoud
The guns have fallen silent for now, but in Iraq, no one is truly at ease. A fragile calm has descended over the region as Iran and Israel agreed to a US-brokered ceasefire, ending a dangerous spiral that pushed the Middle East to the brink of all-out war. In Iraq, the mood is one of cautious relief mixed with a lingering anxiety over what comes next. While Iraq was spared the direct strikes, it once again found itself in the eye of the storm and felt the tremors acutely.
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4 days ago |
thenationalnews.com | Sinan Mahmoud
At least two radar systems were attacked by unidentified drones on Tuesday early morning at military bases in Iraq, a government spokesman confirmed, while there was no claim of responsibility for the attacks. The first drone hit the radar system at Al Taji military base north of Baghdad, the military spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minster, Sabah Al Numan, said. Al Taji base hosted US troops several years ago and was a frequent target of rocket attacks.
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5 days ago |
thenationalnews.com | Sinan Mahmoud
Several international oil companies operating in southern Iraq have evacuated their foreign employees amid fears of an expansion of the Israel-Iran war, sources told The National on Monday. The sources, some of whom are employees by the companies, added that workers started to leave straight after the first Israeli attack on June 13, but that they almost all left in recent days.
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6 days ago |
thenationalnews.com | Sinan Mahmoud
A Tehran-backed armed faction in Iraq has said it will enter the war between Israel and Iran, in the first reaction from Iraqi militant groups after the US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. President Donald Trump on Saturday said the US military had bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, "completely and totally obliterating" Tehran's enrichment capacity. The development ended days of speculation about whether America would become directly involved in Israel's war against Iran.
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1 week ago |
thenationalnews.com | Sinan Mahmoud
The scenes outside Iraqi Airways offices in several countries have become all too familiar: angry travellers desperate to return home, shouting at employees, families waiting for hours and some even sleeping outside in hopes of securing a ticket. The air war between Israel and Iran has led to widespread airspace closures in several Middle East countries, including Iraq, as missiles soar across the sky.
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