Azzaman in English
Ancient Babylonian city left unattended in Iraq
Iraq’s Tall Harmal, site of the old Babylonian city of Shadupum, has been left unguarded since the 2003-U.S. invasion of Iraq…. more 14/12/2009
1.2 million Iraqis have fled to Syria, official says
Nearly 1.2 million Iraqis have fled their country for safety in neighboring Syria, a high-ranking Syrian government official said…. more 12/12/2009
Iranian exiles to be moved to desert detention camp in southern Iraq
Iranian exiles in Iraq known as Mujahideen Khalq will be transported to a detention center in the Iraqi desert, Iraqi prime minister said…. more 11/12/2009
Premier warns of collapse of authority in Iraq
Tuesday’s car bombings in which hundreds of Iraqi civilians were killed or injured have raised big questions whether the Iraqi government is in control of the capital Baghdad…. more 10/12/2009
Half million housing units to be built in Iraq
The government has approved the construction of half a million housing units in Iraq…. more 09/12/2009
Rail link between Baghdad and Basra busy with trains
Iraq is using its old rail network for both passenger and freight purposes, particularly the line linking Baghdad to Basra, an official statement said…. more 07/12/2009
168 new schools for Baghdad and 5,000 more are needed
The Province of Baghdad is to build 168 new schools outside the provincial center to accommodate a projected increase in student population…. more 06/12/2009
Arrest campaign by U.S. and Iraqi troops in two predominantly Sunni areas
A joint U.S. and Iraqi force made numerous arrests in a fresh campaign of Abu Ghraib, West of Baghdad, and the northern city of Mosul…. more 05/12/2009
Southern Iraqi city removes ban on alcohol
The authorities in the southern city of Basra have removed a ban on the sale of alcohol, which was imposed due to pressure from religious groups…. more 03/12/2009
Sunni tribes protest Iraq’s election law
Sunni tribal leaders in the northern city of Mosul led protests against the election law…. more 02/12/2009
Foreign excavators uncover ancient grave in Iraq’s Arbil
A foreign excavation team has unearthed an ancient burial mound dating to the first millennium B.C…. more 01/12/2009
Private entrepreneurs urged to invest in Iraqi power sector
Iraqi private entrepreneurs now have the right to build power stations and sell their output to the national grid, the Electricity Minister Kareem Waheed said…. more 30/11/2009
U.S. embassy hands 5,000 artifacts to Iraq Museum
The U.S. embassy in Baghdad has given 515 archaeological items to the Iraq Museum, Antiquities Department chief said…. more 25/11/2009
Low water levels and lack of fuel aggravate power crisis in Iraq
The volume of water reaching Iraq from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is dangerously low, reducing output from hydroelectric plants, said Electricity Minister Kareem Waheed…. more 24/11/2009
Iraq’s Oil minister divides electorate in oil-rich southern city
Campaigning for the January general elections is in full swing in Iraq’s southern city of Basra where most of the country’s oil output and exports originate…. more 23/11/2009
More exile doctors return as Iraq works for self-sufficiency in pharmaceutics
Hundreds of medical doctors who had fled violence have returned to their jobs in central and southern Iraq, Health Minister Mahdi al-Hasnawi said…. more 22/11/2009
Iraq’s domestic food supplies dwindling, minister says
Iraq’s agricultural yields are much below its domestic food needs, the agriculture Minister said…. more 20/11/2009
Parthian grave with astounding artifacts found in Iraq
An Iraqi excavation team has uncovered a grave with magnificent finds dating to the Parthian period…. more 19/11/2009
Iraq to build ‘new city’ in place of former military camp
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says he would build a new city of 65,000 housing units on the grounds of a former military camp…. more 17/11/2009
Maliki bars Qatari prince from hunting in Iraq
Iraqi border police turned a Qatari Emir home as he tried to enter the country for a hunting spree…. more 15/11/2009
Baghdad Christians to hand out flowers in commemoration of the death of fellow Muslims
Iraqi Christians are planning to remember their fellow Muslims who were killed as a result of massive car bombings in the capital Baghdad…. more 14/11/2009
New drilling rigs to boost Iraq’s Kirkuk oil output
Highly advanced drilling rigs have reached Kirkuk, one of Iraq’s richest areas in oil reserves…. more 13/11/2009
Iraqi deputies lash out at oil minister’s policies
Iraq’s Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani is upbeat about the country’s oil industry but not everyone in Iraq shares his optimism…. more 11/11/2009
U.S.s Biden and Iraq’s Talabani see bright future ahead!
A few days ago U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden wrote a letter to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in which he seems to have found a new path to help Iraq out of its predicament…. more 10/11/2009
Iraq says negotiations with Iran over water supplies futile
Iran and Iraq have failed to reach agreement on water sharing, a senior official in the Iraqi Province of Basra said…. more 09/11/2009
Human organ traffickers arrested in Iraq’s Mosul
Iraqi police in the northern city of Mosul have arrested four people charged with trafficking in human organs…. more 07/11/2009
New dam for Iraq’s oil-rich Kirkuk
The oil-rich city of Kirkuk is going to have a new dam with a storage capacity of 39 million cubic meters of water…. more 06/11/2009
Can Iraq compensate for loss of intelligentsia?
A reader asked whether figures on the number of professionals Iraq has lost in the past few years is not inflated?… more 04/11/2009
Iraqi premier says he fears return of Saddam Hussein’s Baath party to power
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is still obsessed with former leader Saddam Hussein and his Baath party despite his decision to have Saddam executed and his party banned for ev… more 03/11/2009
1,000 Iraqi detainees risk execution as premier rules out clemency
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki wants to have more than 1,000 Iraqi detainees executed before the general elections scheduled for January 2010…. more 02/11/2009
