Iraq what is happening

Assassination attempt of Iraqi prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi was reportedly targeted by a drone directed to his residence. The government said the prime minister was not harmed in the attempt. In Iraq, election fraud claims fuel uncertainty, divisions Pro-Iran Shiite militias that emerged as the biggest losers in Iraq's parliamentary elections three weeks ago are still rejecting the outcome of the vote. Iraq says it has arrested top leader in Islamic State group Iraq says it has detained a top leader of the Islamic State group and a longtime al-Qaida operative in a cross-border operation.

Iraq's parliamentary vote marred by boycott, voter apathy Iraqis have voted in parliamentary elections held months ahead of schedule as a concession to a youth-led uprising against corruption and mismanagement. Army general who commanded in Iraq dies of cancer at age 67 Raymond T. Odierno led U. Drones target northern Iraqi airport after 2 month lull U. Senate panel votes to scrap both Iraq war authorizations In a historic bipartisan move, a Senate panel has voted to scrap both Iraq war authorizations.

Biden says US combat mission in Iraq to conclude by year end The pair are set to announce the end of the U. Among the people discovered inside a van during a routine checkup were several children, police said. Police found the body after officers spotted about 30 people getting out of the truck near the eastern town of Goerlitz. Baghdad AP — Gunmen from the Islamic State extremist group attacked a village northeast of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 11 civilians and wounding six others, Iraqi security officials said.

AP — Former U. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut details in a new book how aid from top Republicans — including strategist Karl Rove — helped him win reelection against a more left-leaning Democrat and a Republican. Security Council in to make the case for war against their country.

And where did all this conflict in Iraq come from? Newsround explains where this situation started, who is involved, and what it means for the people who live in the country. The problems in Iraq have gone on for a long time. Back in , British and US troops went to war in Iraq to remove the leader of the country, Saddam Hussein, from power. Leaders of these countries said at the time that this needed to happen because he was a dangerous man who treated the people in his country very badly.

They also said they believed he was hiding extremely dangerous weapons. Saddam Hussein was captured in and killed three years later. The decision to go to war in Iraq was a controversial one. This led to an investigation, which you can read about here. Removing Iraq's leader from power was supposed to be quite a simple mission, but it turned into a long war that lasted eight years. This was because after Saddam Hussein was no longer in charge, there were many people fighting for power in the country.

In , British forces stopped fighting there and the US followed by the end of Everybody hoped that Iraq would be able to recover on its own after the conflict. However, this didn't happen. Most people in Iraq are Muslim, but they belong to different types of the religion. Some are Shia Muslims and some are Sunni Muslims. These two groups disagree about how the country should be run. While Sunnis and Shias fought over who would be in charge, IS also wanted power, so the group started to gain control and captured many parts of the country.

Because of this, the fighting in Iraq continues, even though British and US troops have left. It actually grew from another extremist group called al-Qaeda, which has existed since the end of the s. When the foreign soldiers left Iraq, IS made the most of the chaos in the country and started to try to take over. The 3,year-old tablet that shows parts of a Sumerian poem will be returned by the US to the country it was taken from in Published: 21 Sep Arwa Mahdawi.

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