Iraq
May 31, 2000
By Nabeel Al Mulhem Iraq has voiced hope that the plans related to a railway linking the country to neighboring Syria would be revived to facilitate
Three Iraqis were killed and three others were injured when a cluster bomb dating from the 1991 Gulf War exploded in northern Iraq, newspapers reporte
US jets bombed air defense systems in northern Iraq for a third consecutive day Wednesday, after coming under Iraqi artillery fire, reported the Assoc
May 30, 2000
US jets bombed military sites in Iraq Tuesday in response to artillery fire by Iraqi gunners, the Associated Press reported, quoting US military offic
An Iraqi national was arrested in Athens Sunday for allegedly holding nine Iraqi hostages in an apartment, Iran News Agency (IRNA) said Monday. Quotin
Iraqi president Saddam Hussein called Monday on Yugoslavia to work jointly with Iraq to resist the United States and its allies, reported Reuters Mond
Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Said al-Sahhaf said his country was ready to work with the new United Nations humanitarian coordinator, Tun Myat, to h
May 28, 2000
Chairman of the Iraqi planning commission Hassan Abdul Menem said Sunday that the commission is seeking to prepare a plan to withstand the water crisi
Syria and Iraq held talks Saturday on reinforcing cooperation on oil as well as other trade fields, reported AFP Sunday. The talks in Baghdad were he
The first Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Iraq has recently commenced providing services to the public, in exchange for symbolic fees. Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper reports that the Internet office a
May 27, 2000
Iraq has urged the United Nations to let it import a specialized currency printing press to help combat counterfeiting, Foreign Minister Mohammad Said
Iraq said Friday it fired surface-to-air missiles at US and British planes over-flying the country. A military spokesman said "enemy" aircraft coming
A Syrian delegation representing officials from the ministries of oil, industry and economics, began a visit to Baghdad Friday aimed at developing bil
The toll of war and years of sanctions on the health of Iraq's children has been revealed by new research, according to BBC.online Friday. In the par
May 25, 2000
The United Nations ended two days of talks Wednesday on creating a new arms inspection agency for Iraq, despite little indication that Baghdad will ac