July 1, 2022 Bas News Iraq Confirms Second Cholera Death ERBIL — Iraq’s Health Ministry on Thursday confirmed second fatality due to Cholera this year. Saif Al-Badr, a spokesperson for the Iraqi Health Ministry, told […]
February 13, 2022 Bas News Iraqi National Security Advisor, UK Envoy Discuss Security, Political Developments ERBIL — Iraq’s National Security Advisor Qasem al-Araji on Sunday received UK Ambassador Mark Bryson-Richardson in Baghdad where they […]
February 10, 2022 Bas News Iran Unveils New Ballistic Missile Amid Vienna Nuclear Talks ERBIL — Iran on Wednesday unveiled a new ballistic missile with a range of 1,450 kilometers, a day after talks […]
February 10, 2022 Bas News Iran Unveils New Ballistic Missile Amid Vienna Nuclear Talks ERBIL — Iran on Wednesday unveiled a new ballistic missile with a range of 1,450 kilometers, a day after talks […]
February 8, 2022 Bas News PM Barzani, Qatar’s FM Discuss Trade and Investment by Phone ERBIL — Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Tuesday received a phone call from Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, […]
February 8, 2022 Bas News PM Barzani, Qatar’s FM Discuss Trade and Investment by Phone ERBIL — Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani on Tuesday received a phone call from Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, […]
February 7, 2022 Bas News National Security Advisor Calls PKK Presence in Iraq “Illegal” ERBIL — Iraq’s National Security Advisor Qasim al-Araji said the presence of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Sinjar and […]
February 4, 2022 Bas News Iraqi, Iranian FMs Discuss Regional Developments by Phone ERBIL — Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein on Friday held a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Hussein Amir Abdullahian to […]
February 2, 2022 Bas News Iraq Generates over $8.27 Billion from January Oil Exports ERBIL — The Iraqi government has generated more than $8.27 billion from 99.28 million barrels of crude oil it exported […]
January 29, 2022 Bas News Iraqi Air Defense System Mistakenly Attempt to Shoot Down US-led Coalition Drone ERBIL — The Iraqi Air Defense System on Saturday mistakenly attempted to shoot down a drone belonging […]
January 7, 2022 Bas News Iraq to Acquire Exxon Mobil’s Stake in West Qurna Oilfield: Ministe ERBIL — The Federal government of Iraq has decided to acquire Exxon Mobil Corp’s stake in the giant West […]
August 10, 2019 BasNews Pompeo Welcomes US-Turkey Talks on Safe Zone in Syria US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has welcomed the talks between Washington and Ankara on creating a safe zone in Syria, […]
August 8, 2019 BasNews Iraq Close to Replacing ExxonMobil with BP and Eni: Report Iraq is close to replacing the US energy ExxonMobil company with oil majors BP and Eni for an export pipeline […]
August 8, 2019 BasNews KRG Shuts Down 60 Illegal Oil Refineries in Erbil Province Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has closed down 60 oil refineries in Erbil province for failing to abide by the rules […]
August 7, 2019 BasNews Despite US Warnings, Erdogan Signals Operation in Syria to Happen “Very Soon” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday that Ankara is keen to conduct another military operation deep […]
August 4, 2019 BasNews Iran Seizes Foreign Oil Tanker in the Gulf: State Media Iranian forces on Sunday seized an oil tanker smuggling crude, Iran’s state media reported. “The IRGC’s naval forces have seized […]
August 3, 2019 BasNews Iran Again Threatens to Reduce Compliance with Nuclear Deal Iran has once again threatened to reduce its compliance to the nuclear deal, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, said on Saturday. […]
August 3, 2019 BasNews Iraqi PM Working on Revealing 40 Cases of Corruption Iraqi PM Adil Abdul-Mahdi has reportedly sent 1,276 cases of corruption to the Commission of Integrity, and working on revealing the […]
August 3, 2019 BasNews An earthquake with Four Aftershocks Hits KRG-Iran Border Iranian Kurdish province of Kermanshah was hit by multiple earthquakes on Saturday which were also felt by people in the border areas […]
August 2, 2019 BasNews Thousands of IS Militants Still in Iraq, Syria: US envoy US special envoy for Syria James Jeffrey said on Thursday that he believes thousands of Islamic State (IS) jihadists are […]
August 1, 2019 BasNews Turkey and Iraq to Establish Joint Water Resources Center Turkish and Iraqi authorities met in Bagdad to discuss issues pertaining to water resources, after which they agreed to establish a […]
July 30, 2019 BasNews Kurdistan President, Chinese Envoy Discuss Bilateral Ties Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani received on Tuesday a diplomatic delegation led by China’s Consul General Ni-Ruchi in Erbil. The Chinese envoy congratulated […]
July 29, 2019 BasNews Iran’s Foreign Policy Is to Confront US Hegemony: VP Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri said on Monday that his country’s foreign policy is to confront the US hegemony and protect […]
July 28, 2019 BasNews Foreign Forces Provoke Tensions in the Gulf: Iran’s Rouhani Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the presence of foreign forces in the Gulf region would be the main […]
July 26, 2019 BasNews Turkey Ready to Find Alternative to US F-35: Erdogan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made it clear on Friday that his country will have to find an alternative supplier if […]
July 25, 2019 BasNews US to Escort Its Ships Passing Through Strait of Hormuz: Pentagon Chief US military in the Middle East will escort country’s vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz to protect […]
July 24, 2019 BasNews France Urges Iran to Return to Nuclear Deal The French government has called on Iran to “quickly” return to compliance to the 2015 Nuclear Deal and prevent further escalations in […]
July 23, 2019 BasNews Iran Watching US Ships in the Gulf: Navy Chief The Iranian forces are observing all US ships in the Gulf and it has an archive of their moments in the […]
July 22, 2019 BasNews Turkey Threatens with Military Operation If Safe Zone Not Established in Syria Turkey will launch a military operation in northern Syria if a planned safe zone is not established with […]
July 20, 2019 BasNews US Ready to Negotiate with Iran: Pompeo The US has shown readiness to negotiate with its historic rival Iran if Tehran behaves like a “normal nation,” Secretary of State Mike […]
