Iraq

Following the capital’s capture by Syrian rebel forces and the declaration of the end of President Bashar al-Assad’s authority, Iraqi embassy personnel departed Damascus on Sunday for nearby Lebanon, a diplomatic source told AFP. Speaking on...

Mohammed Fawaz and his family had to evacuate Lebanon so frequently due to Israeli bombardment that they eventually relocated to central Iraq, several kilometres (miles) away, in search of safety. “Wherever we went, danger followed,” the...

In a protest letter addressed to UN Security Council chairman Antonio Guterres, Iraq denounced Israel’s use of its airspace to attack neighbouring Iran, Baghdad stated. “The letter denounces the Zionist entity’s flagrant violation of Iraq’s airspace...

Israel conducted airstrikes against Iran on Saturday, prompting Iraq to stop all air travel at its airports until further notice. The nation’s transport minister said in a statement released by the official INA news agency, “Due...

The broadcaster’s report labeling commanders backed by Iran as “terrorists” prompted supporters of pro-Iranian armed organizations in Iraq to storm and loot the offices of a Saudi television channel in Baghdad early on Saturday, according to...

Sanaa, an Iraqi Kurdish seamstress, will abstain from voting later this month, joining a rising number of people who are losing faith in the political elite that has long ruled the autonomous territory. Because of its...

Iraqi judicial authorities declared on Wednesday that they were looking into the head of the nation’s anti-corruption agency in connection with purported audio recordings that were linked to possible bribery. Judge Haider Hanoun’s anti-graft Commission of...

US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported late Friday that seven American soldiers had been hurt during a mission in western Iraq. According to a defense official, two service members were hurt in falls during the operation, and...

Prior to one of the largest religious gatherings in history, Iraqi security officers opened fire in the air amid an altercation among themselves on Thursday in the historic Shiite Muslim city of Karbala, according to security...

Multiple US servicemen were injured in a missile attack on an Iraqi facility, according to officials, heightening already high tensions in the region amid an anticipated Iranian counterattack on Israel. The Ain al-Assad facility, which is...