The US has decreased its number of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan to 2,500, accomplishing a key goal of President Donald Trump as he prepares to leave office next...

The US has imposed new sanctions on the deputy head of Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) after classifying him as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) on Wednesday. Abdul...

The Iraqi authorities announced on Thursday the arrest of a government employee accused of falsifying official documents enabling thousands of foreigners to obtain citizenship, Anadolu has reported. "A team...

A refugee who arrived in the UK after fleeing Iraq has said that 'life in Hull is the same as in Iraq'

Influential Shia Cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr has called for Iraq to find an alternative to Iranian gas used to operate electricity plants after imports were halted due to the debt...

Prominent Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr has warned of postponing early elections scheduled for 6 June and called on the Iraqi people to update their electoral records. Head of...

Iraq's High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) yesterday condemned the Iraqi security forces' use of violence against protesters in Dhi Qar Governorate, south of the country, Anadolu news agency reported. Commission...

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has condemned the US' decision to impose sanctions on Falih Al-Fayyadh, head of the Popular Mobilisation Forces in Iraq, saying the move is "doomed to...

Pope Francis has stated that he is unsure about his historic trip to Iraq scheduled in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an interview yesterday evening with Italy's Canale 5 broadcasting...

Iraq's Water Resources Minister Mehdi Rashid Al-Hamdani yesterday warned that his country would face a water crisis if it does not reach a deal with Turkey, the New Khaleej reported. Al-Hamdani stressed on...

Iranian-backed forces are exerting pressure on Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi to stop him linking Baghdad's electricity grid with that of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) grid, a local...

Kuwait yesterday said it had identified the remains of 13 people who went missing during the 1990 Iraqi invasion. "The fate of the 13 martyrs has been determined through...

Iraq denounced on Saturday as "unacceptable" a US decision to blacklist the leader of a state umbrella group for mainly Iran-backed Shia militia, Reuters reports. Washington imposed sanctions on...

At least two people were assassinated in as many days, with 43 injured, including safety members, and 30 arrested in protests in Dhi Qar province Iraq, according to the country's...

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on an Iraqi militia leader and former national security adviser, connecting him to human rights abuses during the 2019 anti-government demonstrations in...

Middle Eastern passports have ranked low on this year's Henley Passport Index, which ranks the travel documents according to the number of destinations their holders can travel to without obtaining a...

An Iraqi court yesterday issued an arrest warrant for outgoing US President Donald Trump on charges of assassinating the deputy head of Iraq's Hashd Al-Shaabi or Popular Mobilisation Forces...

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq on Thursday extended the suspension of face-to-face education in schools and universities across the region to avoid a second wave of...

Iraqi President Barham Salih said yesterday that it is not possible to build a national army without restricting weapons which are in the hands of state agencies, Anadolu news agency reported....

Iraqi Defence Minister Juma Inad yesterday warned that his country would be dragged into "civil war" if missile attacks on diplomatic missions did not stop. "Targeting the Green Zone...

The Chinese embassy in Baghdad has responded to US accusations that China is committing human rights abuses against religious minorities in the Xinjiang region, accusing the US of "interference...

The National Iraqi Alliance has called on Wednesday for the release of former army commanders of the late President Saddam Hussein era, RT reported. "On the 100th anniversary of...

Turkey has brought back suspected Gulenists from the Ukraine, Anadolu reported the Interior Ministry announcing today. In a statement, the ministry said that Salih Fidan and Samet Gure, who are the group's chiefs in the...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi yesterday issued a directive banning all military and security services members from making statements to the media "without prior approval". "It is strictly forbidden...

The Ministry of Finance and Economy in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq yesterday suspended the salaries of more than 10,000 people who receive multiple payments from...

An Iraqi parliamentary inquest has today revealed that an estimated $239.7 billion (some 350 trillion dinars) has left the country illegally since 2003. According to the Iraqi News Agency, one...

Falih Al-Fayyadh, chairman of the Iranian-backed Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF), yesterday called for the need to implement the parliament's decision to withdraw foreign forces from Iraq. This came in a speech...

The Iraqi government has announced that 100 of its citizens who had found refuge in Turkey have been able to return to their areas following the elimination of the...

Iraqi security authorities arrested a man and his wife as they tried to sell their five-year-old son in Baghdad

Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah, a pro-Iran militia, yesterday pledged not to attack the US embassy in Baghdad on the first anniversary of the assassination of top Iranian military commander, Qasem...

A mine that was attached to the hull of an Iraqi oil tanker was defused two days after it was discovered, Iraq's military said in a statement on Saturday,...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif urged US President Donald Trump on Saturday not to be "trapped" by an alleged Israeli plan to provoke a war through attacks on...