A Human Rights Watch statement today accused Iraqi officials of allowing torture to continue in Mosul detention facilities. “If the Iraqi government ignores credible reports of torture, it’s no...

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi met with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, his office said today, a day after his first official visit to the kingdom....

A new Trump administration report on international compliance with arms control accords provoked a dispute with US intelligence agencies and some State Department officials concerned that the document politicizes...

Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi held talks with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz in Riyadh on Wednesday, during which the two leaders stressed the need for improved relations, according...

Sadrist Movement leader Muqtada Al-Sadr has called on the Popular Mobilisation Forces to provide assistance to flood-affected regions in Iraq instead of sending aid convoys to Iran. “Since there...

Iraqi authorities are considering a ban on popular shooter video games like Fortnite and PUBG, fearing they lead to violence amongst young people

Some years ago, I met a landlord briefly who was an Iraqi. After volunteering to tell me his land of origin, he began to explain his theory that ISIS...

Plans to link the railway networks of Iran, Iraq and Syria have been revealed by a source at the Syrian Ministry of Transport. “Now, the countries are working on...

The Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) held its annual Spring Conference in London on 10 April entitled ‘Iraq – Financing a Modern Economy’, hosting officials from the UK and Iraqi Government and delegates from the major companies operating in Iraq

The trial of 900 Iraqi citizens caught fleeing Daesh territory in neighbouring Syria has begun in Baghdad, a court official told AFP yesterday. The court received “interrogation files for...

The deputy of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has apologised to Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah for invading his country in the 1990s, admitting that Kuwait was never part of Iraq

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) appealed on Sunday for information on the whereabouts of three employees abducted in Syria more than five years ago and last...

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has called for disbanding the Hashd al-Shaabi, a largely Shia paramilitary force that provides support for government troops, Anadolu Agency reports. “The mission of...

200 Daesh terrorists detained in Syria were handed over to the Iraqi authorities on Friday, as reported on Anadolu Agency. Iraqi Police Captain Ahmed Al-Delimi said the terrorists were...

Amnesty International reported that the number of executions has decreased by about a third in 2018, reaching its lowest levels in more than ten years. Secretary-General Kumi Naidoo said:...

Even when US coalition air strikes and artillery paused for people to evacuate during lulls in fighting, the killing did not stop in Daesh’s final enclave, Reuters reports. Snipers...

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The US’ decision to blacklist the Iranian Revolutionary Guards does not contribute to stabilising the region, the spokesman of Iraq’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Al-Sahhaf said yesterday. “Our region needs...

At least five people were killed in attacks in Iraq’s capital and Kirkuk province, as reported on Anadolu Agency.   In Baghdad’s Sadr City district, unidentified attackers opened fire from...

With the blast walls finally gone, some 16 years after the US-led invasion, life in the Iraqi capital Baghdad is starting to look like any normal bustling city, Reuters...

The southern Iraqi city of Basra is struggling to cope with a growing drug problem that has overcrowded prisons and strained police resources, only months after violent protests over...

Arab normalisation with Israel has entered a new phase in the last ten years, with the Gulf’s openness to Tel Aviv and the establishment of direct relations with it....

Jordan is holding consultations with the World Bank to obtain a $1 billion loan as part of the kingdom’s efforts to reduce its debt burden and revive its struggling...

Iran and Iraq yesterday agreed “to enhance cooperation in air defence”, Tehran’s semi-official Fars News Agency reported. The agreement was made during a meeting between Iran’s Chief of Staff,...

Iran’s top leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged Iraq on Saturday to demand US troops leave “as soon as possible”, during a visit by Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi...

President Hassan Rouhani called on Saturday for Iran and neighbouring Iraq to expand their gas and electricity dealings and boost bilateral trade to $20 billion, state TV reported, despite...

Greek police clashed with migrants camped close to the country’s northern border hoping to cross into Europe, witnesses said, as reported on Reuters.  Riot police fired teargas at dozens...

Saudi Arabia has said that it aims to counter Iran’s influence by deepening ties with Iraq. Economic muscle will be used to strengthen Riyadh’s presence with its neighbour, traditionally...

Saudi Minister of Commerce and Investment, Dr. Majid Bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi, said that Iraq has offered Saudi companies and investors 186 investment opportunities. Speaking at a joint press conference...

The Iraqi army announced yesterday that is offering a reward of $25 million for information about the location of Daesh leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. An official in Anbar province,...

Iraq’s Parliament speaker Mohamed al-Halbusi on Wednesday said that his country “has irreversibly overcome political sectarianism”. Following a meeting with his Lebanese counterpart Nabih Berri in Baghdad, al-Halbusi said Iraq is...

The Basra provincial council unanimously voted on to turn the oil-rich southern governorate into an autonomous region