Iraq news
Iraqi Sunnis divided over upcoming vote for parliament speaker
Iraq’s top leadership is divided along sectarian lines, with the president being Kurdish and the prime minister usually a Shi’ite. The lower-level speaker of parliament's role goes to Sunnis.
New Iraqi lawmaker ousted after creating fake PMF brigade, violating election laws
Iraq launches probe after diplomat accused of taking towels from Jordan hotel
Fire at mall in Iraq leaves at least 60 dead, officials say
At a commemoration in London, Iraqi Jews tell of their flight to freedom
The legacy of the millenia-old Jewish communities of the Arab world must be preserved.
Iraq and Uruguay deposit crop seeds at Arctic doomsday vault
Svalbard facility is global back-up for gene banks which safeguards the biodiversity of crops. It now holds more than 1.2 million seed samples.
Iraqis gather in Baghdad to mark anniversary of 2019 anti-government protest
In what was meant to be a moment commemorating government unrest, more violence struck Iraqi citizens who gathered to mark an important anniversary.
How many rockets has Iran fired into Iraq over women's protests?
The strikes were reported after Iranian authorities accused armed Iranian Kurdish dissidents of involvement in unrest now shaking Iran, especially in the northwest.
Rockets hit central Baghdad for second day in escalating unrest
There were no immediate reports of casualties from the strikes and no claim of responsibility, two police officers said.
Clashes in Iraq's Basra kill four as crisis flares in oil-rich south
The unrest began with two days of intense street fighting in Baghdad earlier in the week, the worst the Iraqi capital has seen for years.
Sadr's supporters leave Baghdad on his order following riots
Violent clashes erupted in Iraq's Republican Palace in the heavily protected Green Zone after the powerful Shi'ite cleric announced he would fully withdraw from politics.
Attacks on major Iraqi gasfield drive out US contractors
The project to expand the Khor Mor field operated by Pearl Consortium, majority-owned by Abu Dhabi's Dana Gas and its affiliate Crescent Petroleum, was suspended at the end of June.
Concerns for Iraq after it fails to elect a president - analysis
Since the US invasion of Iraq and the toppling of the dictator Saddam Hussein, Iraq has had a Kurdish President.
Pro-Iranian groups in Iraq back Tehran’s attack on US, Israel - analysis
Iraq’s prime minister is reportedly heading to Erbil, the capital of the country's Kurdistan Region, where the attack took place.
