Iraq, long hit by decades of violence that shrank its regional role, has now turned from a victim of conflict into a country reclaiming its influential position in the Middle East, the top UN official ...

President Donald Trump threatened to end U.S. support for Iraq if Nouri Kamal al-Maliki returns to power, the latest intervention in another country’s politics by an Administration that campaigned on ...

Iraq's Prime Minister has ordered an end to imports of middle distillates—gasoline, diesel, and kerosene—citing increased domestic oil production and expanded refining capacity. Despite the official ...

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LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U.S. forces and fired rockets and drones at Israel to lay down their weapons or join ...

Iraq's Joint Operations Command, which groups all pro-government forces, said it was making progress in its operation to "restore security" in Kirkuk. Iraqi forces are aiming to retake military bases ...

(Beirut) – Iraq’s parliament is moving forward an amendment to the country’s Personal Status Law that would allow Iraqi religious authorities, rather than state law, to govern marriage and inheritance ...

Kenneth M. Pollack of the Brookings Institution says that he is concerned that the U.S. and political establishment” increasingly feels that Iraq is heading toward victory” even though “Iraq still is ...