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In just a few weeks, the United Nations' special mission to Iraq will leave the country for good. The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq, known as UNAMI, has been in the country for 22 years and was set ...

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Iraq parliament elects Halbousi as speaker in first post-election session Iraq's parliament elected Sunni Muslim lawmaker Haibat al-Halbousi as speaker at its opening session on Monday following ...

Burke Chair reports on the intertwined conflicts in Iraq and Syria including the campaign by and against the self-proclaimed Islamic State, also known as ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh, and the Syrian Civil War ...

Iraqi polling officials count ballots at a polling station after closing of the polls during the country's parliamentary election in Al-Muhandiseen district in eastern Baghdad on November 11, 2025.

Pakistan has captured a leader from an offshoot of the ISIS extremist group, a senior intelligence official said Friday, ...

Jordan head into the quarter-finals with a perfect record of three wins, comfortably securing the top spot in Group C. Their strong campaign opened with a 2-1 victory over the UAE, followed by ...

Greece's Coast Guard rescued about 545 migrants from a fishing boat off Europe's southernmost island of Gavdos on Friday, one of the biggest groups to reach the country in recent months. The migrants ...