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

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for Iraq, Mark Savaya, said in his New Year message that ...

The new speaker must address a much-debated bill that would have the Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Units — an ...

Iraq's newly elected parliament convened on Monday for its first session since the November national election, opening the ...

Formation of the new government will have to tread a fine line to satisfy domestic and international pressures.

Iraq starts 2026 with a difficult combination of political upheaval, ambitious development goals, and ongoing security, ...

Political factions in Iraq have been maneuvering since the parliamentary election more than a month ago to form alliances ...

Iraq's new parliament elected a senior figure from the Sunni Taqadom party as its speaker Monday, the first session since ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq on Friday urged de-escalation in Yemen, stressing the need to protect the country’s security ...

Iraq faces a severe winter wave with heavy snow in Kurdistan, freezing temperatures in Baghdad, and dense fog affecting ...

The historic “land between two rivers” faces a crisis as the Tigris and Euphrates shrink dramatically amid severe drought and the increasing toll of upstream dams, helping create the country’s worst ...

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