7 US troops hurt in raid with Iraqi forces targeting Islamic State group militants that killed 15
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States military and Iraq launched a joint raid targeti...
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Passage of harsh anti-LGBTQ+ law in Iraq draws diplomatic backlash
BAGHDAD (AP) — Human rights groups and diplomats criticized a law that was quietly passed by the Ira...
Iraq investigates a blast at a base of Iran-allied militias that killed 1. US denies involvement
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities said Saturday that they were investigating an explosion that struck...
Iraq and US begin formal talks to end coalition mission formed to fight the Islamic State group
BEIRUT (AP) — The United States and Iraq held a first session of formal talks Saturday in Baghdad ai...
Washington and Baghdad plan to hold talks soon to end presence of US-led coalition in Iraq
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Iraq expect to begin formal talks soon to wind down the miss...
Iraq recalls ambassador, summons Iran’s chargé d’affaires over strikes in Irbil
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraq recalled its ambassador from Tehran for consultations and summoned Iran’s ch...
Airstrike in central Baghdad kills Iran-backed militia leader as regional tensions escalate
BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S. airstrike on the headquarters of an Iran-backed militia in central Baghdad on ...
Voter apathy and concerns about violence mark Iraqi’s first provincial elections in a decade
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqis began voting for the first time in a decade Saturday to select new provincial ...
Iraq scrambles to contain fighting between US troops and Iran-backed groups, fearing Gaza spillover
BAGHDAD (AP) — Dozens of attacks on U.S. military facilities by Iran-backed factions in Iraq over th...
Dispute between Iraqi military and Kurdish Peshmerga turns deadly, killing 3
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi military and Kurdish Peshmerga forces briefly clashed Sunday in a dispute o...
How Quran burnings in Sweden have increased threats from Islamic militants
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The killing of two Swedish citizens in an attack ahead of a soccer match in Brussel...
Biden consults with world leaders, top advisers with Middle East on edge over Israel-Hamas war
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden consulted with a trio of world leaders and his own national se...
Iraq’s prime minister visits wedding fire victims as 2 more people die from their injuries
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister on Thursday visited injured patients and the families of victim...
A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq kills at least 100 people and injures 150 more
BAGHDAD (AP) — A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq killed at least 100 people and injured 150 ...
Iraq’s president will summon the Turkish ambassador over airstrikes in Iraq’s Kurdish region
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi president announced Tuesday that he will summon Turkey’s ambassador and han...
At the request of Baghdad, UN will end in 1 year its probe of Islamic State extremists in Iraq
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Security Council on Friday voted unanimously to end, a year from now, a U....
Iraq steps up repatriations from Islamic State camp in Syria, hoping to reduce militant threats
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq is stepping up repatriation of its citizens from a camp in northeastern Syria ho...
A feud between a patriarch and a militia leader adds to the woes of Iraqi Christians
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi Christians have struggled since the Nineveh plains, their historic homeland...