Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region hit by floods
Authorities say that foreign workers have been killed in the autonomous Kurdistan region. It is currently unclear where the drones came from.…
Ripe for revolution? Iraq street protests defy political status quo
Ripe for revolution? Iraq street protests defy political status quo…
Iraq protests: Deadly clashes in Karbala
More than a dozen people were killed and hundreds injured when Iraqi security officials "opened fire on protesters" overnight, according to reports. Anti-government protests have entered their fifth day across Iraq.…
Violent protests result in 1 dead, 200 injured in Iraq
Hundreds of people took to the streets in different parts of Iraq to demand more basic services and to protest corruption and unemployment, a situation that in Baghdad devolved into a pitched…
Northern Iraq: Postwar Boom
The Islamic State's war in Iraq also paralyzed the Kurdish region even though it was largely spared from the fighting. Now the economy there is recovering from the disruption.…
Across decades, families of missing Iraqis share endless anguish
The table running across Samya Khasro's living room wall is a shrine to the missing: flickering candles and fading photographs of her 26 Iraqi relatives who vanished 35 years ago. Iraq is…
Turkish jets bomb Iraqi Kurdistan after diplomat killing
Turkish warplanes have struck a mountainous region near the Iraq-Iran border, where a Kurdish separatist group is known to operate. Ankara blames them for Wednesday's killing of a Turkish diplomat in Erbil.…
UNESCO lists Iraq’s Babylon as World Heritage Site
UNESCO adds the sprawling Mesopotamian city of Babylon to its World Heritage List, boosting Iraq's hopes of revived tourism nearly two years after jihadists ravaged other celebrated sites. Iraq had been trying…
Pope Francis intends to visit Iraq in 2020
In a Vatican audience, the pope reiterated his desire to visit Baghdad, despite security concerns. He also called out Western hypocrisy for claiming to promote peace while selling weapons abroad.…
After war and terror, Iraq plagued by drug crisis
After war and terror, Iraq plagued by drug crisis.…
Iraq tortured alleged IS children to coerce confessions: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch has accused Iraq of violating laws that protect children who are recruited by armed groups. It cited "deeply flawed screening processes" and use of torture to extract confessions of…