Iraq’s Abadi in high-stakes plan to rein in Iranian-backed militias
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Under pressure from allies in the West, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi is staking his career on reining in the Shi‘ite militias…
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The Remarkable Resilience of the Prime Minister of Iraq
For the past three years, Iraq has been held together by one common goal: the defeat of the Islamic State. In pursuit of this objective,…
Iraq plans new Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline
Iraq on Sunday invited companies to submit statements of interest in building a new pipeline from the northern city of Kirkuk to Turkey’s Mediterranean port…
Political parties eye Kurdish vote ahead of Iraqi elections
Iraqi parliamentary elections are scheduled for May 2018, while the crisis in relations between Baghdad and Erbil — which was the result of the Kurdistan…
Iraq Christmas service takes place in Mosul after IS defeat
A Christmas service at a church in the Iraqi city of Mosul has taken place for the first time since militants from the so-called Islamic…
Turkey’s Kurdish Deputy PM vows to ‘rebuild’ Iraq
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region (Kurdistan 24) – Ankara hoped to secure a leading role in rebuilding Iraqi cities and towns that faced immense infrastructural destruction during…
How ISIS was defeated in Iraq (Hint: It’s thanks in part to air-ground teamwork)
For more than three years, the people of Iraq have endured unspeakable suffering under the dark shadow of Islamic State terrorists. That shadow has now…
Now that ISIS is mostly defeated, will U.S. stay in Iraq?
WASHINGTON — The United States and Iraq have intensified talks to keep an ongoing American military presence in the country following the ouster of the Islamic State. Both…
Iran-Iraq Business Meeting Held in Baghdad Embassy
The first gathering of Iranian and Iraqi trade and industrial players was held at Iran’s Embassy in Baghdad on Saturday. Representatives of Iraq Chamber of…
U.N. Condemns Executions of 38 Prisoners in Iraq
GENEVA — The United Nations said Friday that it was appalled by a mass execution of prisoners in Iraq and called for an immediate halt…