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A court certified October's parliamentary vote that gave Muqtada al-Sadr's party a plurality of seats, clearing a path for a government to be formed. Iraq's Federal Supreme Court on Monday [...]

The arrest of an Iranian-backed paramilitary leader in the killing of government protesters enraged powerful militias in Iraq and posed a test of the prime minister's pledge to rein them [...]

The decision by Lockheed Martin, after repeated rocket attacks, highlights the Iraqi government's failure to rein in militia groups. BAGHDAD -- Lockheed Martin said Monday that it was withdrawing its [...]

A blaze set off by an exploding oxygen cylinder swept through a hospital that lacked smoke detectors or sprinklers. More are expected to die from severe burns. BAGHDAD -- A [...]

The joint operation with Iraqi forces was aimed at stemming the group's resurgence, and illustrates Iraq's continued reliance on the U.S. military. BAGHDAD -- American airstrikes in a joint mission [...]

Iraqi witnesses against Blackwater guards were promised justice after a mass killing in Baghdad in 2007. 'Today,' one said, the bullets still in his leg, 'they proved to me it [...]

Record high temperatures were recorded in Baghdad and Damascus, and experts warned of the effects of prolonged heat waves as the planet warms. BAGHDAD -- A sweltering 125 degrees Fahrenheit [...]

A national march against the presence of United States forces, organized by a populist Shiite cleric and armed groups with ties to Iran, drew a crowd estimated at 200,000 to [...]

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Iraqis were celebrating the death of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, but witnesses said that was not the whole story. The video lasted only 22 [...]

Tens of thousands mourned the killing of a major Iraqi official and a top Iranian general by a U.S. drone strike, as the Middle East braced for Iran's response. BAGHDAD [...]

The killing of General Suleimani, intended as a shot against Iran, could accelerate an Iranian objective: pushing the United States military out of Iraq. BAGHDAD -- American oil workers were [...]

Suleimani was planning attacks on Americans across the region, leading to an airstrike in Baghdad, the Pentagon statement said. Iran's supreme leader called for vengeance. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- [...]

Iran's ability to deploy militias to attack the American Embassy, with Iraqi support, made clear how much power it wields in Iraq. BAGHDAD -- After a second day of tense [...]

President Trump blamed Iran after demonstrators breached the compound's outer wall. Tensions are high after American airstrikes killed members of an Iran-backed militia. BAGHDAD -- Protesters broke into the heavily [...]

Iraq's Parliament voted to overhaul the country's election laws in a bid to reduce the power of political parties. But many protesters, who had called for just such a change, [...]

Mistakenly believing that a 16-year-old boy fired on them, a mob of antigovernment protesters stabs him to death. Protest leaders condemn the attack. BAGHDAD -- The anti-government protests that have [...]

It remained unclear who killed a dozen protesters and bombed the home of the antigovernment cleric Moktada al-Sadr. BAGHDAD -- Unknown assailants killed a dozen unarmed anti-government protesters in the [...]

Anger over corruption and Iran's influence on the country has driven weeks of unrest in Iraq's streets. But choosing a successor may be a long, arduous task. NAJAF, Iraq -- [...]

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An elite Iraqi security force gunned down more than two dozen mostly unarmed people blocking bridges, in a day of violence that saw at least 35 killed. BAGHDAD -- Iraqi [...]

Antigovernment demonstrators, who have demanded an end to Iranian influence in Iraq, attacked the consulate in the city of Najaf. BAGHDAD -- Iraqi protesters in the southern city of Najaf [...]

The vice president's trip signaled the United States' continuing engagement in the country and came 11 months after President Trump made his own surprise visit to Iraq. BAGHDAD -- Vice [...]

The police and the politicians joined protesters in celebrating Iraq's defeat of Iran in a World Cup qualifying match. Tensions between the countries are running high. BAGHDAD -- The protesters [...]

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the cunning and enigmatic black-clad leader of the Islamic State who transformed a flagging insurgency into a global terrorist network that drew tens of thousands of recruits [...]

BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi government scrambled on Thursday to curb a third day of violent antigovernment protests, as people took to the streets in the capital and in a half [...]

BAGHDAD -- Violent protests erupted across much of Iraq on Wednesday as demonstrators poured into the streets for the second consecutive day, embittered over poor public services, corruption and unemployment. [...]

BAGHDAD -- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo scrapped a visit to Germany on Tuesday to make an unannounced trip to Iraq, pressing Iraqi leaders about what he called the increased [...]

MOSUL, Iraq -- In a rare show of deference to the anger of Mosul citizens over government abuses, the Iraqi Parliament on Sunday voted overwhelmingly to remove the province's governor, [...]

The article reports on views of many Iraqis to their economic future as Iraq marks the 20th anniversary of the American-led invasion that toppled the dictator Saddam Hussein. Topics discussed include background of the U.S. invasion of Iraq as part of its 'war on terror' announced by U.S. President George W. Bush, living conditions of Iraqis, according to communications engineer Mohammed Hassan, and estimated number of casualties in the wave of fighting in Iraq.

BAGHDAD -- A range of Iraqi politicians criticized President Trump on Thursday over his surprise visit to a United States military base in Iraq, and some called for a parliamentary [...]

BAGHDAD -- The blast walls and barbed wire came down. The checkpoints went away.Fifteen years after it was sealed off, the heavily fortified neighborhood in the heart of Baghdad was [...]

BAGHDAD -- The Islamic State has been stripped of nearly all the territory it ruled in Iraq and Syria and has been pummeled by nearly 30,000 airstrikes. But the extremist [...]

BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi authorities released a video on Friday with the confession of a recently captured Islamic State operative who was involved in a notorious incident in which captured [...]

The article focuses on the urgent work of forensic experts documenting the genocide of Yazidis by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Iraq. Topics include the tight deadline imposed by the Iraqi government on the UN's investigation team, the challenges of excavating mass graves, and the limited progress made in identifying victims.

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- For nearly five months, Iraqi politicians have wrangled over the shape of their new government. The bloc led by Moktada al-Sadr, the former Shiite militia leader and [...]

BAGHDAD -- Iraqi security forces stepped up patrols Saturday in the southern city of Basra, a strategically important oil port on the border with Iran where longstanding protests about quality [...]

BAGHDAD -- Iraq's outgoing Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, an American ally, and the radical Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr, a longtime foe of the United States, said on Saturday that they [...]

BAGHDAD -- Iraq's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that officials could proceed with an extraordinary manual recount of more than 11 million votes cast in the May 12 legislative elections, [...]

BAGHDAD -- An Iraqi judicial body will oversee a manual recount of ballots from last month's election, according to an announcement on Thursday, as a crescendo of fraud complaints and [...]

TARMIYA, Iraq -- Islamic State militants dressed in Iraqi military uniforms launched a brazen nighttime attack in a farming hamlet close to Baghdad, killing 21 members of a local tribe [...]

BAGHDAD -- The 42-year-old housewife had two minutes to defend herself against charges of supporting the Islamic State. Amina Hassan, a Turkish woman in a flowing black abaya, told the [...]

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- In just three years, the Iraqi prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, has rebuilt the army, defeated the Islamic State and restored sovereignty across this deeply divided [...]

BAGHDAD -- Two suicide bombers killed more than two dozen people in Baghdad on Monday, mostly street vendors and day laborers gathered at dawn in hopes of finding work at [...]

BAGHDAD -- Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi of Iraq declared victory over the Islamic State on Saturday, announcing the end of more than three years of battles to regain control over [...]

BAGHDAD -- Kurdish and Iraqi officials rushed Friday to calm fears of impending military action around the contested city of Kirkuk. Late Thursday, Iraqi media outlets began reporting Kurdish statements [...]