Iraqi President Fuad Masum has asked the deputy speaker of parliament, Haider al-Abadi, to form a new government. Haider al-Abadi…
Iraq’s PM Nouri al-Maliki has confirmed that Syria carried out air strikes on ISIS militants inside Iraqi territory this week.…
Iraq's PM Nouri al-Maliki has rejected calls for a national salvation government to help counter the offensive by jihadist-led Sunni…
Iraq is voting in the first parliamentary elections since the withdrawal of US troops three years ago. Polling began at…
Secretary of State John Kerry has said the US will help Iraq fight al-Qaeda-linked militants, but that it is not…
Iraqi troops arrested MP Ahmed al-Alwani and killed his brother and at least three of his guards during a raid…
Iraq's fugitive vice-president Tariq al-Hashemi has been sentenced to death in absentia after a court found him guilty of running…
At least 48 people died and dozens have been injured in a wave of bombings and shootings across Iraq, police…