Politics

Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr protest in the capital Baghdad's Green Zone, on August 29, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

Iraq security official arrested over bribe: graft body

Kurdistan Region President (left) walking alongside the UK Secretary of Foreign Affairs Liz Truss in London, Sept. 16, 2021. (Photo: Liz Truss/Twitter)

Europe

KRI President Barzani congratulates UK Truss on becoming Tory leader

Iraq's top executive powers meet with political forces to work towards holding early elections (Photo: IRAQI PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS OFFICE/AFP).

Iraq

Iraq powers agree to work towards snap elections following unrest

Barbara Leaf, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. (Photo: US State Department website)

Iraq

‘The political situation in Iraq is on the verge of collapse’: Barbara Leaf

Barbara Leaf, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. (Photo: US State Department website)

Middle East

Senior State Department official to visit Erbil

Tuktuks are pictured parked in Baghdad's Green Zone, August 30, 2022. (Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)

Iraq

Iraq parliament staff resume work after weeks-long hiatus

The Iraqi Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Al-Halboosi. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Iraq’s speaker calls for a deal between Erbil, Baghdad until oil and gas law finalized

Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani. (Photo: Al-Sistani's office)

Iraq

‘Al-Sistani is behind stopping the fight at Baghdad’s green zone’: Reuters

Mullah Bakhtiar, member of the High Political and Interests Council of the PUK. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Mullah Bakhtiar expects surprise over joint KDP-PUK presidency candidate

Mohammed Shiya Al-Sudani, leading member of the State of Law coalition. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Iraq

Shiite Coordination Framework Reaffirms nominating Al-Sudani for the premiership

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian shake hands during a joint news conference in Moscow on August 31, 2022. (Photo: MAXIM SHEMETOV/AFP)

World

US: Deepening Iran-Russia alliance is ‘profound threat,’ as JCPOA proves elusive

Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova, Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

Iraq

Russia urges all sides in Iraq to act responsibly and refrain from violence

Protestors raising placards on which "Iran does not rule Iraq" hashtags were written in Arabic, Sept 2, 2022. (Photo: Sheevan Jabary/Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

New anti-corruption protest erupts in Baghdad

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi attends a parade by members of the Iranian-backed Hashed al-Shaabi forces celebrating the 7th anniversary of their founding in Diyala province, June 26, 2021. (Photo: AFP Photo / HO/ Hashed al-Shaabi

Iraq

Sadrists demand removal of Shiite militias from Baghdad’s Green Zone after bloody unrest

The UN Security Council holds a meeting on the Middle East on Nov. 20, 2019, at United Nations headquarters. (Photo: Mary Altaffer / AP)

Iraq

UN Security Council calls on Iraqi parties to hold peaceful dialogue

David Schenker: Biden administration needs to be actively involved in Iraq

USA

David Schenker: Biden administration needs to be actively involved in Iraq