Iraq is one of Iran’s last allies in the region, and Iran wants to show its clout in Iraq and pressure Baghdad. BRIGADIER-GENERAL Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards Quds Force ...

Iraq has released more than 19,000 prisoners under a sweeping amnesty law designed to relieve pressure on its overcrowded prison system, including inmates convicted of being members of ISIL (ISIS).

Iraq has released over 19,000 prisoners this year under a new amnesty law aimed at easing prison overcrowding. The amnesty includes some individuals convicted of terrorism-related offenses ...

BAGHDAD/DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will not attend the Arab League Summit in Baghdad this weekend, Syrian state media said on Monday, after Iraq's invitation spurred ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — More than 19,000 prisoners have been released in Iraq so far this year under a broad new amnesty law that eases prison crowding and frees some people convicted of terrorism ...

Iraqi director Hasan Hadi’s debut feature, “The President’s Cake,” which screens in Directors’ Fortnight, is the first film from Iraq at to play in Cannes. Set in Iraq the 1990s ...

Sharaa fought with Al Qaeda in Iraq after the U.S-led invasion in 2003. He was imprisoned there for more than five years, then released for lack of evidence in 2011, according to a senior Iraqi ...

Sharaa has made rapid inroads with Sunni-majority Gulf Arab states Saudi Arabia and Qatar, but has tread more carefully with others where Iran has had strong influence, like Shi'ite-majority Iraq.

The message, delivered by UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) chief Mohamed al-Hassan, “commended Iraq’s recent accelerated efforts in repatriating Iraqi nationals from al-Hol and Roj camps ...