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 ...

A massive dust storm has swept across central Iraq, severely reducing visibility as vehicles navigate the hazardous conditions in Babil province. Sandstorms are common in central and southern Iraq.

Farmer Hadi Saheb cannot wait to see his wheat fields flourish in the heart of the desert after he tapped into groundwater reserves in water-starved Iraq. He is just one of many Iraqis who have ...

Iraq is reducing its reliance on Iranian gas (40% of its needs) by boosting domestic production. Major projects with TotalEnergies, GE Vernova, Siemens, and others aim to capture flared gas, build ...

Iraq’s government expects it will be able to buy enough wheat from local farmers for its crucial subsidy program to avoid imports for a third year in a row, a top state official said. The nation ...

Due to Iraq’s position in the region, the armed paramilitaries increasingly present a challenge for stability. Iranian-backed militias continue to play an outsized role in the politics ...

Iraq’s Parliamentary Security Committee meeting with Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) leaders to discuss the PMF Service and Retirement Law. (Iraqi Parliament on X) The US is reportedly applying ...

The harmful effects of climate change in Iraq are undeniable and will increase in the coming decades. Iraq is already experiencing more frequent and severe heat extremes and an agricultural ...

And Iraq already gets between 6 and 10 million religious tourists every year — mostly from Iran and Turkey — because it is home to some of the most important Islamic shrines in the world.

Archaeologists from the British Museum and Iraq have uncovered over 200 4,000-year-old cuneiform tablets at Girsu, shedding light on the earliest known empire's complex bureaucracy. A discovery in ...

The leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed, Iraq's prime minister announced on Friday. Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, or "Abu Khadija," was killed in an operation by members ...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani, left, speaks during a news conference with his Iraqi counterpart Fouad Hussein following their meeting, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday. (Hadi Mizban ...