The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

Iraq’s prime minister has made a rare visit to the country’s border with Syria, to support troops and state that Iraqi forces were capable of resisting the Islamic State group

Iraq's top court on Tuesday confirmed the re-election of Mohammed al-Halbousi as parliament speaker, following appeals against its conduct, paving the way towards the formation of a new government. Two lawmakers had appealed Halbousi's re-election as speaker, a position historically reserved for Iraq's Sunni Arab minority, during parliament's opening session…

Iraqi-born Emad Al Swealmeen, 32, arrived in the UK on a Jordanian passport and claimed asylum, insisting he was a Syrian refugee

A huge steel barn outside Lithuania's capital, whose long corridor and windowless rooms with carpets and soundproof doors once served as a CIA detention centre, will soon go on sale.

Emad al-Swealmeen was found to be lying in a 2015 appeal, but the Home Office did not deport him

An Iranian family was digging up soil to plant lemon trees when they made a shocking discovery – the remains of three Iraqi soldiers from the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war. The soldiers were still wearing their dog tags, and a number of journalists have been posting on social media in an…

As people battle freezing temperatures at a makeshift camp in France, a scooter, football or necklace bring hope.

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Commerce and Chairman of the Saudi-Iraqi Coordination Council Majid bin Abdullah Al-Qasabi reiterated the strong relations between Saudi Arabia and Iraq, which have common interests and are united by historical ties. In a statement to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on the occasion of the Saudi-Iraqi…

Iraq has already scheduled some oil shipments for loading in March due to projections of strong demand, Ali Nizar, deputy head of Iraq’s State Organization for Marketing of Oil (SOMO), told reporters on Sunday. Nizar said it was still too early to say if oil prices will exceed $100 per…