The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

It's the economics of energy production that make petrostates more trigger-happy, Emma Ashford argues in Oil, the State, and War.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Kadhimi emphasized that the region's stability relies on Iraq's stability, calling for the third round of national dialogue to resolve his country's political crisis. He asserted that Iraq's problems would not be solved without dialogue and that political factions have an opportunity to rebuild the country.…

He claimed his account had been hacked after months of conversations with children as young as 10 while working in Iraq

The US and Iran clashed on security and human rights on Wednesday, with Iran's president demanding US guarantees to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and the US president vowing Tehran would never get an atomic bomb. Raisi said Tehran wanted former US President Donald Trump to face trial for…

Long a thorn in U.S.'s side, Muqtada al-Sadr sends his supporters to battle police and call for dissolving Iraq's government.

In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Iraq's Foreign inister Fuad Hussein said he was hoping to host a meeting in Baghdad between the foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia. Hussein said that after five meetings between intelligence officials of the two…

An agreement to transport Egyptian gas to Lebanon via Syria is currently disrupted by Lebanon’s failure to meet the conditions for obtaining a World Bank loan and Washington’s reluctance to give an official approval confirming that the deal is not affected by the Caesar Act, sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on…

Richard Dannatt, former Chief of the General Staff, said: ‘These young guardsmen deserve particular praise.’

Clashes brought rival armed factions to the streets of Baghdad, leaving Iraq’s young activists stuck in the middle.