Iraq has been at war since 2003, when troops from the U.S. and Britain invaded to oust dictator Saddam Hussein. The invasion succeeded in less than 40 days, but resistance from irregulars and Islamic ...

Shia militias in Iraq have kidnapped and killed scores of Sunni civilians in recent months, a report by campaign group Amnesty International has said. The killings were in apparent revenge for ...

Iraqi political and militia leaders are reportedly responding to pressure from the US to disband Iran-backed militias in Iraq ...

Awsat, Qaani’s mission carried an unambiguous warning from Tehran: should Iraq-based factions act in solidarity with the ...

Although Shia versus Sunni violence was the ... The establishment of the joint patrols by Kurdish militias (known as "Peshmerga") and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) achieved in the final days of ...

This comes as both countries are at a crossroads. Syria is trying to unify itself after years of civil war while both ...

As Iraq’s political landscape shifts, particularly with the expected decline of Iran-backed militia influence, the October 2025 elections will be crucial in shaping the country’s future.

This week's phone call between Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani and Syria’s President Ahmad Al Shara represented a new push in relations between the neighbouring countries, at a time of ...

The Iraqi government, with the assistance of Shiite ... district and has since been held captive by the Iran-backed Shia militia Kataib Hezbollah. Kataib Hezbollah have not officially claimed ...