the Prime Minister's special representative on human rights in Iraq, had a narrow escape when the convoy in which she was travelling near Kirkuk in the north of the country was ambushed by bandits.

Earlier in the week, four Iraqi soldiers were killed and three others injured in an ambush on an army convoy southwest of Kirkuk, which Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for.

Iraq orders Kurdish region to transfer oil output to state-run oil firm immediately Iraq's cabinet said on Tuesday it had ordered the semi-autonomous Kurdish region to immediately transfer its oil ...

Amnesty International has raised fears over the rights of women and girls ahead of a forthcoming parliamentary vote on a potential overhaul to Iraq’s Personal Status Law. Under the proposed ...

This attack reverberated across Iraq, marking the first lethal strike by these groups against Israel. According to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, since the Gaza conflict erupted in ...

(Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images) Iraq recently reached arms deals with France and South Korea for new military transport helicopters and air defense systems. Both these orders ...

Over two decades following regime change, Iraq appears to be on a path to recovery and growth. With the support of high oil prices, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani’s government is implementing ...

Iraqi’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan has cut its oil production by half upon request from Baghdad, as the second-largest producer in OPEC tries to meet its output quota. Kurdistan has ...

By Alissa J. Rubin Iraqi regulators have suspended the license of a Saudi-owned television channel and are taking steps to terminate its right to operate in Iraq after the channel aired a report ...

Air France has opened an investigation into how a jet flying from Paris to Dubai went over Iraq as Iranian missiles fired at Israel crossed the same airspace, the airline said Wednesday.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Nervously watching Israel's destructive campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon, Iraq is working to avoid being drawn into the growing regional conflict as Iran-backed armed groups launch ...