As coalition forces increase pressure on Baghdad, ground troops will have an increasingly difficult and dangerous drive toward Iraq's capital city. Two CNN military analysts weighed in Saturday on the ...

Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan's call to disarm sparked relief but also fears for the future among Kurds in ...

But what takes years to build can collapse seemingly overnight. Iraq is the latest country in which many leaders are attempting to move out of Iran’s orbit. Last year, the Axis rapidly slid from ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s planning ministry on Monday released the official results of the country’s first nationwide census since 1987, revealing a nearly equal gender distribution and ...

U.S. pressures Iraq to restart pipeline to Turkey, halt Kurdish oil smuggling to Iran - sources Iran views ally Iraq as vital to keeping its economy afloat Kurdish oil export resumption faces ...

We learn more about “Geography by Geoff” and how it struck a chord on social media. Note: The following transcript was transcribed digitally and validated for accuracy, readability and ...

Iraq is diversifying its energy strategy by reducing its reliance on Iranian gas. Baghdad is looking to secure LNG as it works to ramp up domestic gas production. Tensions between Baghdad and the ...

We share with them a lot of the geography and as we are looking at and seeking a strong Iraq, we need to seek a strong partnership with a country like Israel if needed." Al-Tamimi also notes that ...

A Turkish opposition party delegation arrived in Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region Sunday against the backdrop of peace efforts between Ankara and a banned Kurdish separatist movement in Turkey.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Demonstrators march to demand the release of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan in Qamishli, northeastern Syria ...

After 2003, USAID has played a pivotal role in backing various development projects in Iraq, including the backing of official and unofficial institutions, civil society organizations and banks, ...