In a striking political development over the past two months, the Iraqi government has initiated steps to formally integrate the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) into the national army structure.

The Trump administration's May 2025 announcement in Riyadh, and subsequent executive order in June, lifting all sanctions on ...

The Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) suffered $25 billion in losses because of the suspension of oil exports to Türkiye, Prime Minister Mesrur Barzani said Wednesday, blaming Baghdad for the ...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with Iraq and considered and endorsed the staff appraisal without a meeting on a lapse-of-time basis ...

The national debt already exceeds $36 trillion and is growing at historic rates. That has cascading consequences for the government and economy.

The National Assembly has officially passed the revised Law on Organization of Local Government, establishing a two-tier administrative system consisting of provincial and commune levels - eliminating ...

And Iraq is still dealing with widespread political violence between rival religious-political groups and an unstable government. Most of these problems stem directly or indirectly from the war.

The U.S. invaded Iraq more than 20 years ago in March 2003, claiming it had to disarm the Iraqi government of weapons of mass destruction and end the dictatorial rule of President Saddam Hussein.