For decades, Iran has worked to control Iraq, using money, militias, and political pressure. This has allowed Tehran to use ...

The Trump administration ended a waiver that allowed the Iraqi government to buy Iranian electricity as part of its "maximum ...

After months of legal and political wrangling, an amendment to Iraq's Personal Status Law that entered into force on February ...

Nearly 20 years since Iraq created a new Constitution assuring that people of all religions and ethnicities would be ...

The US is prepared to grant Iraq independence by next summer, it has been reported. Chief US administrator Paul Bremer will formally present the proposed policy shift - accelerating Iraqi self ...

The United States has declined to renew a waiver that had allowed Iraq to buy electricity from Iran without running afoul of sanctions, the U.S.

The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced on Tuesday Israel’s renewed military operations in the Gaza Strip.

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Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz on Monday urged the Iraqi government to work with the Kurdistan Regional ...

Kurds see Iraq as a failed sectarian state, while local leaders promise an independent Kurdish state would be multicultural and democratic. Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq — The day after the ...

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