Sudani, a Shiite, seeks a second term as the fate of pro-Iranian militias has become a central issue in the election.

Arab media reported on August 18 that a US military convoy departed Ain al Asad airbase, a military facility hosting US forces in western Iraq, on its way to Syria. An Iraqi security source speaking ...

A “small force” of American troops will remain in Iraq’s Ain al-Asad Air Base in order to fight ISIS, Iraq’s prime minister announced today. The decision reverses plans for a full withdrawal of U.S.

A high-profile leader of ISIS, described as one of the world’s “most dangerous men,” was killed in a US air strike Friday. The terror group’s second in ...

HILLA, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber driving a minibus packed with explosives killed at least 45 people and wounded 157 on Sunday in the southern Iraqi city of Hilla, police and medical sources ...

The US-led international coalition to fight ISIS will stay at Iraq's Ain Al Asad Airbase to support operations against the extremist group in neighbouring Syria, Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani ...

As al-Qaeda stages a frightening resurgence in western Iraq, raising anew questions about the fate of that country and the risks it might pose to the United States, it’s worth flashing back a few ...

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NAJAF, Iraq, November 27 (UNHCR) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres met Thursday with Iraq's Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani in the holy city of Najaf, briefing the respected ...

A few years back I was having dinner with a former Special Forces soldier who had just recently returned from Iraq. This time he was working as a contractor there. It was sometime during 2008, because ...