The Latest Breaking News from Baghdad

After a year of political gridlock and instability, Iraq is finally on the verge of forming a government as Prime Minister-designate Mohammed Shia al-Sudani assembles his cabinet. But three years after a mass protest movement over corruption, unemployment and a lack of basic services upended the country's political system, many…

Iraq's newly-elected President Abdul Latif Rashid pledged Monday on taking office to throw his weight behind efforts to rapidly form a strong new government. "The Iraqi people expect a new government to be formed rapidly, and that it be efficient and united," Rashid said on his inauguration at the presidential…

Nine rockets landed on Thursday around the Iraqi capital's Green Zone, home to government buildings and foreign missions, the military said. Around 10 people were injured in the attack. Similar attacks took place last month as the parliament was holding a vote to confirm its speaker. According to media reports,…

Parliament convenes for vote to elect a new president after several rockets land in and around the fortified area.

At least three rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone on Thursday as a parliamentary session was about to meet to elect a new president and break a political gridlock.

Iraq’s parliament Speaker Mohammed al-Halbousi announced that his country would turn to the international community to address Iran’s ongoing attacks against the Kurdistan Region. Addressing parliament on Saturday, he said Iraq will bring up the issue during the meetings of the Inter-Parliamentary Union. Baghdad will call on the union to…

Overlooking the Tigris river in Baghdad, a 100-year-old Iraqi mansion stands dilapidated and neglected. Visitors hoping to catch a glimpse of its faded glory are warned off by a sign near the door saying: "Danger of collapse".

Heading a sizable military delegation from Baghdad, Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Army Abdel Emir Yarallah on Tuesday visited the southern provinces of Dhi Qar and Basra. The visit comes a day after demonstrators lit a government building on fire in Dhi Qar’s central business district of Nasiriyah. In…

Iraqi security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse stone-throwing protesters in clashes that wounded scores near Baghdad's Tahrir Square, where hundreds marked Saturday's anniversary of anti-government unrest in 2019. At least 64 people were wounded, including 26 members of the security forces, according to medical and security…