The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

U.S.-backed forces in eastern Syria launched a major attack on three posts manned by pro-government gunmen on Aug. 12, 2024, killing at least 18 fighters in a rare provocation near the border with Iraq.

Iraq's Yazidi community leaders have announced plans for an internationally funded project to build an entire new village to house displaced survivors of one of the bloodiest massacres committed by Islamic State militants against their religious minority

When JD Vance criticized his opponent, Tim Walz, for not deploying to Iraq, some Democrats scrutinized his own military record. Richard Hall speaks to a veteran who served alongside Vance about what their time in the country entailed

Demonstrations opposing the new law have been held in Baghdad, Basra, Kirkuk and Najaf

Gov. Tim Walz's military background and decision to run for Congress despite possible deployment to Iraq in 2005 raise questions about his commitment to se...

August 2024 marks the 10-year anniversary of the Islamic State group’s genocide, in which thousands of people from Iraq’s marginalized communities, including Yazidis, Christians and Shiite Muslims, were killed in Iraq’s second-largest city, Mosul, and the surrounding areas.

Rights advocates are alarmed by a bill introduced to Iraq's parliament that, they fear, would roll back women's rights and increase underage marriage in the deeply patriarchal society.

In 2005, Gov. Tim Walz faced criticism for not dropping out of his congressional race despite a potential deployment to Iraq with the Army National Guard.

Hundreds of Ezidi refugees have gathered in regional NSW towns to commemorate 10 years since surviving terrorist group ISIS killing men and enslaving women.