The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

Duchess Sophie's historic trip to Baghdad in Iraq has been overshadowed by a tragedy back in the UK

‘My son was a major in the US Army. We lost him in Iraq,’ the president told US marines during his Japan visit

It has been revealed that the Duchess of Edinburgh, Sophie, has made a surprise visit to Iraq at the request of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, where she spent two days in the capital Baghdad

The duchess has spent two days in the capital, Baghdad, at the request of the Foreign Office.

A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq on Tuesday killed three fighters from the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS), a militia affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Iraqi Kurdistan's counter-terrorism service said.

On May 16, Iraq's Sinjar province saw deadly violence. The positions of a Yazidi armed group affiliated with the PKK, the Kurdistan Workers' Party, were targeted by drone strikes attributed to Turkey. Security tensions are complicating the return to the province of Yazidis in exile, after a genocide perpetrated against…

Baghdad (AFP) - Young Iraqis row a flotilla of traditional wooden boats down the Tigris river in Baghdad, celebrating an ancient nautical heritage in the now drought-stricken country.

Iraq, Syria and Yemen in need of greater help to deal with intensifying climate change effects, aid groups warn.

Dubai (AFP) - Conflict-plagued countries in the Middle East are among the most vulnerable to climate change but are almost entirely excluded from meaningful financing to mitigate its effects, aid groups warned Thursday.

Exclusive: Scheme is part of push to tackle backlog of more than 90,000 claims submitted before June 2022

The prospect of Tayyip Erdogan winning another presidential term in Turkey would once have rung alarms around the Middle East, but after taking a more conciliatory stance in recent years his strong election showing on Sunday has caused few flutters.