The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

In an interview with FRANCE 24 on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Iraq's Foreign inister Fuad Hussein said he was hoping to host a meeting in Baghdad between the foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia. Hussein said that after five meetings between intelligence officials of the two…

An agreement to transport Egyptian gas to Lebanon via Syria is currently disrupted by Lebanon’s failure to meet the conditions for obtaining a World Bank loan and Washington’s reluctance to give an official approval confirming that the deal is not affected by the Caesar Act, sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on…

Tunis (AFP) - The leader of Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party was questioned through the night over alleged complicity in the departure of jihadist militants for Syria and Iraq, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Richard Dannatt, former Chief of the General Staff, said: ‘These young guardsmen deserve particular praise.’

Clashes brought rival armed factions to the streets of Baghdad, leaving Iraq’s young activists stuck in the middle.

It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilization itself. But today the Tigris is dying. Human activity and climate change have choked its once mighty flow through Iraq, where -- with its twin river the Euphrates --…

The extension of the term of Iraqi caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has sparked a sharp dispute within the Shiite pro-Iran Coordination Framework, revealed Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish sources. Head of the Sadrist movement, Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr supports the extension, while powers close to Iran are seeking to thwart…

Baghdad (AFP) - It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilisation itself.

The soldiers who carried the Queen's coffin into the funeral are part of a company that she was commander of, which will be taken over by King Charles

Pro-Iran factions in Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) have prepared a list of names of activists throughout the country’s central and southern cities to arrest them on charges of “belonging to the dissolved Baath party,” revealed a security source. The source said the majority of the arrest orders were based…

Thailand's rice exports are likely to exceed 8 million tonnes this year, driven by the resumption of purchases by Iraq and India's restrictions on rice shipments.