Iraq

The country's best competitors hail from geo-cultural Kurdistan

Says relief gives Iraq time to start taking steps towards energy independence

Foreign office spokesperson appreciates Ambassador Sajid Bilal and his team for their efforts on this occasion

Iraq is 12th most corrupt country in the world, according to monitoring group Transparency International

New toll "is a more than 110,000 increase over the last count"

United Nations estimates between 6,000-12,000 bodies are contained in the 202 graves documented in the report

Rekindles debate and sparks criticism in Japan about reporting from war zones

Iraq invasion was the collapse of faith in the international order and Arab Spring the faith in democracy

The attack took place late on Wednesday in the town of Akaz

Iraq's Najaf produces a literary culture where theology and poetry intermingle

Iraq's PM designate launched a website on Tuesday to allow candidates to apply for a ministerial position online

Iraq's parliament on Tuesday elected as president Kurdish politician Barham Salih

A year after a failed bid for independence

A year after an ill-fated independence referendum that Baghdad deemed illegal

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered that all but emergency staff leave Basra

1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war decimated groves of date palms on Iraqi soil

Twelve months since a controversial referendum, Iraq's divided Kurds will elect a regional parliament on Sunday

An additional 53 civilians had been killed unintentionally in August

The vote last year saw more than 92% of Kurds back secession, but the federal government rejected that as 'illegal'

There have been recurring reports of Baghdadi being killed or injured

Iraq has condemned several hundred people including around 100 foreign women to death for Da'aish links

Parliament had been due to elect a speaker and two deputies during its first meeting

Tracks installed along former Islamic State principality

Iran's Revolutionary Guards fired seven missiles in attack on Iraq-based Iranian Kurdish dissidents

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Iraqi security sources said three Katyusha rockets were fired by unknown assailants

The Iraqi parliament is expected to hold an emergency session later on Saturday to discuss the crisis

Unidentified attackers also fired shells into Baghdad's fortified Green Zone

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One person was killed and 25 were injured

Iraq's Lake Habbaniyah was a tourist hot-spot

Protesters rally against economic woes and the dire state of public services

Iraq had its first parliamentary elections following the end of three-year long war against Islamic State

Militant group also raids a currency exchange office steeling $20,000 before fleeing unchallenged

Islamic State strongholds in Iraq discussed

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert was named special representative and will head up the UN's Assistance Mission for Iraq

Five members of the security forces were among 11 people killed in the blast, which also wounded 16 other people

The death toll could climb as some of the wounded in critical condition

Sana's greatest challenge is finding enough food for the household, comprising of 32 people

He also called for attacks in the West in the Telegram message on Eid ul Azha

NATO defence ministers agrees to a bigger “train-and-advise” mission in Iraq after a US call for the alliance

The World Humanitarian Day was first marked on 19th August 2003

The message of the museum is perseverance, resistance and the protection of our honour says deputy director Hajbabian

Iraqis in the holy city of Najaf are being hit hard by US sanctions on neighbouring Iran

Iraq War not only affected the Afghan war but is also affecting the American withdrawal from that war-torn country

We don't support the sanctions; they are a strategic error, but we will comply with them says Prime Minister Abadi

Nationalist cleric Moqtada Sadr's alliance won Iraq's legislative election in May according to manual recount

Iraqi judge says he found French citizen, 55, and German woman, 22, guilty of joining the militant group

Back in the 1970s, the city of Kirkuk was home to five cinemas

Country had recently landed in hot water for fielding overage players in U16 side