Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki gave up the fight Thursday to keep his post, clearing the way for a new leader that many hope can hold Iraq together as the country battles brutal extremist fighters ...

Iraq’s Nuri al-Maliki digs in as President nominates new Prime Minister ... Kirk Sowell, author of “Inside Iraqi Politics,” said the end of al-Maliki’s eight-year rule appears near.

After eight months of grinding urban warfare, Iraqi government troops on Thursday captured the ruined mosque at the heart of ...

That project exists, but I am fighting it, and it is to be fought politically and militarily,” said Nuri al-Maliki about his longtime political rival, Moqtada al-Sadr, in a leaked recording.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) -- Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, growing in strength as violence fades and Iraq tries to embrace political unity, has called for forgiveness for allies of Saddam Hussein. "We ...