The Central Intelligence Agency hired the private security firm Blackwater USA in 2004 to work on a covert program aimed at targeting and potentially killing top al Qaeda leaders, according to a ...

Millions are expected to head to the polls to cast ballots in the war-ravaged country's important provincial elections. Each voter will emerge with one finger swiped with purple i ...

After more than two decades working alongside Iraq through war, political upheaval and the fight against ISIL terrorists, the UN Assistance Mission there (UNAMI) ends its mandate on 31 December – a ...

Lukoil seeks to sell assets due to U.S. sanctions West Qurna 2 is Lukoil's largest foreign asset Exxon preferred by Iraq for West Qurna 2 takeover BAGHDAD, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), opens ...

The majority of residents in Iraqi Kurdistan have endured prolonged and chronic electricity cuts since a deadly drone attack against the autonomous region’s Khor Mor gas field on Wednesday night. The ...