The deal to end the weeklong fighting in Iraq's Shiite regions appeared to be holding Monday, but left lingering questions about Iran's growing influence, the Iraqi government's military resolve and ...

Under Iraq's post-2003 ethno-sectarian power-sharing system, the presidency is reserved for a Kurd, the parliament speaker's ...

In one afternoon, Amani Bazzi went from being a doting mother-of-four to a widow grieving three young children.An Israeli ...

Nigerian authorities should act urgently to secure the safe release of students and teachers recently kidnapped in the ...

Iraq’s main Sunni political blocs moved on Sunday to tighten their ranks, forming a new National Political Council in Baghdad ...

Despite elections, Iraq’s democracy is constrained, with the prime minister decided not by voters but by domestic elites and ...