Iraq's Federal Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily suspended the implementation of three laws concerning general amnesty, ...

For Americans, reconciliation signifies a bargaining process through which Sunnis participate in the governance of the state and get their fair share of Iraq’s resources. Iraqis see things ...

American commanders in Iraq concluded that if they defeat al-Qaeda, Shias will stop supporting the Mahdi Army. Shias however see al-Qaeda as only the worst of their Sunni opponents but not the ...

For over 850 years, the leaning minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri stood as an iconic landmark in the Iraqi city of Mosul ...

The measures in question include a general amnesty law, new personal status legislation, and a law on the restitution of ...

The call comes amid growing US pressure on Iraq to prevent its financial system from breaching sanctions on neighbouring Iran ...

This Iraqi nationalist vision was most evident in the June-October 1920 Revolt against British rule in Iraq. Sunni and Shi'i Arabs joined forces, praying in each others' mosques and celebrating ...

The Taqadom party, the most influential Sunni bloc, welcomed the adoption of the amnesty law. Iraq’s Sunni community has been the main proponent of revisiting the law, pushing for it to include ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi parliament has passed an amnesty law that could lead to the release of thousands of prisoners, including Iraqis convicted of attacks on U.S. soldiers and people who ...

Washington must rapidly change course and partner with a key NATO ally, Turkey, to empower Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region and large Sunni minority. Establishing balance along Iraq's ethno ...

An Iraqi man prays on the tomb of an unknown person at a cemetery in the central city of Karbala. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims are mainly expressed through different religious ...