According to a statement from Barzani’s office, the two leaders discussed key issues, including developments in Iraq, and the ...

Sunnis argue that thousands from their community have been unjustly imprisoned in Shiite-dominated Iraq since 2003 over alleged terrorism links. The court ruling came after a number of lawmakers ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s legislature on Tuesday passed three controversial bills regarding the return of land confiscated under the Baath regime to the original Kurdish owners, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The president also needs to do a better job of mobilizing support from Sunnis in Iraq and Syria, as well as from Turkey, by showing that he is intent on deposing not only ISIS but also the equally ...

Since taking political power in 1979, Iran’s Shia clergy has been supporting the Shia Muslims of Iraq, Lebanon and Syria. This spreading influence has caused concern to the Sunni rulers of Arab ...

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's Shiite militias have abducted and killed scores of Sunni civilians with the tacit support of the government in retaliation for Islamic State group attacks, Amnesty International ...

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 ...