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An American journalist was kidnapped in Iraq on Tuesday by suspected Iranian-backed militants, according to the State Department and the country's Interior Ministry.

A late-night incident in Erbil sent shockwaves through a residential neighborhood after debris from a destroyed drone crashed into a café, causing significant damage but no loss of life.

A new strike in western Iraq killed seven security personnel, the defence ministry said Wednesday, a day after a deadly attack on the same base targeted the former paramilitary Hashed al-Shaabi.

At ‌least six Kurdish Peshmerga fighters were ​killed and ​30 wounded in ⁠a rocket attack ​on their ​base north of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, ​a Peshmerga statement ​and security sources said on ‌Tuesday.

Shi'ite Muslim armed groups in Lebanon and Iraq are stepping up their role in the war with the U.S. and Israel, showing the Iran-backed "Axis of Resistance" can still wage attacks despite damage inflicted on the alliance...

TotalEnergies said on its investor website on Thursday that the ongoing US-Israeli war against Iran is expected to reduce the company’s global oil production by 15 per cent.

The US Embassy in Baghdad said on Wednesday that “for many” US citizens in Iraq, leaving the country is “the best option” if they can safely do so, Anadolu reports.

Iraq’s prime minister has told United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio that his country should not be used as a launchpad for attacks in the Middle East war, the Iraqi government said.

Iraqi security forces intercepted and shot down a drone that attempted to target a public facility along the border between the provinces of Kirkuk and Sulaimani, preventing any damage or casualties, according to Iraq’s...

Kurdish Iranian dissident groups based in northern Iraq are preparing for a potential cross-border military operation in Iran, and the U.S. has asked Iraqi Kurds to support them, Kurdish officials told The Associated Pre...

Iraq's Transport Ministry said on Wednesday that Baghdad airport is temporarily closed due to a technical fault, with the facility expected to reopen in the coming hours after repairs, the ministry's spokesperson told st...

Gulf countries have pledged support for Kuwait’s sovereignty after Iraq submitted new maritime coordinates and an updated map to the United Nations.

Iraq’s parliament postponed the election of a president on Tuesday to allow Kurdish rivals time to agree on a candidate.

Anti-narcotics authorities in Syria and Iraq have seized 2.5 million captagon stimulant pills during coordinated security operations carried out in both countries, Syria’s Interior Ministry announced on Thursday.

Severe winter weather on Tuesday forced the diversion of an UrAir flight and led to widespread flight suspensions at airports across the Kurdistan Region, including Sulaimani and Erbil.

The result of last month’s parliamentary elections in Iraq was ratified by the Supreme Federal Court on Sunday, confirming that the party of caretaker prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani won the largest number of seat...

Baghdad International Airport reopened Thursday after a 12-hour halt due to bad weather, the transport ministry said.

Operations restarted at Iraq’s Khor Mor gas field, with the transmission of gas to power stations starting at 2 a.m. on Sunday (2300 GMT on Saturday), the Kurdish regional government’s electricity ministry announced.

Tribal clashes over agricultural land in central Iraq have killed eight people and injured another nine, a security official in Wasit province told AFP on Saturday.

The list backing incumbent Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani has scored a big win in parliament after elections, sources close to his alliance told AFP on Wednesday.