An Iraqi water ministry official said on Thursday that the government is planning to construct 50 new dams and water barriers ...

The historic “land between two rivers” faces a crisis as the Tigris and Euphrates shrink dramatically amid severe drought and the increasing toll of upstream dams, helping create the country’s worst ...

Political factions in Iraq have been maneuvering since the parliamentary election more than a month ago to form alliances ...

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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has visited Iraq to mark the end of the political mission established in 2003 in the ...

The result of last month’s parliamentary elections in Iraq was ratified by the Supreme Federal Court on Sunday, confirming ...

More than a month after Iraq's parliamentary elections, the country's top leaders remain locked in talks to form a government ...

After the change in Syria’s political leadership, Damascus and Baghdad have kept diplomatic channels open between them, although the latter has not removed Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa from ...

The US government is backing Iraq’s plan to transfer Lukoil PJSC’s stake in a giant oil field to an American company, days before a sanctions waiver on the Russian firm is set to expire.

During the Iran-Iraq War, both sides launched many airstrikes against each other's airbases. But one of these airstrikes ...

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