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Anti-government rallies have renewed across Iraq, the second phase of protests that turned deadly earlier this month and which could…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has started filling a huge hydroelectric dam on the Tigris river, a lawmaker and activists said,…

TARMIYAH, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi security forces were sweeping villages and farmland north of Baghdad on Tuesday as part of…

A team of German and Kurdish archaeologists have discovered a 3,400-year-old palace that belonged to the mysterious Mittani Empire, the…

BADOUSH, Iraq (AP) — It was a chilly January evening, and Khadija Abd and her family had just finished supper…

Walking past dead palm trees on land so dry it cracks, farmer Abbas Abdul Hassan said water shortages and ensuing…

Iraqi forces slowly advanced on Monday to retake the last patch of ground in Mosul where Islamic State militants are…

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived in Mosul on Sunday and congratulated the armed forces for their “victory” over Islamic…

Iraqi commanders said Saturday their forces are “tens of meters” away from defeating the Islamic State group in Mosul, a…

Iraqi security forces expect to take full control of Mosul within hours as Islamic State’s defensive lines crumble in its…