Rockets fired after day of mourning for slain Iranian leader
BAGHDAD — Thousands of militiamen and other supporters chanting “America is the Great Satan” marched in a funeral procession Saturday in Baghdad for I...
Iran vows revenge for US attack that killed powerful general
BAGHDAD — Iran promised to seek revenge for a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed the mastermind of its interventions across the Middle ...
Trump stirs Mideast tensions despite talk of ‘endless wars’
WASHINGTON — With a single drone strike, President Donald Trump did more than just take out an avowed enemy of the United States. He may have have als...
The Latest: Trump says US not looking to start war with Iran
BAGHDAD — The latest on the U.S. airstrike in Baghdad that killed Iran's top general (all times local):
Middle East long riven by killings of high-profile figures
Killings of major political and military figures have been a recurring factor in the modern Middle East, often presenting a defining moment and changi...
Iran can call on powerful friends if conflict engulfs region
JERUSALEM — If Iran decides to follow through on its vow of harsh retaliation for the killing of its top general, it can call upon heavily armed allie...
Iraqi militant killed by US worked with Iran for decades
BAGHDAD — Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, a veteran Iraqi militant who was closely allied with Iran and rose to be a senior militia commander during the war ag...
US kills Iran’s most powerful general in Baghdad airstrike
BAGHDAD — The United States killed Iran's top general and the architect of Tehran’s proxy wars in the Middle East in an airstrike at Baghdad's interna...
Attack on US Embassy exposes widening US-Iraq divide on Iran
WASHINGTON — The New Year's Eve attack on the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad has exposed a deepening divide between the United States and Iraq over ...
Militiamen withdraw from US Embassy but Iraq tensions linger
BAGHDAD — Iran-backed militiamen withdrew from the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Wednesday after two days of clashes with American security forc...
Attack on US Embassy in Iraq shows stark choices for Trump
WASHINGTON — The attack on the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad by Iran-supported militiamen Tuesday is a stark demonstration that Iran can still stri...
Protesters attack US Embassy in Baghdad after airstrikes
BAGHDAD — Angered by deadly airstrikes targeting an Iran-backed militia, dozens of Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the U.S. Em...
Iraqi artists pay tribute to dead protesters with sculptures
BAGHDAD — The sculptures carved by seven art trainees were lined up outside a makeshift workshop in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square. With them were posters de...
Iran-backed groups accuse Iraqi president of caving to US
BAGHDAD — Iran-supported groups on Friday blasted Iraq's president for not naming their preferred prime minister candidate, saying his decision was at...
Iraq president offers to quit after rejecting PM nominee
BAGHDAD — Iraq's president refused on Thursday to designate a prime minister candidate nominated by the Iran-backed parliamentary bloc and offered to ...
Iraq’s parliament approves new election law amid protests
BAGHDAD — Iraq's parliament approved a new election law on Tuesday aimed at giving political independents a better chance of winning seats in parliame...
Iraq protests take toll on economy, vulnerable suffer most
BAGHDAD — With wisps of smoke still rising from the remnants of another night of violence, the workers came in the morning to salvage what merchandise...
Protesters in Arab world’s newest uprisings face a long haul
BAGHDAD — Abbas Ali spends most of his free time camped out in Tahrir Square — the epicenter of Iraq's anti-government protests — going home only at 3...
15 killed in Iraqi capital as assailants fire live rounds
BAGHDAD — Gunmen in cars opened fire Friday in Baghdad's Khilani Square. leaving at least 15 people dead and 60 wounded, Iraqi security and medical of...
With prime minister out, Iraq in constitutional ‘black hole’
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s parliament on Sunday formally accepted the prime minister’s resignation, but the path to replacing Adil Abdul-Mahdi was clouded with ...
Century ago and today, Baghdad street a front line in revolt
BAGHDAD — When discontented Iraqis sought independence from British occupation in 1920, Baghdad’s most prestigious new boulevard, Rasheed Street, was ...
Iraqi prime minister to resign in wake of deadly protests
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister announced Friday that he would submit his resignation to parliament, a day after more than 40 people were killed by se...
Baghdad bombings kill 5 as Iraqis protest government
BAGHDAD — Three simultaneous explosions rocked Baghdad late Tuesday, killing five people and wounding more than a dozen, Iraqi officials said, in the ...
Conan the dog gets hero’s welcome at White House after raid
WASHINGTON — A U.S. military dog that played a starring role in the raid that killed Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi seemed oblivious to the...
Pence works to reassure Kurdish allies in surprise Iraq trip
IRBIL, Iraq — Vice President Mike Pence sought to reassure the United States’ Kurdish allies in an unannounced trip to Iraq on Saturday, the highest-l...
Iraqi officials: 8 protesters dead in day of violent clashes
BAGHDAD — Eight people died and at least 90 were wounded on Thursday in renewed clashes in central Baghdad, in the most violent clashes between anti-g...
“Tuk Tuk” a newspaper for the Iraqi protest movement
BAGHDAD — Every other day, the editor, bespectacled and perpetually pecking at a laptop, sends a top secret 8-page document to an anonymous printing h...
5 protesters dead in violence over key Baghdad squares
BAGHDAD — Iraqi security forces fired live ammunition and tear gas in renewed clashes with anti-government protesters in central Baghdad on Friday, ki...
Top Shiite leader backs UN plan to resolve Iraqi crisis
BAGHDAD — Iraq's most powerful Shiite religious leader said Monday he backs a U.N. roadmap aimed at meeting the demands of anti-government protesters ...
UN mission in Iraq proposes roadmap for ending upheaval
BAGHDAD — The United Nations' mission for Iraq on Sunday proposed a roadmap out of the country's social upheaval, while Amnesty International said Ira...