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Political and security threats from pro-Iran factions have obliged the Iraqi government to postpone implementing the Basra-Aqaba pipeline project.

Post-invasion Iraq has proven resilient in the face of many challenges – but problems remain that Europeans could assist with resolving.

Over the last several years, Kataib Hezbollah appeared to fade a bit from the spotlight. The new case illustrates its continued nefarious presence.

Although the Sadrist Movement withdrew from politics, participating in the upcoming provincial elections would provide them with critical momentum that they don't want to miss out on.

An Iraqi court this month handed down a death sentence to a former policeman who was convicted of killing prominent academic Hisham Al-Hashimi in a shooting that took place in July 2020, near the victim’s house in the capital Baghdad. The crime was documented by Al-Hashimi’s home security camera. The convict, Ahmed Ouaid Al-Kinani, a police officer employed by the Iraqi

Undermined from inside and outside his movement, keeping out of politics is proving a difficult and dangerous game for the influential Shia cleric

Iraqi militia officials are still regularly praising Putin's invasion of Ukraine and even conferring honorary Shia Muslim status on Russian officials.

In an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor, Iraq's parliament speaker discussed the turnaround among Iraqi Sunnis, relations with Iraq’s neighbors and why young Iraqis expect results.

The institutional Iraqi church and the Christian political party of Babylon are feuding over the leadership of Christian affairs in Iraq.

News and Press Release in English on Iraq about Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding and Protection and Human Rights; published on 11 May 2023 by EPIC