Beirut — Declassified 1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led a British-Iraqi archeological team to what they believe is the site of a seventh-century battle that became decisive in the spread of ...

The new speaker must address a much-debated bill that would have the Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Units — an ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. carried out an airstrike in Baghdad on Wednesday targeting a senior leader of an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq that was blamed for attacks on U.S. forces in the Middle East, ...

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

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has begun its first nationwide population census in decades in a step aimed at modernizing data collection and planning in a country long impacted by conflict and political ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An Iranian officer blamed for the 2022 killing of an American in Iraq has been charged in New York with federal murder and terrorism crimes. Federal authorities in New York City ...

With Iranian influence waning in the Middle East, the Iraqi government wants armed groups, including factions within the Iran-backed Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI), to lay down their arms and join ...

ABC News' Byron Pitts speaks with the retired four-star general. On the 20th anniversary of the allied invasion of Iraq that marked the start of the eight-year conflict, there are still some deep ...

In March 2003, the United States launched a full-scale invasion of Iraq, with a goal of toppling Saddam Hussein’s regime, dismantling any weapons of mass destruction and promoting democracy. Hussein, ...