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Iraqi PM-led coalition tops Iraq election with 46 seats, commission says

Prime Minister Sudani's bloc wins Iraq's election, but forming a new government may take months due to challenges in building a majority and balancing US-Iran influence.

A man holds a flag of Iraq from a car with an election poster featuring current Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani, as supporters of the Reconstruction and Development Coalition celebrate after preliminary election results were announced in Baghdad, Iraq, November 12, 2025.
An Iraqi female security member votes at a polling station during a special voting, two days before the polls open to the public in a parliamentary election, in Najaf, Iraq November 9, 2025.

Iraq wraps up early voting as country braces for pivotal parliamentary elections

Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani attends the 34th Arab League summit, in Baghdad, Iraq, May 17, 2025.

Iraq worries about rising tensions with US following Hegseth call

Supporters of candidates from the Badr Organization hold signs during an election campaign rally ahead of Iraq's parliamentary elections in the city of Hilla, Iraq, November 1, 2025.

Iraq approaches critical Nov. 11 elections, set to deploy nearly 200,000 security personnel


Iraq, Turkey sign deal on Iraqi water infrastructure projects

The initial batch of projects will include three water harvesting dams and three land reclamation initiatives, according to an Iraqi water resources official.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein attend a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq November 2, 2025.

Iraq says 185 antiquities seized in Britain as clampdown on looted heritage widens

'The Iraqi cultural attache in London formally informed the ministry about the seizure of the 185 artifacts. Archaeological experts subsequently confirmed their Iraqi origin.'

Iraqi Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Ahmed Fakak Al-Badrani, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Baghdad, Iraq

Sunni candidate killed ahead of Iraq’s November parliamentary elections

This is the most high-profile assassination of these elections and the most high-profile attack in Iraq in recent memory. 

A man looks at the site where a car packed with explosives blew up yesterday, in Hayy al-Shurta, a Shi'ite district in Baghdad, Iraq February 17, 2017.

IRGC chief visits Baghdad over fears of Iraqi instability - analysis

Qaani met with top Shiite leaders in Baghdad to contain internal splits and preserve Iran's influence in Iraq ahead of parliamentary elections.

Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani, the newly appointed commander of the country's Quds Force, is seen in Tehran, Iran, in this undated picture obtained January 3, 2020

Iraqi police, paramilitary fighters clash outside government building in Baghdad

The clash broke out in Baghdad's Karkh district after a group of fighters from the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) stormed a government building.

Members of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) attend a symbolic funeral of fellow members of PMF who were killed by U.S. air strikes on the Syria-Iraq border, in Baghdad, Iraq, June 29, 2021.

As drone attacks target northern Iraq's Kurds, West urges Baghdad to act - analysis

The Kurdistan autonomous region is growing increasingly frustrated with Baghdad’s response. The leaders have likely communicated this to their Western allies.

A member of the Kurdish security forces stands guard with smoke billowing in the background on July 17, 2025

Whose mystery drones are targeting radar sites at Iraq military bases? - analysis

Iraq has tried to avoid being sucked into the recent conflict. Its airspace was closed, and it expressed concern to Iran and other countries. 

 Iraqi security forces sit on vehicles at a street after an attack by a drone strike on an Iran-backed militia headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq January 4, 2024.

Iran reportedly withdrawing IRGC commanders from Baghdad, driven by US airstrikes

Iran has had advisers in Iraq in the past, especially in the war against ISIS. Now, Iraqi sources informed Arab media that there could be several

 A picture of late Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Commander-in-Chief Major General Hossein Salami is seen on a street in Tehran, Iran June 15, 2025.

Iraqis increasingly concerned nobody protecting their skies amid Israel-Iran escalation - analysis

Iraq has complained to the UN Security Council over Israel allegedly violating Iraqi airspace to conduct airstrikes on Iran.

 Supporters of the Iraqi Shia militia, Nujaba Movement, gather at Kirkuk's Ihtifalat area during a demonstration in support with Iran and condemn Israeli attacks, on June 16, 2025.

Reports of deal to release Israeli-Russian hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov 'false,' official tells 'Post'

According to the proposed deal, Tsurkov's release would be in exchange for the release of an Iranian detainee in Iraq along with six other individuals.

 Israeli-Russian hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov over a backdrop of Iraqi and Israeli flags.

The Met returns looted Sumerian and Babylonian artifacts to Iraq

New evidence from a probe into British antiquities dealer Robin Symes confirmed the pieces were trafficked and rightfully belong to Iraq.

Visitors walk along the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, March 6, 2006.