Iraq news

Iran targets Kurdistan in regional escalation, spiking gas prices and tensions - analysis

Iran’s attacks on the Kurdistan Region come as the Iraqi prime minister has wrapped up his visit to the US.

Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party, known as PAK take part in a training session at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq February 12, 2026.
Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Ali al-Zaidi speaks during a parliamentary session to vote in a new government headed by Ali al-Zaidi as prime minister, at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq, May 14, 2026.

Iraq's PM arrives in Washington as US presses Baghdad on Iran-backed militias - analysis

A vehicle carrying the coffin of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei makes its way as people attend Khamenei's funeral procession, in Najaf, Iraq, July 8, 2026

Coffin of Iran's slain supreme leader Khamenei arrives in Iraqi holy city for funeral processions

Iraqi President Nizar Amedi and Ali al-Zaidi, the nominee of Iraq's Shiite Coordination Framework for prime minister, stand with political figures during a ceremony where Zaidi was tasked with forming a new government, in Baghdad, Iraq, April 27, 2026.

Iraq names little-known banker Ali al-Zaidi as PM after five-month deadlock


27 years since the Gulf War - why didn't Israel respond?

Politicking and diplomacy made Israel sit on its hands while Scud missiles reined down.

Yitzhak Shamir, prime minister during the 1991 Gulf War, is flanked by then-defense minister Moshe Arens (left) and an unidentified officer

Kurds reported killed as mass protests sweep Kurdistan region of Iraq

As political supporters of different parties trade accusations, many wonder whether protests will deepen political crises and what the protesters hope to achieve.

Kurds walk on a busy street in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

Why Israel ignores Iraq

Israeli decision-makers’ as well as commentators’ lack of interest in the political developments in Iraq, leads them to exaggerate in Iranian influence in Iraq and lose track of alternative trends.

Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) advance towards the city of Al-Qaim, Iraq November 3, 2017

Anti-ISIS coalition looks to stabilize Iraq and eastern Syria as war winds down

The coalition has estimated that there are around 3,000 or fewer ISIS fighters left to hunt down.

Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stand together in Raqqa, Syria, October 16, 2017.

Iraqi forces recapture last Islamic State-held town

The capture of the town marks the end of Islamic State's era of territorial rule over a so-called caliphate that it proclaimed in 2014 across vast swathes of Iraq and Syria.

Artillery belonging to Iraqi army are seen southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq

Iraq schedules parliamentary elections for May

Incumbent prime minister Abadi has not said yet if he plans to run for re-elections.

Iraqi Pm Haidar al-Abadi visists government forces

Iraq launches final offensive on Islamic State, near Syrian border

Islamic State's self-declared cross-border caliphate effectively collapsed in July, when US-backed Iraqi forces captured Mosul, the group's de facto capital in Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi speaks at a news conference during his visit to Najaf, south of Baghdad,

Post-referendum: Kurds in Iran demand rights as regime cracks down

Leader Mustafa Hijri: We must face the fact that Tehran is a destabilizing force in the region

Peshmerga from the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan stand for a photo at a secret location

Ankara backs Iraqi parliament's rejection of Kurdish referendum

Turkey has the region's largest Kurdish population and fears a 'Yes' vote could fuel separatism in its southeast where Kurdish militants have waged an insurgency for three decades.

A supporter of the "NO For Now" movement attends a rally calling on Iraqi Kurds to vote against the referendum, in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq

Iraq's Kurds could delay independence vote for concessions from Baghdad

A Kurdish delegation is visiting Baghdad to sound out proposals from Iraqi leaders.

KURDISTAN REGIONAL Government President Masoud Barzani gestures during a news conference in Erbil, Iraq, in April.