Iraq news

Mysterious explosion hits Baghdad, injuring soldiers from Iranian-backed militias in Iraq

Iraq authorities are trying to downplay the idea that this site was struck by a munition, with investigations framing it as an accident rather than an attack.

Supporters of the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) chant slogans and wave flags at a rally celebrating the end of the U.S. military presence in Iraq on September 30, 2026 in Baghdad, Iraq.
Shi'ite fighters launch a rocket during clashes with Islamic State militants on the outskirts of al-Alam, Iraq.

Iraq targets lingering ISIS pockets with airstrikes, operations in security vacuum after US pullout

Mourners attend the funeral of Haider al-Moussawi, head of the security unit in the Shi'ite armed group Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, and senior Hezbollah figure Abu Ali Khalil, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Tehran, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Baghdad, Iraq, June 22, 2025.

Iraqi militias raise new conditions for disarmament, Iraq takes 'wait-and-see' approach - analysis

Youths ride vehicles while waving flags of Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and Hezbollah in Baghdad on June 15, 2026, during celebrations following the announcement of a deal to end the war between Iran and the US.

Iraq sentences militia member for kidnapping American journalist, in rare move against Iran proxies


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.

After ISIS, Mosul rebuilds monuments, mosques and society

"Daesh militants have been eliminated but the Daesh idea remains. How can I live with my neighbors who branded me an infidel? How can my daughter live with them?"

An Iraqi man waves his naitonal flag in the newly liberated city of Mosul, July 9

JPost from the frontline: The 9-month battle for the liberation of Mosul

Over nearly a year the 'Jerusalem Post' visited the war-torn Iraqi city three times and came back with dramatic footage.

Mosul