The Government of Iraq, the European Union’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (EU-DEVCO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) are expanding their …
Fighting intensifies between Peshmerga and PKK in northern Iraq
Mounting tensions between rival Kurdish groups boiled over when clashes broke out between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Peshmerga forces in what is quickly becoming the most overt conflict …
One reported dead in fight between Kurdish groups in Iraq
A peshmerga soldier in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq reportedly died during a fight with the PKK on Sunday amid tensions between the two groups as well as with Turkey.
Iraq’s Economic Collapse Could Be Biden’s First Foreign-Policy Headache
If the Iraqi government fails to pay state workers’ salaries in January, it could lead to widespread instability and violence. The United States and …
Iran Is in Syria to Stay
Iraqi officials announced that an airstrike had killed a commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as he entered Syria from Iraq on November 29 with a consignment of weapons. The news came …
The son of an Iraq War veteran designed an app to stop his dad’s PTSD nightmares
When US Army veteran Patrick Skluzacek returned from Iraq in the mid-2000s, life was good — every day was another welcome home party, he had a paid month off work, and he was finally back with family …
IMF Staff Completes 2020 Article IV Mission with Iraq
Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not …
IMF Staff Completes 2020 Article IV Mission with Iraq
Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not …
Iran executes journalist Ruhollah Zam, who encouraged 2017 protests, after abduction in Iraq
Ruhollah Zam, a journalist and Iranian opposition figure, had been living in Paris before he was abducted in Iraq and taken to Iran over a year ago.
Protests flare in Iraq’s Kurdish north, adding new front in national crisis
The unrest shattered the relative calm in the Kurdish-led region and highlighted the deepening discontent across Iraq.