Exclusive-US slows transfers of Islamic State detainees to Iraq, sources say

By Ahmed Rasheed, Maya Gebeily and John Irish BAGHDAD Jan 30 (Reuters) - Transfers of Islamic State detainees from Syria to ...

Trump intervenes in Iraq politics, warns Maliki comeback could repeat past mistakes

He was ousted in 2014 as Iraq fell into chaos, but has spent the last decade regaining power, recently winning support from key Shi’ite factions. US President Donald Trump has called on Iraq to ...

‘This is what sanctions look like’: the film showing Saddam’s Iraq through children’s eyes

A film whose ingredients include eggs, flour, sugar and economic sanctions sounds improbable, but The President’s Cake takes ...

Iraq's Maliki in Trump's crosshairs after nomination for new term

In his latest direct intervention in another country’s politics, Trump warned Iraq that if it picked the Iranian-backed Nouri ...
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Where does Iraq stand as US turns up heat on Iran?

Faced with political deadlock, open American meddling and the threat of war across its borders, is Iraq being dragged back to darker times after achieving hard-won stability? After decades of conflict ...

The elephant in the room between Trump and oil execs: Iraq

President Donald Trump painted a simplistic picture for the US operation in Venezuela: go in, get the oil and start exporting ...

Baghdad says it will prosecute Islamic State militants being moved from Syria to Iraq

Baghdad says it will prosecute and try militants from the Islamic State group who are being transferred from prisons and ...