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IRAN-IRAQ EARTHQUAKE: RESCUERS IN RACE FOR SURVIVORS
In 2003, a 6.6 magnitude earthquake flattened the historic city of Bam in southeastern Iran, killing some 26,000 people... READ MORE›
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MORE THAN 140 DEAD IN TERROR ATTACK CLAIMED BY ISIS
Five people from a single family in Sadr City, a poor Shiite neighborhood in eastern Baghdad, were also missing... READ MORE›
SHIITES ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE WORLD'S LARGEST PILGRIMAGE TODAY. HERE'S HOW THEY VIEW THE WORLD.
Last November, we used this pilgrimage as an opportunity to survey religious Shiites from Iran and Iraq, an important but largely understudied population... READ MORE›
SHIITES IN IRAQ CHEER PUTINS INTERVENTION IN SYRIAN WAR
But the war with the Islamic State does not seem very far away... READ MORE›
ISIL ATTACKS IRAQI POLICE NEAR NAJAF, KILLS SEVEN
A federal police officer said Iraqi forces had taken near total control of Intisar and Siha neighbourhoods, and were clearing Salam... READ MORE›
WHAT ARE THE REASONS BEHIND MUQTADA AL-SADR'S RETURN?
Muqtada al-Sadr has grand ambitions for Iraq, and self-confidence to match. But he has yet to show how he will deliver... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE KILLS 24 IN BAGHDAD BLAST, CUTS ROAD TO MOSUL
Shirqat mayor Ali Dodah said Islamic State seized three checkpoints on the main road linking Baiji to Shirqat following the attacks... READ MORE›
NONVIOLENT PROTESTMOVEMENT GROWS INCENTER OF BAGHDAD
Said one Iraqi lawmaker close to Mr. Abadi who spoke anonymously to avoid angering the prime minister... READ MORE›
SAUDIS IN TALKS OVER ALLIANCE TO REBUILD IRAQ AND 'RETURN IT TO THE ARAB FOLD'
Pact would give Saudi Arabia a leading role in rebuilding war-torn country, and allow it to shepherd Iraq away from its rival Iran... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS HAVE STORMED IRAQ'S PARLIAMENT
Iraq parliament building stormed by hundreds of Shia protesters demanding government reform... READ MORE›
IRAQIS PLAN TO TAKE LEAD IN DRIVING ISIS FROM MOSUL
A major bridge crossing to Tikrit from the town of Tuz Khurmato had been wired with bombs by the Islamic State, they said... READ MORE›
IRAQIS PROTESTING CORRUPTION STORM WALLS OF PARLIAMENT
Mr. Abadi, a Shiite, rose to the office of prime minister in 2014, just after the Islamic State seized control of the city of Mosul... READ MORE›
IRAN SEE 'DIVINE VENGEANCE' AFTER SAUDIS EXECUTE SHI'ITE CLERIC
Demonstrators protesting against cleric Nimr al-Nimr's execution broke into the embassy building, smashed furniture and started fires before being ejected by police... READ MORE›
WAR-WOUNDED SEEK TREATMENT IN JORDAN
Mr. Smarat arrived at the Jordanian border after doctors at a field hospital in his hometown said he needed surgery that they could not perform... READ MORE›
SENIOR IRANIAN COMMANDER KILLED IN SYRIA
According to an Iranian opposition website, he was demoted recently because of a dissatisfaction in Tehran about the guards' conduct in Syria... READ MORE›
DOUBLE ATTACK IN SOUTHERN IRAQ KILLS AT LEAST 50
Patrons in the eatery included Iranian and Iraqi pilgrims traveling north toward the Shiite shrines in Karbala and Najaf... READ MORE›
BAGHDAD CAR BOMB LEAVES AT LEAST 24 DEAD
At least 24 people have been killed by a car bomb in the Sadr City district of Baghdad claimed by the Islamic State... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA SEVERS TIES WITH IRAN AMID TENSION OVER SHIA CLERIC'S EXECUTION
We urge Saudi Arabian authorities and local and regional leaders, including those in Iran, to work with all communities to defuse these tensions and promote reconciliation... READ MORE›
AFTER DAY OF CHAOS PROTESTERS LEAVE IRAQS GREEN ZONE
On Sunday, Mr. Abadi's office distributed photographs of him surveying the hall of Parliament, surrounded by broken glass and damaged furniture... READ MORE›
IRAN-LED PUSH TO RETAKE FALLUJA FROM ISIS WORRIES US
While the battle against the Islamic State straddles the borders of Iraq and Syria, the United States has approached it as two separate fights... READ MORE›
BATTLE FOR FALLUJAH: IRAQI TROOPS DIE IN ISIL ATTACKS
The operation for Fallujah has come at a dire human cost, with thousands of civilians trapped between ISIL fighters and the advancing Iraqi army... READ MORE›
UAE PUSHES FOR BETTER TIES WITH CLERIC SADR AMID EFFORTS TO CONTAIN IRAN
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan meets with Iraqi Shi'ite leader Moqtada al-Sadr in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, August 13, 2017... READ MORE›
SCALE OF 'WORLD'S BIGGEST' CEMETERY IN IRAQ REVEALED IN BREATHTAKING DRONE VIDEO
Translated as the Valley of Peace, the graveyard is an Islamic cemetery located in the city of Najaf, Iraq... READ MORE›
SCALE OF 'WORLD'S BIGGEST' CEMETERY IN IRAQ REVEALED IN BREATHTAKING DRONE VIDEO
Translated as the Valley of Peace, the graveyard is an Islamic cemetery located in the city of Najaf, Iraq... READ MORE›
AYATOLLAH ALI AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI EX-PRESIDENT OF IRAN DIES AT 82
But Mr. Rafsanjani, himself an ayatollah, clashed with Ayatollah Khamenei, the supreme leader, over the extent to which Iran should modify its bellicose stance toward outsiders... READ MORE›
AYATOLLAH ALI AKBAR HASHEMI RAFSANJANI, EX-PRESIDENT OF IRAN, DIES AT 82
But Mr. Rafsanjani, himself an ayatollah, clashed with Ayatollah Khamenei, the supreme leader, over the extent to which Iran should modify its bellicose stance toward outsiders... READ MORE›
MOQTADA AL-SADR IS BACK, PROVING THAT HE'S STILL A FORCE IN IRAQI POLITICS
Supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr take part in a sit-in outside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone on March 30... READ MORE›
ARRESTS MADE FOLLOWING SUICIDE BOMBING AT KUWAIT MOSQUE THAT KILLED 27
Police in Kuwait have arrested a number of people suspected of being behind a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque that killed 27 people... READ MORE›
THE TRAGICALLY HIP'S BIG SHOW, OLYMPICS WRAP UP IN RIO AND A DEADLY QUAKE IN ITALY
The Manhattan skyline is seen from One World Observatory at One World Trade Center in New York City on Aug. 22... READ MORE›
SEE WHAT THE BIGGEST CEMETERY IN THE WORLD LOOKS LIKE
Iraq's 'peace valley' cemetery is roughly 10 square kilometres, contains millions of graves... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE ATTACK ON IRAQ POLICE CHECKPOINT KILLS SEVEN, SHOWS GUERRILLA-STYLE CAPABILITY
Islamic State attacked an Iraqi police checkpoint near the southern city of Najaf on Sunday, killing seven policemen as government forces in the north made... READ MORE›