It was clear what was happening: the tensions with Iraq had finally snapped, and Saddam Hussein was now launching a ...

The Iraqi government is looking to gain control of Iranian-aligned armed groups that operate inside of Iraq but outside state ...

Iraq’s National Security Agency says it has arrested a former high-level security official for his involvement in the 1980 ...

Iraq’s top court has suspended implementation of three controversial bills passed last month by the country’s parliament, ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani announced on Friday that security forces had arrested a group of former officers ...

Iran holds tremendous sway inside Iraq despite the presence of US troops, setting up a tug-of-war for the incoming Trump ...

BAGHDAD — Iraq's National Security Agency said Friday ... of a prominent Shiite cleric and his sister during Saddam Hussein ’s brutal crackdown on religious opposition. Mohammad Baqir al ...

His opposition intensified following the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, which heightened Saddam’s fears of a Shiite-led uprising in Iraq. In 1980, as the government moved against Shiite ...

Iraq, Saturday, April 6, 2013, painted over a portrait of former dictator Saddam Hussein. BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's National Security Agency said Friday it arrested a former high-level security ...