Newly disclosed government files show that the former British prime minister intervened to prevent civilian or international prosecution of British soldiers involved in the death of Baha Mousa.

Iraqi lawmakers have elected Haibat Al-Halbousi as speaker of the country’s parliament at its first session following November’s national election.

Iran’s Ambassador to Baghdad Mohammad Kazem Alesadeq says the Islamic Republic has identified American reconnaissance flights using Iraqi airspace to spy on Iranian territory.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani firmly rejected any prospect of diplomatic ties with Israel.

The United States has officially opened its new consulate compound in Erbil, in what is claimed to be Washington’s commitment to long-term partnership with the Kurdistan Region while sending more troops to the semi-autonomous Iraqi territory amid long-standing calls for the expulsion of American occupation forces.

Iraq has retracted the US-driven blacklisting of Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movements.

American corporation ExxonMobil has reportedly reached out to Iraq’s Oil Ministry in a bid to purchase Russian energy firm Lukoil’s majority stake in one of the Arab country’s main oilfields.