Pope Francis was in Iraq and he held closed-door talks with prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. 

The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has visited Iraq on his first international trip since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.

Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, holds closed-door talks with Iraq’s prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on the second day of his visit to the Arab country.

Supporters and members of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi force burry the fighters of the paramilitary network during a funeral ceremony in the holy city of Najaf.

Iraq’s al-Nujaba movement warns of Daesh plots to conduct attacks in Baghdad, Najaf and Karbala days after a twin bombing attack in the capital.

The fight against Daesh turned Major-General Soleimani, who had evolved into so much more on the battlefield and at home as a person, from a shadow figure into a major player in the geopolitics of the region.

French President Emmanuel Macron is paying his first visit to Iraq, where he is set to hold talks with senior officials.

The United States wages out a string of airstrikes against the positions of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces across Iraq.

Iraqi prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani urges security forces to protect peaceful demonstrators, and identify attackers and rabble rousers.

Protests continue across Iraq amid reports of infiltration by violent elements into the ranks of the demonstrators and occurrence of casualties.