Leaders from the Turkmen minority group accused the Kurdish Regional Government of using the Islamic State crisis to further its own nationalistic goals. A trench currently being dug through hundreds of miles of Iraqi territory is meant to strengthen territorial...

The unstable Mosul Dam became the focus of international diplomacy this week when U.S. President Barack Obama spoke with Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi about ongoing negotiations to repair the dam. The danger that the poorly constructed dam would collapse and drown...

Dozens of people were executed by Islamic State militants.

An American Predator drone crashed while on a mission in Iraq. At least 112 people were killed across the country.

At least 178 were killed in Iraq in recent violence. One of the dead may be an Islamic State spokesman who was considered second in line to Daesh leader al-Baghdadi.

Iraq sent Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari to Tehran to help defuse the escalating sectarian feud between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Over the weekend, Saudi Arabia, a Sunni-majority state, executed Sheik Nimr al-Nimr, a Shi’ite cleric. The execution has received...

At least 357 people were killed in Iraq, mostly in the Haditha area where militants are regrouping after their loss of Ramadi.

At least 238 people were killed in Iraq. This includes dozens of bodies found in the first of several mass graves exhumed in Ramadi.

At least 198 were killed and 72 were wounded in the latest violence: Militants overran Baghdadi, Haditha, Hit, and Perawan on Sunday. Tribal and security forces were able to push them back out. In Haditha, five militants were killed and 30 were wounded. Eight suicide...

At least 88 people were killed in Iraq. Several bodies were found dumped near Kirkuk.