The upcoming vote will be the sixth since the fall of Saddam Hussein. This will occur against a background of intra-Shia divisions while incumbent Prime Minister al-Sudani is looking for a strong coal ...

The man believed to be responsible for last week's rocket attack on the U.S. Army's Camp Victory was captured in an early morning raid Monday, the U.S. military said. In addition to the Camp Victory ...

Yaroslav Trofimov is the chief foreign-affairs correspondent of The Wall Street Journal, covering major issues and developments around the world.

As Iraq prepares for general elections scheduled for later this year, the country’s political scene remains fraught with ...

Confusion in Baghdad comes in many forms—political, economic, electoral, both domestic and foreign. The Shiite political house has splintered into multiple factions; its roof is full of cracks and its ...

A top aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr was released from jail Wednesday, a source in Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri ...

The Coordination Framework, Iraq’s ruling bloc of Shiite political parties, has announced that its members will run on ...

Aljazeera reporter Ali Hashem published photo of secret meeting of the Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani and the ...

This election will be decisive,” he said. “It is essential for all national forces, especially Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr, to ...

The number of those boycotting the elections must exceed the number of participants.” The statement is consistent with the ...

Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid on Friday in a message to Iraqi Sadr Movement leader, demanding his participation in the ...

Israel wants Hamas to voluntarily disarm before agreeing to a new ceasefire. One problem: No Middle East militia has ever ...