Inside Iraq

Iraq's World Cup return exposed the gulf with football's elite. Closing it will take years

Iraq must turn its first World Cup appearance in 40 years into lasting progress – through better coaching, youth development and domestic reform

Iraqi farmer killed to hide evidence of two Israeli bases in country: Report

Iraqi parliament ‘to summon defence minister’ over alleged secret Israeli base

Iraq: Businessman Ali al-Zaidi nominated to become new prime minister

American journalist kidnapped in Baghdad

Prominent feminist activist Yanar Mohammed shot dead in Iraq

Possible return of Iraq's Maliki stirs spectres of past chaos and Trump threats

Iraqis left without power after Iran 'entirely' halts gas exports

US unveils sprawling consulate in Erbil as troops shift to Kurdistan region

New Iraqi government faces protest and division as it looks to unify nation

Newly elected Iraqi president tasks Adel Abdul Mahdi with forming government

How locals are turning Basra's poisoned rivers into drinking water

Unrest in Basra: US is playing politics, governor tells MEE

Female activist's death sparks fears of assassination campaign in Basra

Polls close in election for new parliament in Iraq's Kurdish region

'There is extermination here': Basra protests against killing of demonstrators

Iraqi women's rights activist shot dead in Basra

Hadi al-Amiri withdraws candidacy for Iraqi prime minister

Iraq parliament elects Sunni MP al-Halbousi as speaker, breaking deadlock

Iraqi PM announces Basra development projects in wake of deadly protests

Iraq's Abadi visits Basra as calls grow for him to resign over crisis