Islamic State (IS) militants holding out in Mosul on a strip of land along the Tigris River are increasingly using suicide ...

Islamic State (IS) militants attacked a village south of Mosul, killing several people including two journalists, even as ...

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Overloaded ferry sinks in Tigris near Iraq’s Mosul, killing at least 83 The accident occurred as scores of people were out in the tourist area celebrating the Kurdish new year and the arrival of ...

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

Iraqi Parliament Speaker Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani asked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday to increase water releases to Iraq. During their meeting in Turkey, where they discussed […] ...

Breakfast in Mosul, Iraq featuring traditional Iraqi dishes. This video showcases the local breakfast scene with a focus on popular items such as shakshuka.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani has ordered the monitoring of water flows from Turkey ...

Pentagon authorizes voluntary departure for military dependents in the region. The State Department is ordering the departure of all nonessential staff from its embassy in Baghdad due to concern ...

Podcaster Show PlayerThe unrest in Mosul stands in sharp relief to a significant decline in bloodshed elsewhere in Iraq in recent months. The relative calm has been credited to a U.S.-led security ...

Night - Sunny. Winds ENE. The overnight low will be 76 °F (24.4 °C). Sunny with a high of 107 °F (41.7 °C). Winds variable at 5 to 8 mph (8 to 12.9 kph). Hot today with a high of 109 °F (42.8 ...