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          Iraq

          Iraqi security troops in Baghdad. Tension continues over the role of armed groups in Iraq. Reuters

          US envoy says 2026 to mark end of militias in Iraq in New Year message

          MENAJanuary 01, 2026
          Newly elected politicians attend the parliament’s first session in Baghdad. AFP

          Iraqi parliament elects Farhad Al Atroushi as second deputy speaker

          MENADecember 30, 2025
          Haibet Al Halbousi, centre, arrives for the first session of Iraq's new parliament, at which he was elected speaker. AP

          Iraq's parliament elects Haibat Al Halbousi as speaker

          MENADecember 29, 2025
          UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses a ceremony marking the end of the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq at the Government Palace in Baghdad's Green Zone on December 13, 2025. AFP

          End of UN mission in Iraq seen as opportunity to assert sovereignty

          MENADecember 28, 2025
          Iraqis walk at the Malwiya minaret, a treasured national monument. Iraqis today have greater access to knowledge and international developments than they could have dreamt of a few years ago. AFP

          How Iraq's middle class will shape the country's future

          OpinionDecember 25, 2025
          Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako addresses the faithful during the Palm Sunday service at Mar Youssif Church in Baghdad, Iraq. AP

          Iraq must do more to protect Christians, says country's top Catholic official

          MENADecember 24, 2025
          Pylons in Kirkuk, Iraq. The US ⁠rescinded a waiver ⁠that had allowed Iraq, which ⁠struggles with chronic power shortages, to pay Iran for electricity. AFP

          Iraq's electricity disrupted after Iran halts gas supplies

          MENADecember 23, 2025
          Damascus has festive markets and a Christian Quarter, one of the oldest districts in Syria's capital. AFP

          How Christmas is celebrated across the Middle East

          LifestyleDecember 23, 2025
          A member of Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces during a Baghdad parade marking the eighth anniversary of the defeat of ISIS in 2017. Reuters

          Power plays frustrate Iraq’s militia disarmament effort

          MENADecember 23, 2025
          Members of the Popular Mobilisation Forces carry flags for a funeral procession in Baghdad. AFP

          US envoy says disarming Iraqi militias must involve binding national framework

          MENADecember 22, 2025
          Protesters carry a mocked-up missile at a rally against US-led strikes on Houthi targets, in Sanaa, Yemen, in January 2024. Reuters

          Is the era of militias in the Arab world finally ending? Iraq may have just said so

          CommentDecember 17, 2025
          A small number of US troops remain in Syria to prevent a resurgence of ISIS. AP

          Pressure on Syria to quell extremists after killing of US troops

          MENADecember 14, 2025
          Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani receives UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Iraq News Agency

          Guterres visits Iraq to mark end of UN assistance mission

          MENADecember 13, 2025
          Buildings in Basra are being restored, after the city suffered from decades of war and neglect. The National

          The Unesco-led initiative restoring the 'Venice of the East' to its former glory

          MENADecember 12, 2025
          Barham Salih speaks during the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, in September 2021. Reuters

          Iraq's former president Barham Salih selected as new UNHCR chief

          MENADecember 12, 2025
          Judge Faiq Zaidan and Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council, which he heads, became the target of public anger after the directive was leaked. AFP

          Iraq withdraws directive for legal action against critics

          MENADecember 11, 2025
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