Press TV - The Iraqi capital Baghdad has become the scene of the largest rally since a second wave of anti-government demonstrations began in several cities last week. Tens of thousands of Iraqi protesters gathered on Baghdads central Tahrir Square on Tuesday for a fifth successive day of protests driven by public discontent with economic hardship....

Reuters - Iraqi political and militia leaders condemned U.S. President Donald Trumps surprise visit to U.S. troops in Iraq on Wednesday as a violation of Iraqs sovereignty, and lawmakers said a meeting between Trump and Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi was canceled due to a disagreement over venue. Sabah al Saadi, the leader of the Islah parliamentary ...

Tasnim Leader of Iraqs Badr Organization Hadi al-Amiri withdrew his candidacy for prime minister on Tuesday, putting the country one step closer to forming a government after months of political stagnation. Amiri heads the Fath (Conquest) Alliance, an electoral bloc which came in second in Mays national election. His coalition has been vying to ...

Press TV - Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and head of the countrys Badr Organization Hadi al-Amiri have announced a political alliance between their parties. The announcement was made on Tuesday during a joint press conferences held in the Iraqi city of Najaf. Sadr'sSairoonbloc won 54 out of 329 seats in the Iraqi parliament. The Fatah (Conquest) ...

Reuters- Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose political bloc was declared the winner of Iraqs parliamentary election, met Hadi al-Amiri, leader of a pro-Iran bloc, on Sunday in what Sadr portrayed as part of an inclusive discussion about government formation. During the meeting, the political rivals discussed the results of the 2018 parliamentary ...

IFP - Secretary General of Iraqs Badr Organization Hadi Al-Amiri has praised Iran for supporting Iraq in its fight against terrorism, saying without Irans contribution, the central government of Baghdad would have fallen apart. Iranians stood by us as military advisors within a mechanism agreed with Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi....

[caption id="attachment_153789" align="alignright" width="208"] Members of the Iraqi security forces are heading from Samarra city to Tikrit to launch an assault against the ISIL militants on February 28, 2015. AFP[/caption] TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) -- The U.S. has failed to live up to its promises to help Iraq fight Islamic State extremists, unlike the ...