BAGHDAD: Saudi Arabia's push to improve ties with Iraq is part of a drive to convince it to abandon the Syrian president, despite the strong influence in Baghdad of Riyadh's foe Tehran, experts say.
In a marked warming, Riyadh has named a (...)
BAGHDAD: Nearly a year after national rallies rocked the government, Iraq's protest movement is a shadow of its former self, after the authorities cracked down and demonstrators themselves became divided.
While thousands of people took to the (...)
BAGHDAD: Iraq was poised to set a disturbing record on Friday by failing for longer than any other country to form a government after elections, as parliament languishes and fears about growing insecurity persist.
Iraqis went to the polls on (...)