In Iraq, the ruling authorities want to lower the age of consent for young girls from 18 to 9 years. The changes proposed by the Shiite parliament also deprive women of the rights to divorce, child ...

Iraqi citizens have protested on the streets of the country’s capital, Baghdad, and other cities around the country. The protests have been met with clashes against local law enforcement. Although ...

The law is going to a second vote by the country's government, but it has opposition from youth activist groups and from 215 ...

Iraq has strongly condemned the use of its airspace by the U.S. and Israel for launching attacks on Iran, calling it a ...

A Turkish drone strike killed three members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq late on Saturday, Iraqi Kurdistan's counter-terrorism service said on Sunday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed his popular defense minister, Yoav Gallant, in a surprise ...

Republicans are reaching out to Muslim voters on a scale not seen in 24 years, since George W. Bush came to Dearborn.

This week on Babel, Jon Alterman speaks with Amjad Iraqi about how Palestinian citizens of Israel have experienced the Gaza war. Then, Jon continues the conversation with Natasha Hall and Leah Hickert ...

Baghdad, Oct 28 Iraq has submitted a letter of protest to the UN secretary-general and the Security Council, condemning Israel's blatant violation of Iraq's airspace and sovereignty to launch an ...

Analysis: Iraq's Tishreen protests demanded an end to the post-2003 sectarian political system and elite corruption, but ...