After a U.S. occupation, years of sectarian violence and a jihadist insurgency, Iraq has become an improbable haven of calm ...

Mohammed al-Sudani pitches himself as someone who can keep Iranian influence in check, but his vote share may not be big ...

The 2025 election reveals a crisis deeper than disillusionment. Iraq’s problem is the internalised belief that nothing will ...

No party won enough seats to form a government on its own, likely setting up months of talks to select the next leader.

Iraq is embarking on a likely months-long process of government formation after its national election. Sunni and Kurdish ...

On November 11, Iraqis voted in the country’s sixth parliamentary election since 2006. More than 30 million people were ...

Incumbent Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani claimed victory for his coalition on Wednesday in Iraq's general election ...

Following Iraq's parliamentary election this week, the complex and often lengthy task of choosing the country's next leader ...

Under the law, 25% of the country's 329 parliamentary seats must go to women, and nine seats are allocated for religious minorities. The position of speaker of Parliament is also assigned to a Sunni ...