Climate experts say such storms are becoming more frequent and severe in the country. This was its worst of the year so far.

Separately, Syrian intelligence reports confirm he returned to Syria right after the fall of Baghdad but later disappeared. So he likely entered Iraq twice – and was arrested soon after the ...

The U.S. State Department said it continued to urge Baghdad to rein in the militias. "These forces must respond to Iraq's commander-in-chief and not to Iran," it added. An American official ...

A powerful sandstorm swept across southern and central Iraq, forcing airport closures ... 3,747 individuals were admitted to hospitals in Baghdad and other provinces. Baghdad recorded at least ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Several powerful Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq are prepared to disarm for the first time to avert the threat of an escalating conflict with the U.S. Trump administration ...