Government statement comes as unidentified rocket early Wednesday hits near operations headquarters of ExxonMobil in Basra province
Iraqi Security Media Cell says security forces are taking measures to deter attacks
Recent attempt by Central Asian states to bring home dozens of their citizens who joined the Islamic State terror group in Iraq and Syria has renewed debate over root causes of extremism in the region
The recent attempt by Central Asian states to bring home dozens of their citizens who joined the Islamic State terror group in Iraq and Syria has renewed the debate over the root causes of extremism in the region
Music video praises Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, an Iraqi Shiite paramilitary group that was designated as terrorist organization by United States earlier this year
A group of activists visited Washington last week to push U.S. officials to help as many as 2 million people believed to be undergoing compulsory education in Chinese prison camp
In Iraq alone, more than 328 women and 600 children of Turkish nationality are believed to be held by security forces
Amnesty International says it is "extremely concerned" the process could be used as retribution rather than justice for some 20,000 Iraqis and foreign nationals held in Iraq and awaiting trial
Group says recent arson fires were in retaliation for what it claims Shiite and 'apostate' forces did to Sunni homes and farmlands in areas formerly under IS
In bid to extort revenues from local farmers during harvest season, IS militants are threatening to set fire to thousands of acres of wheat fields in territories disputed between Iraqi government and the Kurdistan region
Chinese diplomat in Pakistan says Beijing has put only partial restrictions on Ramadan activities, not total ban on fasting by the Uighur minority in Xinjiang
The council says the decision was made to end years of debate over the issue of children born to IS fathers
Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, who now leads campaign group Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy in exile in UK, was stripped of his citizenship along with 71 others
Little-known Islamist group called National Thowfeek Jamaath (NTJ) has been accused of conducting series of coordinated attacks targeting churches and luxury hotels across island nation
Foreign minister of Houthis' self-proclaimed National Salvation Government, says group wishes to build relations with US as warring sides seek to find solution in UN-led peace talks
Unrest in Libya flared up Wednesday when rebel leader Haftar ordered the Libyan National Army from the east to move on Tripoli in a ‘victorious march’ against the Government of National Accord (GNA)
The Revolutionary Guard Corps was founded in April 1979 shortly after Islamic Revolution and overthrow of Iran's pro-western monarch Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
Iraq declared victory over IS in December 2017, and Iraqi lawmaker says next step for Iraq is to focus mainly on intelligence sharing, combating insurgency tactics and reconstructing areas destroyed by war
The four alleged suicides have prompted demonstrations from thousands of Kurds in Turkey, northern Syria and some parts of Europe
Some experts say IS, other radical Islamist organizations will continue to attract new members because West has made little progress on ideological battlefield
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