The British defense minister on Tuesday said the number of British troops in Iraq will remain at the current level of around 4,000 for the time being. Des Browne, briefing the House of Commons, said ...

And the Mehdi Army and Badr Brigades -- the principal combatants in the Basra region -- are hardly the only militias at arms in Iraq. Indeed there are dozens, each with its own political ...

Researchers have identified an extensive Mesopotamian canal network that supplied ancient farms in the Eridu region with ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s electricity ministry on Thursday announced plans to build a large solar power plant in Basra province that will produce 1,000 megawatts of electricity as Baghdad is ...

According to eyewitnesses, the demonstrators chanted slogans rejecting his visit, carrying banners that read, "Iraq cannot ...

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Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani received Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar in Baghdad to discuss a ...

TotalEnergies, on its website, stated: 'In Iraq, we are developing a 1-GW solar power plant to supply the electricity grid in the Basra region.' The $820mn project will be built in the Zubair ...

Archaeologists have discovered a massive and well-preserved network of ancient irrigation canals in southern Mesopotamia, ...

The US Department of State has not renewed the waiver, aligning with President Trump's "maximum pressure campaign" on Iran.

Meanwhile, QatarEnergy has partnered with TotalEnergies to develop a 1.25GW solar project in Iraq's Basra region, pending regulatory approvals. "Iraq may face potential power cuts as US sanctions ...