Iraqi officials have arrested five people for involvement in the execution of a prominent Shia cleric and his sister during the brutal crackdown of former dictator Saddam Hussein on religious dissent.

Decades after a brutal regime's fall, a shadow from the past resurfaces, stirring memories of a dark chapter in Iraq's history.

Iraq’s National Security Agency says it has arrested a former high-level security official for his involvement in the 1980 ...

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Iraqi National Security Service (INSS) on Friday announced the arrests of five people accused ...

"There are ministers and officials who must be held accountable and dismissed for their failures during the past period," MP ...

Elizabeth Tsurkov was kidnapped by a suspected Iraqi militia while in Baghdad, with hopes that the Russian-Israeli researcher ...

The odds are stacked for Alabama basketball this weekend. No. 9 Kentucky leads the series with the Crimson Tide, 114-40. After Tuesday, the fifth-ranked team in the country enters a daunting Rupp ...

Mississippi went into Alabama and knocked off the No. 4 Crimson Tide in a 74-64 stunner. The upset over the nation's highest-scoring team highlighted a marquee night in the SEC with three matchups ...

Mr. Al-Sharaa has also reaffirmed Syria’s commitment ... views Iran’s weakening as a window of opportunity. So does Muqtada as-Sadr, a Shiite cleric and militia boss widely viewed as Iraq ...

Among the first wave of Iraqi Shia militias was the Mahdi Army, led by influential cleric Muqtada al Sadr and based mainly in the Shia-majority areas of Baghdad and southern Iraq. In the early years ...