Iraqis to vote in ballot marked by growing social and political fractures

By John Davison and Ahmed Rasheed NASSIRIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Elections in Iraq next month are being held early in response to mass protests against the government in 2019, but…

Iran’s Guards target Kurdish rebels in Iraqi Kurdistan -report

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards on Thursday used artillery and drones to strike Kurdish militants based in neighbouring Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region, the Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported.…