Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declined on Saturday an offer from Turkey to take part in the battle to drive Islamic State militants from Mosul, after his meeting with US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter in Baghdad.

Local Bahraini Al-Bilad newspaper said an official source confirmed that “Bahrainis are not banned to travel to sister Republic of Iraq.”

Security forces battled for a second day Saturday with Islamic State group gunmen who infiltrated Kirkuk in a brazen raid that rattled Iraq as it ramped up an offensive to retake Mosul.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said on Thursday (October 20) that the campaign waged on the ISIS affiliation in Mosul is going faster than originally planned.

Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari underlined the importance of the ongoing battle to retake the strategic city of Mosul from ISIS, saying that the country is defending the entire world against terrorists.

Iraqi government forces, with air and ground support from the U.S.-led coalition, launched an offensive on Monday to drive Islamic State from the northern city of Mosul, the militants' last major stronghold in the country.

Iraq's Supreme Court on Monday ruled against a decision by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to scrap three vice-president positions, weakening his political standing by overruling one of his most important measures to streamline the government.

Head of US Joint Parliamentary Committee to investigate the September 11 attacks, Bob Graham...

Iraq is on track to meet its objective of retaking the city of Mosul from Islamic State...

Iraq asked Saudi Arabia to replace its ambassador in Baghdad after his comments about alleged persecution of Sunni Muslims.

Sayyed Ammar al-Hakim said he stressed on necessity to solve all issues in Bahrain through dialogue.

Iraqi Defence Minister Khalid al-Obeidi accused the parliament speaker and several lawmakers of corruption and blackmail on Monday, prompting the prime minister to order an investigation.

Thousands of Bahrainis lit candles mourning the martyrs who lost their lives in the Karada terrorist bomb attack.

The death toll from a suicide bombing in Baghdad this weekend has reached 292, Iraq's Health Ministry said on Thursday.

Islamic State claimed a triple suicide attack on Thursday evening near a Shi'ite...

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Friday dismissed three top officials in charge...

Iraq begins three days of national mourning on Monday for almost 120 people killed by a suicide bombing in a busy Baghdad shopping district claimed by Islamic State jihadists, the deadliest attack in the capital this year.

U.S.-led coalition strikes targeting ISIS convoys near the Iraqi city of Falluja destroyed more than 200 vehicles in an effort to help Iraqi forces cement their hold on the area, the White House said on Thursday.

Iraqi forces on Sunday recaptured the last district of Falluja held by Islamic State militants...

Hundreds of protestors took to the streets in front of the Bahraini Embassy in Iraq's Baghdad, ...