Some PMUs have been accused of abuses against Sunni civilians, including torture and killings, during previous operations to regain territory from IS in Iraq. PMU militia were also involved in ...

Dozens of Shia militiamen have been killed in an attack in Iraq close to the border with Syria, reports say. There are conflicting accounts as to what happened. The group said US aircraft were to ...

More than 21 million Shia Muslims took part in the Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq this year, marking the 40th day of mourning for the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed ...

with Iraq long riven by sectarian violence between Shia and Sunni Muslims. Religious minorities such as Christians had also endured persecution from the Islamic State, or ISIS, which had been ...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq Friday to meet with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani as the international community grapples with the implications of ...