Security forces struggle to prevent periodic assaults by Sunni terror group while authorities strive to prevent violence boiling into conflict between Sunni and Shiite communities

Meeting between Muqtada al-Sadr and leaders of Iranian-backed militias follows top court's dismissal of the latter's fraud claims

Mustafa al-Kadhemi slams raids along his country's border with Syria as a 'blatant and unacceptable violation of Iraqi sovereignty'

Many of Iraq's entry points are informally controlled by groups within the Hashed al-Shaabi, a powerful state-sponsored armed network close to Tehran

Lawmaker representing Hashed al-Shaabi group says ceasefire 'not open-ended' and could be called off by year's end

No immediate reports of casualties in barrage, the 19th attack on US troops and assets since October

Analysts warn pro-Iranian militias may continue to seek revenge for slaying of senior commander and that there is no obvious mediator to calm tensions in the country

Some 5,200 American soldiers are deployed across Iraqi bases to train and support local troops to prevent a resurgence of Islamic State

Strike planned several days ago, with Trump telling close associate Senator Lindsey Graham on Monday, apparently while they played golf in Florida

More than a dozen black armored vehicles of the American-trained Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service deployed in Baghdad's Green Zone to reinforce security