Baghdad's US envoy listed good reasons for a detente with Jerusalem; though he wasn't punished for his remarks, normalization still seems far off

Move comes after vestiges of Islamic State carried out attacks in remote province despite terror group's defeat

The 4,300-year-old city from which Nebuchadnezzar sent his vast army to Jerusalem to put down an uprising and bring the Jews back as slaves

At UN Human Rights Council, Sarah Idan calls out Iraqi government for not backing her after death threats over photo with Miss Israel

Replica Lion of Mosul is modeled from crowd-sourced photos taken before jihadists destroyed 3,000-year-old statue at Temple of Ishtar in Nimrud

Scheme allows Iraqis to pay for imported energy in Iraqi dinars, which Iran can then use exclusively to buy humanitarian goods; official says Washington aware of plan

In mixed response to measure, one group, allegedly involved in violent protests against recent US Arab-Israeli peace efforts, said it will continue act independently abroad

Foreign minister expresses hope that incident won't 'undermine diplomatic relations' between two countries after crowd plants Palestinian flag on top of building in compound

Security forces shoot in air to disperse crowds as demonstrators wave Palestinian flags and climb fence; officials says they did not reach offices

400 staff members from Lockheed Martin Corp, Sallyport Global will reportedly be airlifted from Balad base amid a tense standoff between Baghdad's key allies, Washington and Tehran