In what is being called a "milestone" for Iraq's future, the U.N. Security Council voted Wednesday to free the Baghdad government from sanctions that started during the Saddam Hussein era.
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations visited Iraq for the first time this weekend, discussing how to help the country move on from debt and sanctions and expressing sympathy over massive bombings in August.
The Iraqi government is investigating whether Iraqi security forces were collaborators in this week's deadly bombings in Baghdad, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Saturday.
Iraq's foreign minister asked for details about three American citizens arrested in Iran during a meeting with Iran's ambassador in Baghdad last week, Iraq's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
CNN's Arwa Damon gets close to pilgrims at a Baghdad shrine for a Shia religious figure.
Nearly two decades after the first Gulf war and six years after Saddam Hussein was removed from power, Iraq still is subject to 73 United Nations resolutions.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday deplored the recent bombings in Iraq, but said the "terrible and tragic events" haven't stopped the nation from making strides in security.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Baghdad where she will meet with U.S. and Iraqi officials.
The United States has signaled to Iraqi officials that it is seriously considering proposed changes to an agreement that would set the terms for U.S. troops in Iraq, an adviser to the Iraqi prime minister told CNN on Tuesday.
On Iraq, McCain and Obama are not as different as they seem. CNN's Jamie McIntyre reports.
The Iraqi government expects Washington to delay responding to proposed changes in a draft security agreement between the countries until after the presidential election, an aide to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Sunday.
U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have reached agreement on a proposal calling for a complete U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq by 2012, the head Iraqi negotiator said Friday.
Iraq and the U.S. reach a tentative deal on a date for the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops. CNN's Arwa Damon reports.
Following a meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari, Secy of State Rice says they are close to a security pact.
Iraq's Prime Minister is strengthening his hand in Washington and on the world stage
U.S. and Iraqi officials agree that timetables should be set for a U.S. troop withdrawal, but conceded that nailing down a broader pact on future relations is difficult
An agreement on relations between the United States and Iraq is within reach and Americans have been flexible in negotiations, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Wednesday.
Jordan's King Abdullah II will travel to Iraq soon, a top Iraqi official said Wednesday, becoming the first monarch of an Arab country to visit Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion more than five years ago.
Security contractors working in Iraq will no longer receive immunity from prosecution in that nation under a deal being brokered by Iraqi and U.S. officials, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said.
During a press conference Monday, Sen. Obama told reporters he plans to visit Iraq before the general election.
While Sen. Barack Obama says he'll visit Iraq and Afghanistan before the election, he's staying consistent with his plans to start withdrawing U.S. troops almost immediately should he become president.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on Sunday sternly rebuked Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's latest threats..
An Iranian official says the government wants the United States to stop its "savage attacks" in Iraq before its envoys hold more talks with U.S. and Iraqi officials, Iran's Fars News Agency reported.
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr blames the U.S. and Iraqi military for the death of an aide. CNN's Jill Dougherty reports.
A U.S. missile overshot its target and struck a troop vehicle, injuring two U.S. soldiers and two Iraqi civilians, and setting houses on fire in eastern Baghdad, the military said.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Sunday he appreciates "what the United States is contributing to help Iraq" but said his country is "shouldering the main burden" of its reconstruction projects.
The U.S. says that Turkey's incursion into Iraq should be over 'as quickly as possible.' CNN's Sasha Herriman reports.
The Turkish military has pulled out of northern Iraq a week after launching an offensive against Kurdish rebels, the military said in a statement on its Web site.
Turkey's armed forces stepped up their offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq on Wednesday amid rising diplomatic tensions between Baghdad and Ankara.
Security experts from the United States and Iran will meet again in Baghdad next week to discuss stability in Iraq, paving the way for more talks between the two nations' ambassadors, according to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari.
Iraq and Iran
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CNN's Wolf Blitzer speaks with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari about his country's complex relationship with Iran.
The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad disavowed a Senate resolution calling for dividing Iraq into federal regions, a move Iraqi leaders condemned Sunday as a violation of Iraq's sovereignty.
The U.S. and Iranian ambassadors to Iraq will meet Tuesday to discuss security issues in the war-torn country, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
Reports that Turkey has massed a huge military force on its border with Iraq bolstered fears that an invasion targeting hideouts of Kurdish rebels could be imminent
Turkey has massed 140,000 soldiers on its border with northern Iraq, Iraq's foreign minister said Monday, calling the neighboring country's fears of Kurdish rebels "legitimate"
U.S. diplomats said Monday's scheduled talks with Iran will be limited to discussions about Iraq's security, and not about the unresolved issues of detained Americans in Iran or the country's nuclear program.
U.S. and Iranian officials will meet in Baghdad later this month to discuss issues involving Iraq, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday.
Hard-liners in Iran called on the government Monday to charge 15 British marines and sailors in Iranian custody with espionage and put them on trial.
Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi will meet Monday with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran, according to al-Hashimi's office.
U.S. officials have made mistakes in Iraq because they are "suffering from intelligence failure" and are only fanning the violence by keeping troops there, Iran's deputy foreign minister said Saturday.
The United States and its adversaries in Iran and Syria may for the first time since the Iraq war began meet face to face at a conference next month to discuss the situation in Iraq.
Bombings and shootings claimed the lives of at least 32 people Tuesday across Iraq, with most of the incidents in volatile Baghdad -- besieged by daily attacks despite U.S. and Iraqi efforts to establish order.
Iran has a right to develop nuclear technology and the international community should drop its demands that Tehran prove it's not trying to build a nuclear weapon, Iraq's foreign minister said Friday.
Helicopter-borne U.S. and Iraqi troops fanned out into the countryside around the northern city of Samarra on Thursday in a new anti-insurgent assault, the U.S. military said.
The United States, United Nations and European Union have pledged to support a reform plan by top members of Iraq's transitional government aimed at securing order, rejuvenating the economy and drafting a new constitution.
Iran's foreign minister arrived in Iraq Tuesday with an olive branch, offering to assist the new Shiite-led government with security along their long common border and provide other help.
Calling for democracy and freedom in the midst of insurgent attacks, the leaders of Iraq's interim government Wednesday challenged the country's new National Assembly to strive for "national unity."
Iraq's foreign minister has urged NATO to speed up promised training for his government's fledgling military and provide extra assistance.
The European Union has urged the interim Iraqi government not to reinstate the death penalty.
Iraq has entered its first full day under the leadership of a newly sovereign interim government, beginning a transformation that its prime minister calls "a major task" likely to take many years.
Iraq's interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has urged his people not to be afraid of the "outlaws" fighting against "Islam and Muslims."
The surprise early handover of power to Iraq's interim government was first signaled by Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari in Istanbul early Monday, on the sidelines of a summit of NATO leaders.
The U.S.-led coalition has formally handed over sovereignty to an interim Iraqi government at 10:26 a.m. on Monday in a surprise move two days ahead of schedule.
An Iraqi deputy foreign minister was gunned down in an ambush Saturday morning in front of his home in Baghdad, witnesses and government sources said.
Coalition troops need to remain in Iraq after power is handed over at the end of the month -- but the new leadership must be consulted about major military operations, Iraq's foreign minister says.
Coalition troops need to remain in Iraq after power is handed over at the end of the month -- but the new leadership must be consulted about major military operations, Iraq's foreign minister says.
Here is the list of the new interim Iraqi government, according to Iraqi officials.
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