DW. Protests against corruption, poor services and unemployment are challenging the Shiite political class that since 2003 has pilfered the country’s resources. Demonstrations in Iraq are not ...

Iraqi security forces have detained 454 people since protests erupted in several Iraqi cities last week Ali Akram al-Bayati, a member of the Independent High Commission for Human Rights of Iraq ...

Supporters of Iraq's influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, attend Friday prayers in Sadr City, before holding a protest against the Israeli attacks on Iran. Ameer Al-Mohammedawi/dpa Angry ...

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A new Arab Spring is unfolding in Lebanon and Iraq as citizens lead protests. But Iran's involvement could be dangerous for protesters.

Young people in Iraq have been protesting for civil rights and a better economy for more than a year — here's what it looks like on the ground ...

An eerie calm prevailed Sunday in the Iraqi capital Baghdad at the start of the work week, following a bloody night when security forces opened fire to break up anti-government protests, killing ...

Iraq protests against Iran and government corruption since October led by regular people demonstrating through the country are scaring Tehran.

Enormous antigovernment demonstrations in Iraq and Lebanon, some tinged with hostility toward Iran, have suddenly put Iran’s interests at risk.

Large protests are expected to continue in Iraq Friday, even after the government said last week that many of the 149 people killed in recent protests were killed by security forces shooting to kill.

The powerful protests, which led a prime minister to resign, are reeling since influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr turned on the movement.