Iraq’s prime minister is chosen by Shi’ite political parties to reflect the fact that Shi’ites are the largest group in Iraq, while the Kurds receive the presidency.

Iraqi lawmakers approved a new government on Thursday led by Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, who vowed to ensure a state monopoly on weapons amid growing US pressure to dismantle Tehran-backed groups.

Pieces of what the Kurdistan Freedom Party said are from an Iranian munition used in an attack on one of its bases in northern Iraq on May 25. (Kurdistan Freedom Party) The PAK and other Kurdish ...

With the new government in place, Baghdad signals readiness to move fast to avoid new interruption to oil exports at the end ...