A bloody siege on a mall in Baghdad, suicide bombs in Diyala and a string of bombs behind the line of Kurdistan's southern border could signal a resurgence of asymmetric warfare.

A dispute with a Kurdish sub-contractor ignites into violence, as attackers smash vehicles and work stops at the nearly completed, 300 megawatt Khabat power plant.

Gangs, tribal violence, and militia activity pose security risks at southern oil fields, but provinces and police are digging in.

Before he escaped the self-proclaimed Islamic State, Jassim Mohammed witnessed the group's brutal rule, plunder, and commerce.

The Ibrahim Khalil crossing, an artery of KRG commerce, is closed for a second day as Turkey goes on the offensive in Kurdish areas of the country’s southeast.

The NOC's deputy inspector general, who had reportedly been investigating oil smuggling, was injured in an attack that killed two others.

A deal negotiated between Shia militia and Kurdish Peshmerga leaders, brokered in part by an Iranian official, has for now tempered sectarian violence.