The country is preparing to commemorate 20 years since the US government's invasion of Iraq, which began on 19 March 2003 (air) and 20 March 2003 (ground)

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al Sudani, with US President Donald Trump, declared that a joint operation killed Islamic State leader in Iraq Abdallah Maki Mosleh al Rifai, also known as Abu Khadija

Fortified exhibition halls have been allocated to store and display recovered antiquities, including artifacts previously stored at the Central Bank of Iraq or recently repatriated from abroad

Iraq has been elected vice-president of the Middle East Committee of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation during the 51st committee meeting

Iraqis spend almost 3 billion Iraqi dinars ($2 million) every day on tobacco products, according to the Ministry of Health's National Tobacco Control Programme