These nine quota seats are determined exclusively by votes cast for candidates belonging to the respective communities.

The steady drip of U.S. casualties in Iraq is taking its toll on support for the war among Americans. With poll numbers plummeting, the Bush administration realizes it cannot deploy troops in Iraq ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has abandoned plans to hold its first census in two decades this year because of fears the survey could inflame tensions in northern areas disputed by Arabs and Kurds, ...

KIRKUK, Iraq -- This ethnically mixed city sitting atop vast oil resources has become dangerously polarized, with Kurds and Arabs vying to dominate it in the new Iraq. Talk of ethnic brotherhood has ...

Iraq is in chaos, but the country's ethnic Kurds might come out ahead. They rule a semi-autonomous area in the north that is fairly prosperous and safe, and as the Iraqi army crumbled before militants ...

(AINA) -- For the last 100 years, the Kurds, through wars and rebellions against their neighbors, have driven the Christian Assyrians out of their land and have occupied it. The Christian Assyrian ...

Here’s all you need to know about the parliamentary elections: Well, voters will select 329 members of parliament. Of this ...