It was clear what was happening: the tensions with Iraq had finally snapped, and Saddam Hussein was now launching a full-scale invasion of Iran. What followed was eight years of tank battles, trench ...

Generally speaking, starting a war out of the blue is a bad idea. This is the lesson, if such was needed, of the utterly ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is piling pressure on Iraq to allow Kurdish oil exports to restart or face ...

It has been well known that Hezbollah received support from Iran’s regime; however, Hezbollah’s links to Iranian-backed militias in Iraq are not ... the blows of the war.

Iraq looms as a complex test for the new Trump administration. Will it be a hawk that pries loose a weakened Iran's grip or an isolationist that withdraws the remaining American troops, whose ...

In his remarks to Iranian media this week, Barzani underscored “serious progress” in implementing the 2023 Iran-Iraq security pact, citing tightened border surveillance and joint efforts with Baghdad ...

Iraq trying to ... has been tested by Iran-backed Iraqi armed groups' attacks on Israel and on U.S. troops in the country after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7, 2023.