Iran’s setbacks in Syria and tighter constraints on the Lebanese Hezbollah make Iraq the pivotal battleground for Tehran.

Iraq will hold parliamentary elections on November 11, with analysts saying Iran will be watching closely as it hopes to ...

During the Iran-Iraq War, both sides launched many airstrikes against each other's airbases. But one of these airstrikes ...

Sentenced to death under Saddam for his role in the outlawed Shi'ite Islamic Dawa Party, Maliki spent nearly 25 years in ...

Iraq has pledged to bring all weapons under the control of the state, but that will not work so long as there is a U.S.-led ...

The US Secretary of War reportedly called his Iraqi counterpart to issue its "sternest warning yet" to Baghdad. Reports in ...

As Iraq launched the invasion of Iran in September 1980, Iranian F-5 pilots found themselves flying risky airstrikes into Iraqi airspace. Counter-air missions were given high priority and in this ...

Tehran shifts strategic weight to Iraqi proxies, equipping them with advanced arms and preparing them for potential conflict ...

The U.S. president has taken little notice of Iraq since he returned to office in January. But the recent decision of his ...

Iraq plans to bring all weapons under state control as the U.S.-led coalition prepares to withdraw, a step Prime Minister ...

Tehran is said to have invested significantly in pro-Iranian militias as well as in the terrorist infrastructure in Iraq.

But a reduced U.S. presence in both Iraq and Syria has security experts deeply concerned about the power vacuum it will create in both countries, and the immediate threat that Iran poses. "The ...