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 ...

Kataib Hezbollah, a hard-line Iraqi militia linked to Iran, held Elizabeth Tsurkov, a citizen of Israel and Russia, hostage for more than two years.

Former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki remains a potent force in Iraqi politics despite long-standing accusations that he ...

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

Elizabeth Tsurkov, a citizen of Israel and Russia, recounts a harrowing story of cruelty, survival, U.S. diplomatic pressure ...

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

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has cast himself as the leader who can finally make the country a success after ...

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

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

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 ...

Iraqi Defence Minister Thabet al-Abbasi says US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth warned him of imminent regional military ...