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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Figures like Kharrazi are trying to write the latest chapter of the Islamic Republic’s story using an old script. The 12 days in June in which Israeli jets pounded Iranian infrastructure with ...

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

Dick Cheney is often described as the chief architect of the Iraq war. In Iraq, he's better remembered as a key figure behind the destruction of the country.