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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

The West is reasserting its influence in Iraq through major oil and gas investments led by U.S., European, and UAE firms, ...

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

Iraq is weeks away from parliamentary elections that will set the country’s course during one of the Middle East’s most ...