Iran attacks Kurdish groups in Iraq, using militias to strike US forces and neighbors, seeking to turn Iraq into a strategic buffer zone against uprisings in Kurdish areas of Iran. Iran is seeking to ...

In the past, some Kurds were able to seek refuge in Iran during Saddam Hussein’s genocidal poison gas attacks. However, the ...

The US State Department says it has ordered non-emergency personnel and their families to leave Bahrain and Jordan, as well ...

Trump has reportedly made no decision on whether to strike Iran.

US says it has transferred 5,700 Islamic State prisoners to Iraq, ending mission in Syria Transfer process continuing, Iraqi foreign minister tells Reuters Baghdad in talks with other countries to ...

Feb 23 (Reuters) - Iraq's foreign minister said on Monday Turkey had agreed to take back Turkish citizens from among thousands of Islamic State detainees transferred to Iraq from Syria when camps and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ken Silverstein covers global energy and climate issues. An Iraqi girl uses a lantern to do her homework in Baghdad 18 March 2006.

Tuesday was a great day for Iraq. For a country whose leaders have often disappointed, two exceptional people were tapped to be the highest leaders—in what was Iraq’s fourth peaceful transition of ...

Under the IFMS contract, KBR will provide comprehensive upstream engineering, project and operations management, and maintenance services to enhance crude production, modernize field facilities, and ...

Iraq has invited major U.S. oil companies to develop the giant West Qurna 2 field after Lukoil’s forced exit. Russia and China had built deep energy and political leverage in Iraq, using oil contracts ...

The leading candidate to become Iraq's next prime minister, former premier Nouri al-Maliki, told AFP on Monday that he will not withdraw his nomination after pressure from the US, while also seeking ...