Six US crew members aboard a refueling plan were killed when it crashed in Iraq. Fighting continues across the Middle East. Follow for live updates.

Iraq is caught between two allies as the Trump administration pressures Iraqi leaders to distance themselves from Iran.

"The incident was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire," the release said, adding that rescue efforts are ongoing.

Iraq’s government said Sunday that US forces have completed a “full withdrawal” from military facilities within the country’s federal territory, which excludes the semiautonomous Kurdistan region where US troops remain. Iraq’s Defense Ministry ...

Iraq's domestic-based players face travel issues due to the airspace closures in the region. Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images The Iraq men’s soccer team have drawn up new travel plans for their crucial World Cup qualifying play-off, easing concerns they ...

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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. Three years after the US-led war against Iraq that ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's parliament on Monday elected a new speaker following overnight talks to break a political deadlock. Haibet Al-Halbousi received 208 votes from the 309 legislators who attended. He is a member of the Takadum, or Progress, party led ...

President Donald Trump threatened to end U.S. support for Iraq if Nouri Kamal al-Maliki returns to power, the latest intervention in another country’s politics by an Administration that campaigned on extricating the U.S. from foreign entanglements.