The region’s balance of power is being violently upended. It will be difficult for Iraq to avoid being drawn into the ...

The effort is designed to show support for legal immigration of more Afghans who worked alongside American forces during the ...

As the U.S. struck Iran, the prospect for retaliation was running high in neighboring Iraq, where American and Iranian ...

"Our support for Gaza and our defense of our country against the Zionist aggression against it has continued," a Houthi ...

Ahead of a key NATO summit, President Donald Trump once again raised questions about America’s commitment to defend its ...

President Trump is pondering swift military action in Iran. There were similar expectations that the war in Iraq would be ...

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was long considered Iran’s first line of defense in case of a war with Israel.

(THE CONVERSATION) After 12 days of trading deadly airstrikes, Israel and Iran confirmed on June 24, 2025, that a ceasefire is in effect, one day after President Donald Trump proclaimed the countries ...

Facing the most devastating attacks since its 1980s war with Iraq, Iran has described the still-ongoing Israeli assault as a "declaration of war," the harshest language yet in a decadeslong ...

Iran relies on a network of paramilitary groups across the Middle East, but that network’s influence has greatly diminished ...

The prospect of U.S. involvement in an increasingly volatile conflict between Israel and Iran has cleaved clear divisions within the MAGA movement – a rarity over the course of President Trump’s ...