Cultural heritage has become a cornerstone of Iraq’s post-Saddam foreign policy. But that same heritage can be more divisive ...

Iraq is disintegrating politically and socially into a militia-dominated state, says Kurdish sociologist Adel Baxawan. In Le ...

Turkey’s Black Sea gas discoveries and southeast oil boom are reshaping its energy dependence and bolstering its regional ...

Lebanese journalist Raghida Dergham and former Mossad analyst Sima Shine spoke about Iran's waning power after the decimation ...

With the world’s attention fixed on efforts to free Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, talks are quietly continuing to ...

FBI launches new probes into White House cocaine incident and Dobbs Supreme Court leak 'Trash' found deep inside a Mexican cave turns out to be 500-year-old artifacts from a little-known culture ...

During Syria’s civil war, protecting the revered Sayyida Zeinab shrine was a rallying cry for some Shiite fighters and groups from beyond the country’s borders backing then-President Bashar Assad.

Iran’s deputy police chief announced the launch of joint field patrols along the Iran-Iraq border, citing improved cooperation with Iraqi border forces to prevent the smuggling of weapons and ...

there have been various reports of US pressure on Iraq to resolve the issue of Iran-backed militias since Trump began his term. Iraq’s complex militia landscape contains a range of sectarian groups, ...

The Kurdistan Region-Iran border is porous and there are numerous well-trodden smuggling routes. In October 2023, Iraq installed a 200-kilometer-long security barrier along the border with Iran ...