While it’s arguably clearer than ever that Iraqi Kurdistan urgently needs air defenses, it remains equally unclear where or how it can get them.

Iraq has yet to fully emerge from the wreckage of its own wars, and the war America and Israel launched against Iran in February has already spilled over into my country.

Reuters.com is your online source for the latest Iraq news stories and current events, ensuring our readers up to date with any breaking news developments

Israeli forces had been preparing the makeshift sites in western Iraq since late 2024, the US newspaper reported.

On Tuesday, the US embassy in Baghdad was hit by a rocket and drone attack. The attack was carried out by Iraqi Shia Islamist militiamen of the Hashed al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Formations (PMF). It was the latest incident in the least-reported ...

Israeli forces set up a temporary post in the Iraqi desert during the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, according to officials.

By Timour Azhari, Ahmed Rasheed and Humeyra Pamuk RIYADH/BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - Saudi fighter jets bombed targets linked to powerful Tehran-backed Shi'ite militias in Iraq during the Iran war,

On April 20, the United States fired at and then seized an Iranian-flagged container ship close to the Strait of Hormuz in the northern Arabian Sea, amid its blockade of Iranian ports. It was similar to a scene which played out in the 1980s during the so ...

Smoke rises from the direction of an energy installation in Fujairah, the United Arab Emirates on March 14, 2026. For advocates of war on Iran, the logic is simple: remove the ayatollahs, and a revolutionary power that has armed militias, gunned down ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Last Thursday, President Donald Trump gave a phone call to new Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Ali al-Zaidi to congratulate him on his nomination for the post—a call that came after Trump had ...

Iran-aligned militias in Iraq have been attacking the country’s oil sector while the world’s attention focuses on the Strait of Hormuz. Iran sponsors a network of armed groups in Iraq that operate under an Iraqi security institution despite professing ...