Iraq

A vehicle carries the coffin of a commander from Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah armed group who was killed in what they called a "Zionist attack" in the Syrian capital Damascus on Friday, during a funeral in Baghdad, Iraq September 22, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani/File Photo
Middle East

Iran-backed militias in Iraq ready to disarm to avert Trump wrath

The move to defuse tensions follows repeated warnings issued privately by US officials to the Iraqi government since Trump took power in January, according to the sources who include six local...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani meets for the first regular session of the Council of Ministers in Baghdad, Iraq 28 October 2022. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Iraqi PM says Islamic State leader for Iraq and Syria killed

A 3D-printed miniature model of US President-elect Donald Trump and the Iran flag are seen in this illustration taken January 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
USA

Trump administration ends Iraq's waiver to buy Iranian electricity

Iraq dismisses Jerusalem as venue for soccer World-Cup match against Palestine
Sports

Iraq dismisses Jerusalem as venue for soccer World-Cup match against Palestine

Smoke billows near residential buildings in a picture taken from a drone in Aleppo, Syria December 3, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Hasano
Middle East

Syrian rebels advance close to Hama city, piling pressure on Assad and his allies

Iranian flag with stock graph and an oil pump jack miniature model are seen in this illustration taken October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration//File Photo
Middle East

Fuel oil smuggling network rakes in $1 billion for Iran and its proxies

A rebel fighter holds his weapon as he stands in front of a military vehicle in Menagh, north of Aleppo, Syria December 2, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Hassano
Middle East

Iraqi fighters head to Syria to battle rebels but Lebanon's Hezbollah stays out: sources

Israel has for years been targeting what it has described as Iranian or Iran-backed targets in Syria. File Photo: AFP
Middle East

Pro-Iranian militias enter Syria from Iraq to aid beleaguered Syrian army

A mourner attends the funeral of a commander from Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah armed group during a funeral in Baghdad, Iraq September 22, 2024. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani/File Photo
Middle East

Iraq tries to avoid regional fight as militias fire at Israel

The Iranian flag is seen flying over a street in Tehran, Iran, February 3, 2023. Photo: Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo
Middle East

Iran preparing strike on Israel from Iraqi territory within days, Axios reports

FILE PHOTO: The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Middle East

Iraq lodges UN complaint over Israel using its airspace to attack Iran

A drone view shows flames emerging from flare stacks at Nahr Bin Umar oil field, in Basra, Iraq June 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Aty/File Photo
Middle East

Iraqi oil output was below OPEC+ quota in September: government official

A U.S army soldier stands with his weapon at a military base in the Makhmour area near Mosul during an operation to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, October 18, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani/File Photo
Middle East

US-led coalition mission in Iraq to end by September 2025