In a post on X/Twitter on December 10, US Congress member Joe Wilson called out the Iranian-backed militias in Iraq. “President Trump is bringing about a future of peace and prosperity, commerce and ...

Iraq’s plan with Oman to build an oil pipeline could give Iran a new route to disguise sanctioned crude as Iraqi and ship it freely, especially to China, bypassing scrutiny in the Persian Gulf. Shared ...

Few Iraqis welcomed both the 2003 U.S. invasion and the subsequent rise of Iranian influence in Baghdad as much as Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. He was 10 years old when his father was ...

President Trump and top Iranian officials have exchanged dueling threats as widening economic protests swept across parts of ...

This will be the sixth election in Iraq since the 2003 invasion, but analysts have warned enthusiasm is low — Zaid AL-OBEIDI Iraq will hold parliamentary elections on November 11, with analysts saying ...

Members of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces and locals gather for a collective prayer for Iran under Israeli attacks, on the bank of Shatt al-Arab River in Basra, Iraq on June 18, 2025. The "Prayer ...

Pro?West Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al?Sudani performed strongly in the 11 November parliamentary elections – the seventh since Saddam Hussein’s fall in 2003. With turnout around 56%, ...

Iraq's parliamentary election on November 11 arrives as Tehran's regional hand weakens and the outcome could determine whether it preserves a vital anchor in its sphere of influence, financing, and ...

Just six months after the Trump administration said it would begin drawing down U.S. forces in Syria, the U.S. confirmed this week it will also begin reducing the number of U.S. forces in Iraq under ...

As a result, Iraq is now actively seeking alternative solutions for its gas supply, including negotiations for floating regasification terminals to import liquefied natural gas.Iraq’s hopes to boost ...

Welcome back to The Farda Briefing, an RFE/RL newsletter that tracks the key issues in Iran and explains why they matter. I'm RFE/RL correspondent Kian Sharifi. In this edition, I’m looking at why ...

In posts on X, the U.S.-based Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran said that a 22-year-old protester ...