This has allowed Tehran to use Iraq as a source of cash and power, helping fund its activities in the Middle East.

US warns Iraq to crack down on Iranian-backed militant groups - ‘The government of Iraq must ensure it has command and ...

The Trump administration ended a waiver that allowed the Iraqi government to buy Iranian electricity as part of its "maximum pressure" campaign on the Islamic republic.

The BP deal signals a potential resurgence of Western influence in Iraq’s energy sector.

The US is prepared to grant Iraq independence by next summer, it has been reported. Chief US administrator Paul Bremer will formally present the proposed policy shift - accelerating Iraqi self ...

The Iraqi Olympic Committee said Saturday it stands by its decision to disband the country's soccer association -- a move that led to the association's suspension from international football. World ...

The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced on Tuesday Israel’s renewed military operations in the Gaza Strip.

In 1946, Kurds in northern Iran took advantage of the postwar power vacuum to declare independence from Teheran ... leader Mustafa Barzani out of Iraq. But less than a year after the republic ...

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Kurds see Iraq as a failed sectarian state, while local leaders promise an independent Kurdish state would be multicultural and democratic. Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq — The day after the ...