Iraq looms as a complex ... that pries loose a weakened Iran's grip or an isolationist that withdraws the remaining American troops, whose presence dates to the war that President Donald Trump ...

Iraq looms as a key test ... ISIS. Iran holds tremendous sway with Iraqi armed groups and government leaders. Iraq looms as a complex test for the new Trump administration. Will it be a hawk that ...

The Iran-Iraq War was one of the most devastating conflicts of the late twentieth century. On the ground, despite each side possessing modern weaponry, airplanes, and tanks, the war was..

With Iranian influence waning in the Middle East, the Iraqi government wants armed groups, including factions within the Iran-backed Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI), to lay down their arms and ...

Iraq trying to ... has been tested by Iran-backed Iraqi armed groups' attacks on Israel and on U.S. troops in the country after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7, 2023.

The push comes with a backdrop of seismic shifts in the Middle East that have seen ... Shia-majority Iraq from Syria after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, fueling years of sectarian war.

LONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Iraq ... Iran-backed Iraqi armed groups' attacks on Israel and on U.S. troops in the country they say are in solidarity with Palestinians during the Israel-Hamas war.