As anti-government protests continue in Iran, countries in the region are watching. Some are concerned; others sense ...

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 ...

Iran’s influence in Iraq has weakened since the death of Qassem Soleimani, leading to divisions among once-aligned Shi’ite factions. The upcoming Iraqi election is seen as a crucial test of Tehran’s ...

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 ...

The prime minister of Iraq has kept his country on the sidelines as military conflicts raged nearby for almost two years. This required balancing Iraq's relations with two countries vital to his power ...

Tensions between Washington and Tehran escalated after former US President Donald Trump warned of possible military action ...

Iraq’s supply of gas from Iran is expected to resume within a week, an engineer at the electricity ministry told Reuters on Wednesday.

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 ...

The U.S. on Wednesday once again took aim at Iran and targeted its Axis of Resistance by designating four Iraq-based militias as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. According to the State Department, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...