A province in central Iraq is considering awarding a contract to Pakistani companies to build a tourist island as part of a drive to attract visitors. The island will have an area of around 500,000 ...

The Battle of al-Qadisiyah was fought in Mesopotamia — in present-day Iraq — in the A.D. 630s between Arab Muslims and the army of the Sassanid Persian dynasty during a period of Muslim expansion.

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq released a statement claiming responsibility ... Alerts were activated in the areas of the Judean Lowlands, Judea and Kish. AFP reported that firefighters in Israel ...

Sirens earlier sounded in the Red Sea port city of Eilat. The Islamic Resistance in Iraq said in a statement that it targeted a "vital target" in Eilat with drones. The Iraqi pro-Iran group has ...

The airstrikes hit Iran's missile manufacturing units. Today's Israeli airstrikes on Iran have parallels to a June 1981 airstrike on Iraq, called Operation Opera - simply on the distance covered ...

Iraq’s leaders have a lot on their minds, stuck between Israel and Iran as the two countries veer closer to open conflict. Washington generally has a permissive attitude to whatever Israel wants ...

“Peshmerga is not a threat; Peshmerga is a defender of Iraq, Kurdistan, and humanity,” Kurdish President Nechirvan Barzani told a graduating ceremony of Peshmerga officers on October 1 ...

Iraq is seeking more U.S. investments to reduce gas flaring and boost gas production. Despite abundant gas reserves, Iraq continues to rely on Iran for gas imports, frustrating the U.S., while ...

The latest raid against Islamic State fighters took place in the Anbar province of Iraq. The operation assessment is ongoing, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh said Thursday, but no U.S ...

Iraq is still interested in acquiring a dozen of France’s premier Dassault Rafale multirole fighter jets for air policing missions, according to French media. However, the aircraft will not come ...