Acquiring KM-SAMs in the near future and Meteor-armed Rafales in the foreseeable future will provide Iraq with the most capable national air defense its had in 35 years.

Iraq starts 2026 with a difficult combination of political upheaval, ambitious development goals, and ongoing security, regional, and environmental constraints, while public attention is also focused on

Formation of the new government will have to tread a fine line to satisfy domestic and international pressures.

The new speaker must address a much-debated bill that would have the Hashd al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Units — an umbrella group of Iraqi Shiite militias largely backed by Iran — become a formal security institution under the state. Iran-backed armed groups have growing political influence.

Iraq unveils its 2035 National Tourism Strategy to welcome 10 million visitors. Learn how the UK and European countries are easing travel advisories for Iraq

Iraq's new parliament elected a senior figure from the Sunni Taqadom party as its speaker Monday, the first session since November elections that consolidated the main parties' grip on power.

Baghdad — Seeing your first dead body can be deeply upsetting. Seeing somebody actually die in front of you leaves a scar on the soul. It was a blisteringly hot August afternoon in 2003 when a huge suicide truck bomb struck the United Nations ...

Iraq's parliament elected Sunni Muslim lawmaker Haibat al-Halbousi as speaker at its opening session on Monday following November's national election, launching a process to form a new government that often takes months.

Donald Trump is claiming victory after a large US military operation in Venezuela that ended with Nicolas Maduro seized in Caracas. Special forces, air power, and naval assets were used. No American personnel were reported killed,

Political factions in Iraq have been maneuvering since the parliamentary election more than a month ago to form alliances that will shape the next government.

President Donald Trump's decision to arrest a foreign leader in a middle-of-the-night operation is as close to piracy as any president has gone, according to one analyst. Last weekend, the Trump administration arrested Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his wife,