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 an agreement reached by the Biden administration – a ...

Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps-Qods Force commander Qassem Soleimani with Iraqi Shiite militiamen in Anbar province in May 2015. Iran-backed Iraqi militias launched missile attacks against three US bases in northeastern Syria last weekend, according to ...

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 and enemies with each other: the U.S. and Iran.The feat ...