In spring 2003, exuberance at the fall of Saddam was swiftly followed by a descent into deadly chaos. Whether moving independently or embedded with troops, Guardian reporters witnessed the violence on ...

Tatbir or ritual self-flagellation with blades has been officially banned in Iran since the mid-1990s by state authorities.

Recall the image etched in memory: a bulldozer driven by fighters of the self-proclaimed Islamic State smashing through the ...

If the United States abandons the rules it once championed, rules that have helped maintain world peace since 1945, it may learn the truth of George Santayana’s warning: “Those who cannot remember ...

Iraq’s main Shia alliance, which holds a parliamentary majority, has reiterated its support for reinstating Nouri al-Maliki as prime minister, despite United States President Donald Trump threatening ...

Faced with political deadlock, open American meddling and the threat of war across its borders, is Iraq being dragged back to ...

As the Trump administration prepared late last year for the US military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, a handful of officials began studying the US approach to oil resources ...

Maliki, on Wednesday denounced Washington's "blatant interference", after President Donald Trump threatened to end all ...

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who appeared poised for a remarkable comeback despite accusations he stoked ...

President Donald Trump threatened to end U.S. support for Iraq if Nouri Kamal al-Maliki returns to power, the latest ...

Iraq is interested in K2 Black Panther main battle tanks to replace both its maintenance-intensive M1 Abrams fleet and its older Soviet-era vehicles.