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.

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 ...

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 ...

“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 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 ...

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 ...

Former Sunni speaker secured 182 votes in the 329-seat legislature with significant support from Shia political blocs. Mahmoud al-Mashhadani secured his election with significant support from the ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced on Tuesday that Islamic State's top commander for Iraq was killed in a military operation in the Hamrin Mountains in northeast Iraq ...

Two US service members were injured in Iraq in a joint US-Iraqi raid overnight that killed “multiple ISIS operatives,” according to a Defense Department spokesperson. “My understanding is ...

The operation conducted strikes and raids on multiple ISIS locations in central Iraq, targeting several senior ISIS leaders. “U.S. Central Command, alongside our coalition and Iraqi partners ...

The loudest voices and chief architects of the Iraq War are lining up behind Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign. Once again, they pooh-pooh any nuanced thinking and demean those dragging ...