The strike, believed to be Israel’s first in Iraq in several decades, likely targeted militia groups that have a close relationship with Iran. AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images.

Iran-backed Shi'ite armed groups in Iraq have ramped up rocket and missile attacks on Israel in recent weeks, raising concerns in Washington and among some Iranian allies of potential Israeli ...

Iraqi Kurdistan’s neighbors have their reasons for opposing the referendum, but Israel has thrown its weight behind Kurdish independence.

Iran-backed Iraqi militias claimed responsibility for an attack against Israel on Monday, which coincided with a confirmed aerial attack on the southern Israeli coastal city of Eilat. While the ...

Possible precedents for an air occupation in Iran include Israel’s aerial dominance over Gaza and Lebanon, plus the U.S.-led ...

Iraqi Jews arrive in Israel's Lod Airport, on May 1, 1950. Teddy Brauner / Government Press Office. Iraq’s Jewish community traces its roots back to ancient Babylonia, and by 1910 roughly a ...

The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs hailed on Tuesday the US initiative that led to a ceasefire agreement between Iran and Israel.

Israel, with the assistance of U.S. military hardware, bombs an adversary’s nuclear facility to set back the perceived pursuit of the ultimate weapon. We have been here before, about 44 years ago.

Iraqi groups joined the Syrian civil war in support of Iran’s ally President Bashar al-Assad, gaining a foothold in territory near the border with Israel. A shadowy Iraqi group claimed drone ...

President Biden to host Iraqi Prime Minister Shia al-Sudani for talks at the White House after Iran's unprecedented attack on Israel over the weekend.

As the war in Gaza reaches its six-month mark, I’m getting a disturbing sense of déjà vu. Israel is facing many of the same challenges that America faced in Iraq, and it is making many of the ...