Iraq's balancing act has been tested by Iran-backed Iraqi armed groups' attacks on Israel and on U.S. troops in the country they say are in solidarity with Palestinians during the Israel-Hamas war.

Iraq Wants Iran-Backed Factions to Lay Down Weapons, Foreign Minister Says By Timour Azhari LONDON (Reuters) - Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U ...

Baghdad is attempting to pursuade strong Iran-backed armed factions in Iraq to lay down their weapons or join official security forces, Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein said. These Iran-backed groups ...

Iraq's Shiite Battalion of Sayyid al-Shuhada, a militia with close ties to Iran, is known for its aggression toward Israel. But the group on Monday announced a suspension of further attacks to ...

Musa clarified that the Iranian letter also mentioned that gas exports to Iraq will resume when maintenance activities are finished. Following the suspension of gas imports from Iran, the Iraqi ...

- Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said he would sign a bilateral security deal with Britain as well as a strategic partnership accord as he headed to London for an official visit ...

Iran-aligned forces in Iraq and Yemen have announced suspension of their attacks on Israel in response to a ceasefire deal struck between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip.

On Dec. 27, Hamid al-Shatri, the intelligence chief of Iraq’s Shiite-dominated (and thus Iran-influenced) government, met with Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, who also heads Hayat Tahrir ...

Israel supplied Iran with centrifuge platforms containing explosives for its nuclear enrichment program in an act of sabotage ...