Hamadeh is the child of Syrian immigrants with Druze, Kurdish and Muslim heritage and served in the U.S. military in Saudi ...

Pro-Israel activists would tell you she reveled in smearing Israel, dismissing Jewish fears of rising antisemitism, and ...

These anti-British forces formed a pro-German government, winning the support of the Iraqi Army and administration. They had hoped that an Axis victory in the war would facilitate independence for Ira ...

But what takes years to build can collapse seemingly overnight. Iraq is the latest country in which many leaders are attempting to move out of Iran’s orbit. Last year, the Axis rapidly slid from ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s planning ministry on Monday released the official results of the country’s first nationwide census since 1987, revealing a nearly equal gender distribution and ...

U.S. pressures Iraq to restart pipeline to Turkey, halt Kurdish oil smuggling to Iran - sources Iran views ally Iraq as vital to keeping its economy afloat Kurdish oil export resumption faces ...

Iraq is diversifying its energy strategy by reducing its reliance on Iranian gas. Baghdad is looking to secure LNG as it works to ramp up domestic gas production. Tensions between Baghdad and the ...

In unencrypted radio communications intercepted by Israel in early 2024, low-level Hamas operatives in Gaza can be heard accusing their leaders of hoarding humanitarian aid and of ordering an ...

A Turkish opposition party delegation arrived in Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region Sunday against the backdrop of peace efforts between Ankara and a banned Kurdish separatist movement in Turkey.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Demonstrators march to demand the release of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan in Qamishli, northeastern Syria ...