Iraq's new leader wants to disarm Iran-backed militias, but the move risks opening a new front in the Mideast.

More than 20 million Shia pilgrims flocked to a shrine city in Iraq this week, including millions of Iranians, despite the wars tearing across the Middle East.

The Israeli military’s April 22, 2026, attacks in Lebanon that killed one journalist and severely injured another included ...

Every Iraqi prime minister since the fall of Saddam Hussein has inherited the same impossible job: convince Washington that Iraq is not slipping entirely into Iran’s orbit while convincing Tehran that ...

Several foreign oil majors have signed or are negotiating deals with Iraq this week to expand the country's oil sector and develop export routes that bypass the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf chokepoint ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Chevron reportedly plans to sign early-stage deals Friday to invest in Iraqi oil fields and consider the construction ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi meets US President Donald Trump on July 14, 2026. (Iraq Prime Minister’s Office) Prior to his trip, on July 12, Zaidi met with US Ambassador Tom Barrack, the US envoy ...

President Donald Trump gave Iraq's new prime minister an effusive welcome at the White House on Tuesday, promoting the “tremendous chemistry” between him and a fellow wealthy businessman who arrived ...

Iraqi authorities have seized more than 825 pounds of gold and ten of millions in cash in a series of anti-corruption operations that led to the arrest of at least 21 people, including dozens of ...

FILE - Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Ali al-Zaidi arrives at the Iraqi parliament to attend the voting of his government in Baghdad, Iraq, May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File) FILE - Iraq's ...