Iraq

Pope Francis and Iraq’s top Shiite cleric have delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence, urging Muslims to embrace Iraq’s long-beleaguered Christian minority during a historic meeting

In a historic speech to Iraqi figureheads, Pope Francis urged religious leaders and lawmakers to protect Christians and called for tolerance between Christians and Muslims.

Pope Francis has urged Iraqis to treat their Christian brothers as a precious resource to protect, not an “obstacle” to eliminate as he opens the first-ever papal visit to Iraq

The White House is warning that the U.S. may consider a military response to the rocket attack that hit an air base in western Iraq where American and coalition troops are housed

Pentagon confirms 10 rockets hit al-Asad airbase which hosts U.S. troops, kills one U.S. civilian contractor

Infectious disease experts are expressing concern about Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to Iraq

Some top Democrats are criticizing President Biden’s decision to launch airstrikes in Syria without conferring with all members of Congress.

President Joe Biden is cautioning Iran against threatening U.S. troops in Iraq

The airstrike is the first military action undertaken by the Biden administration.

The State Department vowed on Wednesday that there will be consequences for those behind the deadly rocket attack in northern Iraq.

The White House, State Department and Department of Defense left the door open to a response to the deadly rocket attack in Iraq.

The contractor with the U.S.-led coalition who was killed after a barrage of rockets struck near an airport in northern Iraq was not an American national, a coalition spokesman said Tuesday, hours after the attack sparked fears of renewed hostilities in the region.

The U.S. Navy dropped sexual assault charges against an enlisted SEAL in a case involving a female sailor at a Fourth of July party in Iraq that had prompted the rare withdrawal of the special operations unit from the Middle East in 2019.

Iraq’s judiciary says it has issued an arrest warrant for outgoing President Donald Trump in connection with the killing of an Iranian general and a powerful Iraqi militia leader last year.

Thousands of Iraqis are converging on a landmark Baghdad square on the anniversary of the killing of a powerful Iranian general and a top Iraqi militia leader in a U.S. drone strike

More than 20 rockets were launched Sunday at the heavily fortified Green Zone compound in Baghdad, where the U.S. Embassy is located.

The pardons of four Blackwater contractors convicted in the shooting deaths of more than a dozen Iraqi civilians has prompted outrage from some human rights activists and Iraqis.

OPEC+ is expected to consider delaying its output increase at its meeting this week, but there are “some cracks in the foundation,” said Herman Wang of S&P Global Platts.

A U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan has rattled Washington’s allies and adversaries in the region

The acting defense secretary says the period of U.S. troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq in the coming weeks is “fraught with risk,” Speaking at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, Christopher C