Iraq’s PM-designate withdraws from post, prolonging deadlock
Baghdad (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister-designate announced his withdrawal from the post Sunday night after failing to secu...
Iran: US killing of general was a miscalculation
MUNICH — The U.S. killing of a top Iranian general was a miscalculation that has had the effect of bolstering support in Iraq for the removal of Ameri...
Iraqi officials: US will grant vital Iran sanctions waiver
BAGHDAD — The United States has signaled to Iraq its willingness to extend sanctions waivers enabling the country to continue importing vital Iranian ...
Not a break, but fissures in US-Iraqi military alliance
BAGHDAD — A new watchtower rose over an American military base in northern Iraq, and cranes lifted hefty slabs of concrete to reinforce the barricades...
Iraqi officials: At least 8 shot dead in southern Iraq
BAGHDAD — At least eight anti-government protesters were shot dead and 52 were wounded in clashes with followers of a radical Shiite cleric in souther...
Iraqi officials say Baghdad wants to minimize reliance on US
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government has told its military not to seek assistance from the U.S.-led coalition in operations against the Islamic State group,...
US general slips into Iraq for talks to salvage relations
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT — The top U.S. commander for the Middle East slipped quietly into Iraq Tuesday, as the Trump administration works to s...
Iraqi protesters reject PM-designate picked by ruling elites
BAGHDAD — Anti-government demonstrators on Sunday rejected Iraq’s new prime minister-designate following his nomination by rival government factions, ...
Iraq says joint operations with US-led coalition resume
BAGHDAD — Joint military operations with the U.S.-led coalition to counter the Islamic State group have resumed after a nearly three-week pause, an Ir...
Pentagon seeking Iraqi permission to deploy missile defenses
WASHINGTON — The United States has asked Iraq for permission to put Patriot missile systems at bases hosting U.S. troops to improve defenses against a...
Nighttime rocket attack on US Embassy in Baghdad injured 1
BAGHDAD — A nighttime rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad injured at least one embassy personnel member, staffers there said Monday.
Iraqi protesters defy top cleric and return to the streets
BAGHDAD — Hundreds of anti-government protesters flooded the streets of Iraq's capital and southern provinces on Sunday, defying a powerful Iraqi reli...
4 dead, tents ablaze after Iraq cleric pulls protest support
BAGHDAD — Iraq cracked down on anti-government protesters who have been occupying key public squares for months, leaving four demonstrators dead Satur...
Outgoing Iraq PM says US troop ouster up to next government
BAGHDAD — Iraq's outgoing prime minister said Wednesday it was up to the next government to see through parliament's decision to oust U.S. troops.
Iraqis worry US-Iran tensions are eclipsing their protests
BAGHDAD — Young Iraqis who drove mass protests demanding sweeping political reforms are worried that the conflict between the U.S. and Iran, which is ...
On streets of Tehran, relief for now at no wider conflict
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian newspapers proclaimed the country's attack on U.S. forces in Iraq to be "a dark night for Americans," and Washington's "first a...
Iraq is caught in the middle as Iran and U.S. trade blows
BAGHDAD — For months, Iraqis have watched with deepening anxiety as tensions between Iran-backed militias and U.S. forces soared, fearing their long-b...
Commercial airlines reroute flights amid US-Iran tensions
NEW DELHI — Commercial airlines on Wednesday rerouted flights crossing the Middle East to avoid possible danger amid escalating tensions between the U...
Iraq’s outgoing prime minister says US troops must leave
WASHINGTON — Iraq's outgoing prime minister said Tuesday that the United States has no alternative and must pull its troops out of the country, or els...
Germany, NATO moving soldiers out of Iraq amid tensions
BERLIN — Germany moved 35 soldiers serving in Iraq to neighboring Jordan and Kuwait on Tuesday, while NATO said it was also shifting some of its troop...
US won’t grant Iran foreign minister visa for UN visit
WASHINGTON — The U.S. won't issue Iran's foreign minister a visa to travel to the United Nations later this week, contending there was not enough time...
‘Honest mistake’ sets off alarm about US troops in Iraq
WASHINGTON — For a few tense hours Monday, the United States appeared to have announced that American troops were pulling out of Baghdad after nearly ...
Push to oust US troops from Iraq a risky undertaking
BAGHDAD — A push led by pro-Iran factions to oust U.S. troops from Iraq is gaining momentum, bolstered by a Parliament vote in favor of a bill calling...
Throngs mourn, Iranian leader weeps for general slain by US
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's supreme leader wept Monday over the casket of a top general killed in a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad, his prayers joining the wails...
Asian countries brace to evacuate workers in Iraq, Iran
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military to prepare to deploy its aircraft and ships “at any moment’s notice” t...
Trump doubles down on striking cultural sites in Iran
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday repeated his assertion that cultural sites would be fair game as military targets if Iran carries throug...
Iraq vote, Hezbollah threat leveled at US troops in Mideast
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military presence in the Middle East was thrown into jeopardy Sunday, as Iraq's parliament voted to expel U.S. troops from their co...
The Latest: Baghdad residents say 3 blasts hit Green Zone
BEIRUT — The latest on U.S.-Iran tensions (all times local):
UK’s Johnson: Iranian general ‘threat to all our interests’
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the Iranian general killed in a U.S. drone strike in Iraq was “a threat to all our interests” ...