Iraq

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Roiled with internal divisions, Iraqi forces struggle to fully eliminate the Islamic State.

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The country’s trials have been brutally efficient, but will the U.N. deem them fair?

Bitter memories of impunity for U.S. soldiers still rankle even close allies.

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi says the U.S. secretary of state was informed of Iranian missiles at an Iraqi base.

The Iraq intelligence debacle casts a shadow over the U.S. assessment of a threat from Iran.

These days, Tehran is having trouble getting what it wants from its neighbor—a development Washington can encourage by backing off.

So says Iraq’s new electricity minister a year after blackouts sparked violent riots across the country.

Iraq’s Yazidis struggle with the future of the children of rape by Islamic State fighters.

That’s what the CIA said when it had Osama bin Laden in its sights after 9/11. Instead, America veered off into Iraq, and the result is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who appeared in a new video this week.

Baghdad must insulate itself from the fallout by weaning itself from exclusive dependence on two outside backers.

A new video by the leader of the Islamic State proves he is committed to fighting the long fight.

Internal refugees with perceived ties to the Islamic State suffer abuse and sexual exploitation in camps.

Three Democrats running for the White House fought in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan—and they came back with very different ideas.

The upstart far-right party is unapologetically Islamophobic, but without donations from Iranian exiles, it may have never gotten off the ground.

New pipeline projects throughout the Middle East could boost Russian influence there while also ensuring the country’s role as the prime supplier of energy to Europe.

Officials say it's time to shift diplomatic resources to countering China and Russia.