Gaza, Israel and Iraq

After more than a year hiding in tunnels and dodging air strikes, uniformed Hamas fighters returned to the ruined streets of ...
Born in Baghdad, former track and field champion Aviva Ballas was one of Israel's top runners in the early 1970s. From her home in Switzerland, she recalls the stroke of luck that saved her from ...
As Israel withdraws some of its troops from Gaza during a cease-fire there, it has turned attention to another Palestinian ...
Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the country that have fought U.S. forces and fired rockets and drones ...
We’re really there to counter Iran, and that’s really at the behest of the Israelis and the Saudis,” Michael DiMino said of the U.S. troop presence in Iraq and Syria.
Starmer is eager to remake relations with a host of capitals, from Beijing to Brussels, and anxious to seal deals to boost ...
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Monday he would sign a bilateral security deal with Britain as well as a ...
Israel's actions in the wake of Syria's collapse give it unprecedented power in the air — right up to Iran's border.
He said the envoys met the family of Elizabeth Tsurkov and that Israel asked the representatives — from the U.S., U.K., Germany, Austria and Canada — to have their embassies in Baghdad lobby the ...
Russian-Israeli academic Elizabeth Tsurkov is believed to be held by Iran-backed militia Kataeb Hezbollah since 2023 abduction; hostage envoys met with her family this month The post Iraqi FM says ...