Iraq was in crisis before Israel and Iran started trading blows. Now, it’s next door to a conflict. In the days before Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, the State Department was preparing for ...

President Donald Trump has finally moved the United States past the traumas of the Iraq War. With the bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities in Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz, the United States made ...

Most of these problems stem directly or indirectly from the war. The 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq and the war that followed are defining events in the histories of both countries – and the region.

Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah warned on Sunday it would resume attacks on U.S. troops in the region if the United States intervenes in the conflict between Israel and Iran.

Saturday's attack appears to be the largest of the more than 140 attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria since mid-October that the U.S. says have been carried out by Iranian-backed militia groups.

Tensions in Iraq have grown in the wake of the Israeli attack on Iran on June 12. Pro-Iranian Iraqi militias have increased their threats against US forces and held rallies against the US presence in ...