Asharq Al Awsat Iraq will not be negatively affected by the weakening of Iran's influence in the Middle East, Iraq's deputy parliament speaker said, with Baghdad looking to chart its own diplomatic path in the region and limit the power of armed groups.

Two Iraqi border guards were killed on Friday during a clash with fighters from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Iraq's interior ministry said.

Former CIA official Sarah Adams has made some startling observations in her investigative report, suggesting that the Hamas attacks resulted from a highly layered, planned, and complex conspiracy planned over a year and a half by Al Qaeda,

After more than a year hiding in tunnels and dodging air strikes, uniformed Hamas fighters returned to the ruined streets of Gaza hours into a ceasefire, defying Israel's vow to crush them. - 'Game of whack-a-mole' - The ceasefire is in its infancy and many questions remain about the future of the Gaza Strip and Hamas.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Palestine’s ambassador to Iraq on Saturday thanked the country for its humanitarian and financial support to Gaza, a week after a ceasefire with Israel came into effect and with the enclave ravaged by war.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Monday he would sign a bilateral security deal with Britain as well as a strategic partnership accord as he headed to London for an official visit against a backdrop of historic shifts in the Middle East.

The truce deal has been welcomed by factions of the Iran-led Axis of Resistance which joined Hamas’ fight against Israel after the conflict triggered on October 7, 2023. The forces are celebrating the

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday accused Israel of 'aggressive actions' in Syria, warning they could lead to 'unfavorable outcomes for everyone.' The Israeli foreign ministry reacted by calling Turkey 'the aggressive imperialist actor' in the region.

"We announce that we will suspend our military operations against [Israel]," the Nujaba Movement's leader said.

Iraq's balancing act has been tested by Iran-backed Iraqi armed groups' attacks on Israel and on U.S. troops in the country they say are in solidarity with Palestinians during the Israel-Hamas war. A promised Gaza ceasefire has the government breathing a ...

The U.S.-proposed Gaza ceasefire deal, as presented, would result in a six-week ceasefire along, a limited exchange of hostages held by Hamas and Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, a partial withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and a surge in humanitarian aid to the war-torn Palestinian territory in the first phase.

Iraq is trying to avoid becoming a conflict zone once again amid a period of regional upheaval that has seen Iran's allies Hamas degraded in Gaza, Hezbollah battered in Lebanon and Bashar al-Assad ...