Abbas Araqchi, Iran's seasoned top diplomat, faces one of his most delicate challenges ever this weekend as he prepares to ...

Delivery, days before nuclear talks with US, reportedly includes missiles that can reach Europe, in apparent bid to reassure ...

Several powerful Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq are prepared to disarm to avert the threat of an escalating conflict ...

After years of deadlock and growing distrust, the United States and Iran are preparing to hold ‘indirect’ talks in Oman on ...

After the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the start of the Iran Hostage Crisis, Iran fought its neighbor Iraq for eight years.

Teenagers are being hired by gangs to carry out crimes in Sweden. Now, security services say, some are unwittingly acting on ...

Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s authoritarian president from 1979 to 2003, ruled through violent repression, including genocide, ...

Due to Iraq’s position in the region, the armed paramilitaries increasingly present a challenge for stability.

The Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s saw the U.S. back Saddam Hussein. The "Tanker War" during that conflict saw the U.S. launch a one-day assault that crippled Iran at sea, while the U.S. later shot ...

Trump has also expressed frustration with Iran's sponsorship of proxy groups in the Middle East, including the Yemeni Houthis, against which he launched a military operation in March, Hezbollah in ...

Pro-Iranian militias from Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) took part in Quds Day events in Iraq. The events on March 28, part of an annual worldwide campaign backed by Iran to encourage ...