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Strategy or physical withdrawal: What does Washington’s shift from airstrikes to sanctions signify?
Despite the apparent success of the US’s blockade and sanctions campaign, Iranian officials have repeatedly expressed that they would not falter in maintaining control over the Strait of Hormuz.
Iraq's 20,000 illiterate electric ministry employees is indicator of larger dysfunction - analysis
Iran plans to weaken Kurdish forces in Iraq to prevent disarmament of militias - analysis
Iranian drones target Iraq's Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani's office
Iran-backed attacks on US forces in Iraq and Syria increase
Reports on Sunday said that rockets targeted Ain al-Asad base, at least the sixth attack since the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
Drone attack on US forces intercepted in Iraq - report
Iraq has asserted that if the US is seen as supporting Israel then US forces could be targeted in Iraq.
US issues new 120-day waiver letting Iraq pay Iran for electricity
The US has issued a new waiver to let Iraq pay Iran for electricity to keep Iran from forcing power cuts.
Iran ramping up anti-US rhetoric in Iraq - analysis
At a time of uncertainty in the region, and Iran’s threats, what is Tehran saying about Iraq?
Even one American in Iraq is too many, Iran leader tells Iraqi president
The United States has some 2,500 troops in Iraq to help advise and assist local troops in combating ISIS.
Iran-Iraq deal increases security coordination, limits Iraqi Kurdish autonomy
The deal was signed by Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani and Iraqi National Security Adviser Qasim al-Araji.
20 years after the Iraq invasion: How has the Middle East changed? - analysis
The shift to remake the Middle East was very much part of the ethos of the Iraq war philosophy, seen as a chance at “pre-emption” to destroy a dangerous dictatorship and rebuild it into a democracy.
Iraq currency smuggling: Reduced, but not eliminated
While the flow of smuggled dollars out of Iraq has decreased, those seeking to bring cash into Iran have found workarounds to the new procedures.
Wiesenthal Center urges UN's Guterres to denounce Iraq's law banning peace with Israel
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is facing criticism for meeting with leaders of Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq.
Banned Iranian filmmaker portrays her version of Iran-Iraq war
In “The Siren,” director Sepideh Farsi was determined to tell another story from what she said governments in Iran had done by glorifying the war with films honoring martyrs.
