The talks seek to limit Iran's nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of some of the crushing economic sanctions the U.S ...

During the Iran-Iraq War, both sides launched many airstrikes against each other's airbases. But one of these airstrikes ...

Iraq’s strategy seeks energy independence while navigating U.S.-Iran tensions, sanctions risks, and internal corruption ...

Still, Trump and his Cabinet should understand how catastrophic the military option is. A deal is the best alternative, but ...

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani confirmed last week that Iraq had extended a formal invitation to al-Sharaa to attend the May 17 summit, following a previously unannounced meeting between the ...

The U.S. wants a do-over on an Iran nuclear agreement scuttled in 2018. Will Trump and Ayatollah Khamenei be flexible enough ...

Axis of Resistance militia Uli al-Baas explained to Newsweek why "the American presence has become weaker than before" in ...

When Rep. Adam Smith asked his counterpart from across the Cascades to join him on a trip to Iraq, the Democrat from Bellevue got a response he hadn’t often heard before.

The official invitation extended by Iraq to new Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to attend the upcoming Arab League summit in ...

The Trump administration is missing an opportunity to bring the Islamic Republic of Iran to heel, as it seems to want to ...

Russia, of course, was cited as another reason to continue the status quo. If the U.S. departed, the argument went, the ...

DANA STROUL is Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served as U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East from February 2021 to February 2024.