When Iraq invaded Iran in 1980, few expected the war to last nearly a decade. With trench warfare, chemical attacks, and massive casualties, this conflict reshaped the Middle East and left scars that ...

In addition, Israel has carried out the largest airstrikes it has ever launched against Iran, reportedly weakening the ...

Iran faces a critical juncture where decision-makers must weigh the economic distress from sanctions against potential ...

The late Senator and presidential candidate John McCain once said: “The only thing worse than bombing Iran is letting Iran ...

The U.S., Israel, Russia and Turkey all face major questions as they look to the future of a post-Assad Syria.

Ever since its revolution in 1979, Iran has cultivated a network of proxies and friends throughout the Middle East. For years ...

The extraordinary details have come to light because thousands of State Department documents dealing with the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war have just been declassified and released under the Freedom of ...

The United States has ended a sanctions waiver that allowed Iraq to buy electricity from neighbouring Iran, in line with US ...

The Yemeni group pledged support for Gaza and militant group Hamas after the war broke out on October 7, 2023. After this, ...

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 ...

The United States has declined to renew a waiver that had allowed Iraq to buy electricity from Iran without running afoul of sanctions, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad said Sunday ...