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

The prospects of Kurds being able to realise their aspirations for statehood have brightened. At the same time, Kurds remain ...

Americans have every reason to be proud of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Voice of America and the United States Institute ...

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 ...

Junichi Sumi ■ Born in Shimane Prefecture in 1973. After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University with a BA in International Politics and Economics, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in ...

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

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 Resistance group, a key pillar of Iran’s network of regional proxy forces, have claimed responsibility for dozens of missile and drone attacks on Israel and U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria since the ...

Iran and the United States will hold talks Saturday in Rome, their second round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly ...