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Masrour Barzani, prime minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government, gives a press conference in the autonomous region’s capital Erbil on June 25, 2025. (Safin HAMID/AFP)
August 18, 2026, 10:40 am
Iraq probing drone strike on Kurdistan PM’s office, as Iran warns of ‘false-flag ploys’
Tehran, which kept bombing Iraqi Kurdish opposition groups during ceasefire, hints ‘reckless attack’ on office of autonomous region’s leader Masrour Barzani is bid ‘to sow discord’
By Christy-Belle Geha
US and Iraqi troops pass a poster of Muqtada al-Sadr, evidence of continued support for the anti-American cleric and his Mahdi Army militia, in Basra, Iraq, on June 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Kim Gamel)
August 12, 2026, 10:12 pm
Officials say US forces on track to complete Iraq pullout by September 30
Washington, Baghdad agreed in 2024 to wind down US-led operations against the Islamic State; Iraq also calls on Iran-backed militias to disarm, though they’re unlikely to do so
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and ABBY SEWELL
US President Donald Trump speaks at the funeral of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC, at the Washington National Cathedral, July 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP/ Alex Brandon, Pool)
July 29, 2026, 8:22 pm
Trump says US will ‘beat the f*cking sh*t’ out of Iran after attack on bases in Jordan
IDF denies Zamir apologized to US after defense minister said American warplanes took off from Israel for strikes in Iran; pro-Iran militia pledges ‘inevitable’ response to US strikes
By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian, Lazar Berman and Agencies
Members of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces stand near a portrait of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei at the shrine of Imam Hussein on the eve of his funeral ceremonies in the holy Iraqi city of Karbala on July 7, 2026. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP)
July 29, 2026, 11:56 am
US and Saudis hit back at Iraqi pro-Iran militias, as Iran renews attacks on US forces in Jordan
Shiite armed groups embedded in Iraqi military, blamed for drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities, report 20 members killed; Tehran nixes Omani proposal to jointly run Hormuz, official says
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, left, shakes hands with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, July 22, 2026. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
July 24, 2026, 11:05 am
Iran said to threaten Israel, reject US ceasefire proposal passed along by Iraqi PM
US attacks Iranian military targets in 13th night of strikes; Iran retaliates in Bahrain, says also attacked in Jordan; Iranian officials say escalation would mean hitting Tel Aviv
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The coffin of the late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is carried by mourners to the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf, Iraq, on July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/ Anmar Khalil)
July 8, 2026, 9:50 pm
Masses gather in Iraq’s holy Shiite cities as Khamenei funeral frenzy crosses border
Slain leader’s body brought to Najaf and Karbala, where vast crowds of Iraqis pay tribute to man ‘who cannot even be described’; Iran shows new footage from strike that killed him
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Travelers are seen at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, April 23, 2026. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
July 8, 2026, 7:31 pm
EU regulator eases restrictions on flights to Israel, urges avoiding Iran, Iraq, Lebanon airspaces
Advisory comes amid flare-up in violence between US and Iran; advisory urging caution in airspace of Israel withdrawn; Arkia to resume Morocco route after 3 years
By JTA and Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: The IDF General Staff visits the F-35 stealth fighter jet squadron on the Nevatim air base in southern Israel on July 10, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 30, 2026, 10:09 am
How Israel’s ‘campaign between the wars’ risks further straining ties with US
Years-long strategy, meant to degrade Tehran and its terror proxies ahead of open conflict, could prove difficult to sustain if Washington requests greater coordination after Iran war
By Amy McAuliffe
Members of the Saraya al-Salam Shiite militia attend a ceremony marking the start of the process of handing over their weapons to Iraqi state forces in Samarra, north of Baghdad, Iraq, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
June 30, 2026, 6:09 am
Iraq gives pro-Iran militias until Sept. 30 to dissolve
Amid pressure from US, Iraqi PM says groups still holding onto their weapons after deadline ‘will be subject to legal redress’
By AFP
Screengrabs of social media videos showing Iraqi security forces raiding the Green Zone diplomatic compound in Baghdad, June 28, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 28, 2026, 1:16 pm
Iraqi forces raid Baghdad Green Zone, arrest officials linked to corruption, Iran-backed groups
Security official says raids part of effort by new PM Zaidi to show US that Iraq is committed to democratic reforms, cracking down on Iranian influence
By AFP
Illustrative: Iraqi Muslim women hold portraits of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against the US-Israeli bombing campaign in Iran, in the Shi'ite district of Kazimiyah in Baghdad, Iraq, April 25, 2026. (AP/Hadi Mizban)
June 19, 2026, 4:13 pm
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard set up Iraqi cells to attack Gulf neighbors, sources say
Cells’ covert establishment, posing a challenge to new Iraqi PM’s balancing act between DC and Tehran, may have been spurred by other local pro-Iran factions’ readiness to disarm
By Reuters
Members of an Iraqi Shiite group attend a funeral of a fighter with the Kataeb Hezbollah, who was killed in a US airstrike in Basra province south of Baghdad, Iraq, on April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
June 3, 2026, 1:21 am
Powerful Iran-backed militias claim they’ll start handing in weapons to Iraqi authorities
Announcements by Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Imam Ali Brigades come as Iraq’s recently elected PM has made establishment of state monopoly on arms a key focus, facing pressure from US
By Stella Martany
Illustrative: Bulldozers clear sand dunes and extract clay in the desert south of Samawah, Iraq, December 21, 2025. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
May 17, 2026, 7:29 pm
Israel built two covert military bases in Iraq to support Iran strikes – report
NYT says Israel built first base in country in late 2024; this year, Israel built another installation there; Iraqi soldier and civilian killed to protect the secret
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A worker collects engine oil as he works at a degassing station in the Zubair oil field near Basra, Iraq, on March 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
May 15, 2026, 10:21 am
Iraq seeking assistance from IMF and World Bank after oil income slashed by Iran war
Talks commenced during global lenders’ meeting in Washington last month, and are expected to be finalized once a new government assumes power in Baghdad, officials say
By Andrea Shalal and Muayad Hameed Suad
A billboard depicting Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's late supreme leader who was killed on February 28 in an Israeli strike in Tehran, standing behind an Iranian soldier with a caption in Arabic reading 'A martyr leads the battlefield' is displayed along a road in the Ameriyah neighborhood in western Baghdad on March 18, 2026 (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
May 14, 2026, 3:30 am
Saudi warplanes struck Iran-backed militias in Iraq during war, sources say
Riyadh said to have targeted sites near the kingdom’s northern border from which drone and missiles were launched at Gulf states; Kuwait also said to have fired on Iraq
By Timour Azhari, Ahmed Rasheed and Humeyra Pamuk
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