It was clear what was happening: the tensions with Iraq had finally snapped, and Saddam Hussein was now launching a ...

The push comes with a backdrop of seismic shifts in the Middle East that have seen ... Shia-majority Iraq from Syria after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, fueling years of sectarian war.

With Iranian influence waning in the Middle East, the Iraqi government wants armed groups, including factions within the Iran-backed Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI), to lay down their arms and ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Iraq is trying to convince powerful armed factions in the ... The push comes with a backdrop of seismic shifts in the Middle East that have seen Iran's armed allies in Gaza and ...