WASHINGTON -- For the first time in the year-plus fight against Islamic State militants, the U.S. is putting American combat troops on the ground in a more permanent role in Iraq and Syria. Defense ...

In what some are calling a sign of potential civil war, thousands of young Iraqis heeded the call of a top Shiite cleric to help fight an offensive by a militant Sunni group. As we've been reporting, ...

The prime minister of Iraq has kept his country on the sidelines as military conflicts raged nearby for almost two years. This required balancing Iraq's relations with two countries vital to his power ...

Israel secretly built a military outpost in the Iraqi desert to support its air campaign against Iran, housing special forces ...

Iraq coach Graham Arnold said on Saturday he expects his side ​to show a trademark “fighting mentality” at next month’s ‌World Cup after qualifying for the finals for the first time since 1986.