A U.S air strike hit an Iraqi civilian airport under construction in the holy Shi’ite Muslim city of Kerbala and killed one worker, Iraqi religious authorities said on Friday. The United States said earlier it had mounted a series of precision air strikes on Thursday against an...

Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump should blame attacks against U.S. and allied forces in Iraq on their “presence and behavior”. “Instead of undertaking dangerous steps and resorting to baseless accusations, Trump should review the...

Iraq’s military condemned overnight U.S. air strikes on Friday and said they had killed six people and wounded 12, describing it as targeted aggression against the nation’s formal armed forces and a violation of sovereignty. The Pentagon said the strikes targeted five weapons stores...

With the collapse in oil prices and a rampaging coronavirus outbreak, Iran’s living through a perfect storm that some in Washington believe the 40-year-old Islamic Republic will be unable to survive. A change of regime or outlook in Iran has long been a goal of U.S. governments, pursued...