Iraq

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has arrived at Baghdad airport, in his first state visit to Iraq in 13 years. The Turkish president will meet Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid, as well as Prime Minister Muhammad Shiya al-Sudani. A series of 20…

A view of grocery store in Washington DC, United States on February 14, 2024. Mostafa Bassim | Anadolu | Getty ImagesThis report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up…

Blinken meets Israeli War Cabinet members in Tel AvivUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Thursday with members of Israel’s war cabinet in Tel Aviv to discuss the ongoing conflict in Gaza.Israel is willing to allow Oct. 7 attack…

Pro-government Iranians gathering near a banner that warns Iran’s enemies — in Farsi and in Hebrew — to “Prepare your coffins,” this month in Tehran.Credit...Arash Khamooshi for The New York TimesIran projects its military power through…

In this June 2023 photo from the US Air Force, a B-1B Lancer aircraft conducts a demonstration on in TanTan, Morocco. 1st Sgt. John Etheridge/US Army/FileAir Force B-1 bombers were among the US aircraft that carried out strikes Friday…

In an exclusive interview with Medya Haber TV, Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) Executive Duran Kalkan assessed the Turkish government’s policies towards Iraq, Iran and North and East Syria, accusing Turkey of orchestrating turmoil in the…

NEW DELHI: Oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday alluded to India's pivot towards Russia after top suppliers like Saudi Arabia and Iraq started "charging a premium" for crude oil suppliesto Asian markets.In an interview to…

Attacks extend a surge in violence across Turkey’s southern border, as regional spillover of war in Gaza continues.Turkey’s military has carried out air raids against Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq and Syria. The overnight air raids…

Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., told Newsweek in an interview that his friendship with "Squad" Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Minn., was "not easy," but noted that it was important."We are friends. It's an important…

The airstrikes came after Erbil Air Base was attacked earlier in the day.December 26, 2023, 12:13 AM ET• 4 min readU.S. military forces carried out multiple airstrikes on facilities in Iraq used by Kataib Hezbollah -- an Iraqi…