Iraq

According to the NYT, an Iraqi shepherd was killed after discovering one of the outposts. Senior Iraqi and regional officials say the bases were known to Washington before Baghdad found out.

Saudi jets hit militia positions near the kingdom's northern border as Kuwait also launched retaliatory strikes into southern Iraq, sources say.

Iraqi officials vetted Al Zaidi as a candidate for Prime Minister with the US and Iran before announcing to public, the Wall Street Journal reports

Satellite imagery confirms the site, as timed disclosure is seen as a calculated move to project power and pressure Iran at a critical diplomatic moment

Satellite images from March reportedly showed a 1.6-kilometer airstrip deep in the Iraqi desert near the outpost suspected location

A senior US official has revealed that Iran carried out more than 600 attacks against American facilities in Iraq during the recent military operation in the region, according to a report to CNN

Iraq's parliament picks businessman Ali al-Zaidi to be their next Prime Minister, ending a deadlock between rival factions within Iraq's largest voting bloc.

Under Iraq's sectarian power-sharing system, the prime minister must be a Shi'ite ⁠Muslim, ​the parliamentary speaker a Sunni ​Muslim, and the president a Kurd

American journalist Shelley Kittleson freed after weeks in captivity by Kata’ib Hizballah near Baghdad, Iraq

Shelly Kittleson has contributed to outlets including Al-Monitor, Foreign Policy, The National, reporting from the frontlines on Islamic State (ISIS) as well as on pro-Iran militias in Iraq

The joint statement slams strikes on Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE

Trump branded al-Maliki a "very bad choice" for Iraq, arguing that his previous presidentship, between 2006 and 2014, brought only "poverty and total chaos"

Iraq’s parliament will vote Tuesday to elect a new president, a largely ceremonial role that will nonetheless shape the country’s political future by naming the next prime minister

The agreement comes as US and French officials push for stability while transferring Islamic State detainees to Iraq

Officials say as many as 7,000 detainees could eventually be moved, representing the bulk of the roughly 9,000 ISIS fighters still held in Kurdish-managed facilities in Syria

US envoy Barrack warns Iraqi PM of imminent Israeli action against Hezbollah, urging Iraq to stay neutral

A journalist from Israeli Channel 12 reportedly published an article accusing her of ignoring security warnings prior to her trip to Iraq

Israeli intelligence warns of Iranian-backed militias in Iraq preparing potential missile, drone, and ground assaults as Israel accelerates border fortifications and regional deterrence measures

“We know that the Israeli government is seeking to widen the conflict in the region,” he said, stressing his government’s intent not to offer any pretext for attacks on Iraqi territory

The Iraqi prime minister called for the “full implementation” of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 war between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah

Iraqi proxies received the missiles last week, according to the report, which contradicts earlier claims that the militias were willing to disarm after US placed pressure on the government in Baghdad

In meetings held between US and Iraqi parties for her release, the US refused a deal that would include prisoner exchanges associated with Iran and a ransom payment

The mystery surrounding the researcher's whereabouts complicates Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani's relationship with the US, which has threatened punitive action is she is not returned

So far, no terrorist organization has claimed responsibility for her abduction and detention, but it is believed that she was taken by the the Shiite militia Kataib Hezbollah