Iran expands it ‘shadow empire’ across Middle East as Trump pulls troops from Iraq, Syria

Iran has built parallel military infrastructure across Syria and Iraq over decades, creating a shadow empire that security ...

Turkey and Iraq reach draft agreement on sharing water as drought worsens

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey has lifted its flight ban on an airport in Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region, a restriction originally imposed in 2023 due to concerns over alleged Kurdish militant activity ...