BAGHDAD--Iran closed its land borders to Iraq as flights to the country halted Tuesday amid violence in Baghdad following an influential Shiite cleric’s announcement he would resign from politics.

The ocean plate was once the seafloor of Neotethys — an ocean that formed when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up into a ...

Al-Asad is an enormous airbase in Iraq's western border province of Anbar that hosts US troops. Pulling them out strengthens Iran's hand and risks giving ISIS remnants a chance to resurge.

Experts and lawmakers told The New Arab that the measures could worsen Iraq’s power shortages, risking political, economic, ...

A research team is investigating the influence of the Zagros Mountains on the bending of Earth's surface. A team of ...

The parliamentary speakers of Iraq and Iran met in Tehran on Monday to discuss legislative cooperation on regional border ...

A 65-year-old man lost his left leg and a 55-year-old woman was severely injured due to a mine explosion on the Iran-Iraq border. A relief team was immediately dispatched to the scene of the incident, ...

Israel's actions in the wake of Syria's collapse give it unprecedented power in the air — right up to Iran's border.

Iraq is a developing democracy, but its location — between Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Syria — means that it always faces pressure from outside its borders. The list of challenges it ...

Following formerly signed memorandums of understanding, Iran’s anti-narcotics police is willing to boost collaborations on simultaneous border patrols ... which was held in Baghdad, Iraq. During his ...