Iran has launched operations targeting Iranian and Iraqi Kurdish groups in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in neighbouring ...

Iraq is the only country in the Middle East to be targeted by both sides in the current conflict. There, the war could impact everything from the next government to intercommunal violence and civil ...

Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates are the Gulf oil producers who will be next to reduce ​output if they cannot export crude through the Strait of Hormuz due ‌to the Iran crisis, as storage tanks ...

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The killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in joint U.S.-Israeli strikes has sparked anger across Shiite communities ...

An oil tanker suffered an explosion off the coast of Iraq which damaged a tank that is losing water, signaling wider risks to shipping in the Persian Gulf beyond the Strait of Hormuz.

The C.I.A. has given small weapons to Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq in a covert program that began before the current war.

The oil-market's worst fears have been realised this week after Hormuz all-but closed to shipping because of the Iran war ...

Latest advisories and current war updates from Bahrain, Kuwait, Egypt, Lebanon, Iran, Oman, Iraq, Qatar, Israel, Gaza, Saudi ...

Authorities in the southern Iraqi province of Basra started on Tuesday a progressive shutdown of oil production operations.

A tanker anchored south-east of Kuwait’s Mubarak Al Kabeer port experienced a large explosion on its port side, began taking on water and leaked oil into the sea, according to the UK Maritime Trade ...

The killing of Iran's supreme leader and ensuing Middle East instability could revive sectarian clashes and see religion emerge as a mobilizing tool.