The Latest Breaking News from Iraq

International law proscribes the use of force except in self-defence – but what constitutes self-defence?

“If this president wants to completely ignore the intelligence community, we are playing in dangerous ground,” one senator warned

An Iraq War veteran said some Marines have prepared resignation letters in case President Trump issues an unlawful order, warning, "This is a dangerous time for our country."

The US president’s own intelligence chief and the IAEA don’t think Iran is building nuclear weapons at all.

Near the once-bustling Iraqi border crossing of Bashmakh, Iranian driver Fatah stocked up on rice, sugar and tea, staples that have become increasingly hard to get back home.

Israel is the main source of terror and instability in the Middle East. But the west continually turns away from this reality, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Relations between the United States and Iran have been fraught for decades – at least since the U.S. helped overthrow a democracy-minded prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh, in August 1953. The U.S. then supported the long, repressive reign of the Shah of Iran, whose security services brutalized Iranian citizens for decades.

Israeli prime minister has no interest in Iran’s future beyond weakening and destabilising a regional rival

In Iraqi airspace, Iranian missiles and drones have crossed paths with Israeli warplanes, forcing Baghdad to step up efforts to avoid being drawn into the region's latest conflict.