Iraq, long hit by decades of violence that shrank its regional role, has now turned from a victim of conflict into a country reclaiming its influential position in the Middle East, the top UN official ...

Iraq's Prime Minister has ordered an end to imports of middle distillates—gasoline, diesel, and kerosene—citing increased domestic oil production and expanded refining capacity. Despite the official ...

Kenneth M. Pollack of the Brookings Institution says that he is concerned that the U.S. and political establishment” increasingly feels that Iraq is heading toward victory” even though “Iraq still is ...