The Iraqi government is looking to gain control of Iranian-aligned armed groups that operate inside of Iraq but outside state ...

Contrary to claims of weakness, Iran remains a formidable actor with robust defense capabilities and significant geopolitical ...

Nicole Grajewski is a Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an Associate ...

An array of domestic and foreign powers are vying for influence in Lebanon, including the Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah, ...

Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq, collectively part of the Hashd al Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Units), face increasing calls to ...

Russia and Iran signed a mutual defense and security cooperation pact on Jan. 17 — just days before President Trump’s ...

But its links to Iranian-backed militias in Iraq has not always been public knowledge.“Sheikh Naim Qassem made the remarks in ...

Iran holds tremendous sway inside Iraq despite the presence of US troops, setting up a tug-of-war for the incoming Trump ...

The collapse of the Bashar al-Assad government in Syria was truly a turning point for Iran’s “Axis of Resistance” in the Middle East. For over a decade, the Assad regime benefited from longtime allies ...

Both Israeli citizens accused of spying for Tehran "understood they were in contact with an Iranian handler," authorities ...

Tehran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi mocks Trump for suggesting Gazans be relocated to other countries, advises sending ...