The committee in charge of activating Apple Pay services met with Apple's regional managers to make the service accessible in Iraq.

H E WAS KILLED by an Israeli air strike in Lebanon last year. Yet the face of Hassan Nasrallah, formerly the boss of Hizbullah, is still plastered on posters all over Baghdad, Iraq’s capital. Alongside them are images of other Shia militia leaders from Iraq, Iran and Lebanon. They have one thing in common: their outfits are backed by Iran.

Fighters with a Kurdish separatist militant group that has waged a decades-long insurgency in Turkey have begun laying down their weapons.

Democrat Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett went on a tirade Tuesday about why Americans must spend their taxpayer dollars on a “Sesame Street” program in Iraq.

Once again, he informed his command that he needed to deploy to Iraq, and after another lengthy back-and-forth, they relented once more. He packed his duffle bags and gratefully hopped onto a flight that would take him to Iraq, back to the theater of his worst nightmares and fears. He had no illusions about the trials that lay ahead.

Betty Opskar honors her son Bryan, a Marine killed in Iraq in 2005, by reading the letters he sent from Baghdad and remembering his sacrifice.

Iraq has managed to uphold domestic stability despite regional turmoil. However, rapid expansion of spending and emerging financing constraints led to arrears accumulation in 2024. These challenges are now compounded by declining oil prices in a highly uncertain global environment,

I flew on the SilkWay Ilyushin IL-76 transporter from Baku to Erbil, Iraq. The flight involved a strong team of 5: 2 pilots, a flight engineer, a radio controller, a navigator, a loadmaster, and 2 technicians.