A US military refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq while taking part in operations linked to the war with Iran, according to US Central Command. Four out of the six crew members of the aircraft have been killed in the crash,

Iran has begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf channel that carries 20 percent of the world’s oil, according to U.S. officials, a move that could exacerbate the disruptions to global shipping and further rattle the global economy.

Iraq’s government said Sunday that US forces have completed a “full withdrawal” from military facilities within the country’s federal territory, which excludes the semiautonomous Kurdistan region where US troops remain. Iraq’s Defense Ministry ...

The defense ministry initially spoke of a missile attack on the Italian base in Erbil, but ministry sources later said it was a drone that had destroyed a military vehicle, possibly by accident.

According to sources published by AFP, one of Italy’s military outposts in Erbil, northern Iraq, was attacked, although no casualties were recorded. According to Italian authorities, the […]

The US president might learn that starting wars is much easier than ending them, writes the BBC's international editor.

The Iranian military body said the operation involved the launch of five missiles aimed at the facility, which hosts US forces and serves as a key operational base for coalition troops stationed in the region.

During the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, the Iraqi government managed to keep the country out of the regional conflict. But today, the situation appears entirely different. Since U.S. and