Middle East leaders and their Western allies have been warning that Islamic State could exploit the fall of the Assad regime to stage a comeback in Syria and neighbouring Iraq, where the extremist group once imposed a reign of terror over millions.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The United States on Thursday updated its travel advisory for Iraq and called on citizens to avoid traveling to the country “for any reason” as regional tensions mount and hours after Washington ordered the departure of non-essential personnel from

Shabandar, the special envoy of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, has stirred political tensions in Baghdad amid speculation that he was handed sensitive intelligence files from the Syrian regime.

The United States is reducing staff at its embassies in Iraq, Kuwait, and Bahrain due to growing regional security threats, officials confirmed Wednesday. The move follows warnings […]

Based on our latest analysis, we decided to reduce our Mission in Iraq,' State Department official tells Anadolu

Tensions have escalated between Iraq’s central government in Baghdad and the semiautonomous Kurdish region in the country’s north in a long-running dispute over the the sharing of oil revenues.

Middle East leaders and their Western allies have been warning that Islamic State could exploit the fall of the Assad regime to stage a comeback in Syria and neighbouring Iraq, where the extremist group once imposed a reign of terror over millions.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Foreign energy firms continue operating normally in Iraq, a senior Iraqi official told Reuters on Thursday, after U.S. President Trump said U.S. personnel were being moved out of the Middle East because "it could be a dangerous place".