This time, President Trump went to war without preparing the public, seeking U.N. approval or even consulting allies. But they will have to pick up the pieces.

Iraq is caught in the crossfire of the Iran war and is the only country facing strikes from both sides, threatening to drag the nation that has so far avoided two years of regional turmoil into a full-blown crisis.

Iraq's Kurdistan faces escalating drone attacks amid a widening Iran conflict, raising fears of regional instability and civilian casualties.

Iraq has been cut off from trade via the Strait of Hormuz as the war with Iran has developed over the last two weeks.

The Iranian-backed Kata'ib Hezbollah militia in Iraq is trying to spin the release of Princeton researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov. It wants to make it seem that the militia released her to “spare” Iraq conflict and to get US forces to withdraw from Iraq.

Media analysis indicates parallels between headlines from Iraq war to current response to US and Israeli bombardment of Iran

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Travellers, mainly Iranian Kurds, arrive at the Haji Omran border crossing with Iran (Iranian flag in the background), in Iraq In the past, some Kurds were able to seek refuge in Iran ...

Iran is raising the costs of a continued war, for the US and Gulf nations. But could it — and the US — escalate further?