A blast was heard close to the US Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, as videos geolocated by CNN appear to show air defense systems engaging a projectile. Follow for live updates.

Attack on a house in Baghdad's Jadriyah kills four as witnesses report smoke and fire in the vicinity of the US embassy.

China has stated that it would provide emergency humanitarian aid to Iraq as the nation confronts increased instability as a result of the intensifying regional war, highlighting […]

Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces have been accused of attacking U.S. assets in Iraq as Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani's government told to rein in terror proxies.

Iraqi authorities condemned a series of attacks they said targeted key facilities and diplomatic missions, including the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. In a statement, the Iraqi military said the Majnoon oil field,

Iraq was drawn into the Middle East war after having long been a proxy battleground between the United States and Iran, with strikes targeting Iran-backed groups that have claimed daily attacks on US interests in Iraq and the region.

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.