Middle East


Iran's IRGC launches drone attack on US base in Bahrain, triggering hostile escalation

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises after an Iranian drone was intercepted over the Bahrain Financial Harbour towers, which houses the Israeli embassy, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Manama, Bahrain, March 6, 2026. Picture taken on a mobile phone.

Iraq opens new Coptic cathedral in Baghdad welcoming diaspora Christians to return safely

Christians attend a service at the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate Church during a mass for "World Peace", where all Christian denominations gathered to pray for an end to the war in the Middle East, in Baghdad on April 16, 2026.

Oil smuggling probe in Jurf Al-Sakhar tests Baghdad’s power over Iran-backed militias – analysis

Members of the Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah hold flags during the funeral of their members, who were killed in an airstrike that targeted a Hashd al‑Shaabi headquarters near the western al‑Qaim district on the Syrian border, amid the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, in Baghdad, Iraq, March 2, 2