Tension in the Middle East continue to escalate as Iran-aligned Iraqi militias expand targets from military bases to oil facilities, threatening regional stability.

A drone strike on an Iranian Kurdish opposition group’s base in Iraq’s Kurdistan wounded two fighters. This attack highlights ongoing tensions between Iran and militant groups in the region.

By John Davison BAGHDAD, March 6 (Reuters) - Iran has spent decades and billions of dollars preparing foreign proxy fighters like A.J., a commander in a pro-Iranian paramilitary group in Iraq, for a moment just like this.

Foreign staff were evacuated from Iraq's Rumaila oilfield, run by BP, after two unidentified drones landed inside the vicinity. The incident was reported by three Iraqi oil industry sources to Reuters,

Iraq has halted oil exports from its semi-autonomous Kurdistan region to the port of Ceyhan in Turkey, according to people with direct knowledge of the situation.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters Iran 'is not Iraq' and the administration doesn't have 'utopian' plans for nation-building there.

Iraq uncertain about participationOriginally set to play a World Cup playoff on March 31 against the winner of the Bolivia vs. Suriname clash,

The U.S. plans to offer tanker and cargo insurance in a scramble to get exports moving—and ease prices.