Ibn Saud, who was the first monarch and founder of Saudi Arabia, revived Wahhabism in the 20th century. The house of bin Saud continued to maintain its politico-religious alliance with the Wahhabi ...

But what takes years to build can collapse seemingly overnight. Iraq is the latest country in which many leaders are attempting to move out of Iran’s orbit. Last year, the Axis rapidly slid from ...

BAGHDAD, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Iraq's Oil Ministry on Monday affirmed ... Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, and OPEC ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s planning ministry on Monday released the official results of the country’s first nationwide census since 1987, revealing a nearly equal gender distribution and ...

Urgently, Hussein called on Saudi Arabia’s King Saud and his cousin King Feisal of Iraq, to confer on a new union. Saud held aloof, but Feisal came. Early last week Feisal arrived in Amman with ...

U.S. pressures Iraq to restart pipeline to Turkey, halt Kurdish oil smuggling to Iran - sources Iran views ally Iraq as vital to keeping its economy afloat Kurdish oil export resumption faces ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second left, meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Saudi National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad Al-Aiban, U.S. National ...

Residents in Kyiv have expressed both scepticism and concern about the meeting between US and Russian diplomats in Saudi Arabia, which did not include Ukraine. The discussions, which were held in ...

Iraq is diversifying its energy strategy by reducing its reliance on Iranian gas. Baghdad is looking to secure LNG as it works to ramp up domestic gas production. Tensions between Baghdad and the ...