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 US-Israeli strike has hit a trade terminal at the Iran-Iraq border, killing one person, Iranian media reports.

Iraq's state oil marketer SOMO has asked customers for crude oil lifting schedules within 24 hours. This follows reports that Iran has exempted Iraq from transit restrictions through the Strait of Hormuz.

Editor’s note: The story has been updated to include recent developments. Here are the latest developments in the U.S.–Israel–Iran war on Monday, as the conflict that began on February 28 enters its sixth week.

Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said Wednesday that two fighters were killed and four others injured in a US-Israeli airstrike in the northern Nineveh province. In a statement carried by the state news agency INA, the PMF said the strike targeted its 53rd Brigade in Tal Afar district, west of the province.

A view of the U.S. Embassy complex in Baghdad, after Iraqi security sources said it was targeted with drone and rocket attacks, March 17, 2026. Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters By Taylor Luck Amman, Jordan Just as Iraq was emerging from the shadows of decades of ...

The Houthi rebel movement says it launched its “first military operation” in support of Iran, after Israel’s military earlier said it detected a missile from Yemen.