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.

Three Ohio Air National Guard members were killed in a mid-air collision in Iraq. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ordered flags to be flown at half-staff.

Dozens of Iranians crossed into northern Iraq Sunday — the first day the border had opened since war struck their country — to buy cheaper groceries, access the internet, contact relatives and find work.

Iraq will travel to Mexico by private plane for their World Cup play-off despite calls from coach Graham Arnold to postpone the match amid the escalating US-Israeli war with Iran, the country's FA president Adnan Dirjal says.

A US military refuelling aircraft crashed in western Iraq while taking part in operations linked to the war with Iran, according to US Central Command. Four out of the six crew members of the aircraft have been killed in the crash, the US military said, with rescue efforts continuing for the remaining two.

An overnight airstrike that hit ⁠an Italian military base in Iraqi Kurdistan was deliberate, the ​defence ministry said on Thursday, targeting a facility hosting NATO personnel amid the ongoing conflict ‌with Iran.

The U.S. military confirmed that all six crew members on an KC-135 aircraft died after the refueling plane went down in western Iraq, raising the U.S. death toll after two weeks of war with Iran.