Iraq is set to become a hot zone of proxy fighting between Turkish-backed Islamist militants and Iranian-backed ones.

A long-lost oceanic plate is diving deep into the mantle, dragging down the crust above, researchers say. However, the plate is also tearing apart below the Zagros Mountains in Iraq as it plunges ...

But Iran has never been weaker. Now that Turkey is moving in force to the region, their ire will be fixated on Iranian militias in Iraq. The goal will be to roll back Iranian power to within Iran ...