Donald Trump issued another tweeted threat to Iran on Wednesday, saying he would retaliate if the Tehran government struck again at U.S. interests in Iraq.
Thursday, 2 April , 2020No U.S. forces will move into U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility — a region that includes the war zones in Iraq or Afghanistan — under a 14-day “stop movement” order issued by the U.S. military command.
Saturday, 21 March , 2020A new rocket attack against a base in Iraq housing servicemembers left three American troops wounded, according to the Pentagon.
Sunday, 15 March , 2020Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Iraq on Monday recorded their first new coronavirus cases, all people who had been in Iran, which raised its toll from the disease to 12 dead and 61 infected.
Tuesday, 25 February , 2020Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi, a former communications minister, was appointed by President Barham Salih.
Sunday, 2 February , 2020Pentagon different statistics of brain injuries of its forces following Iran air strike to Ain Assad Air Base in Iraq shows US failure to care for its foreign forces.
Sunday, 2 February , 2020Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at US forces in Iraq in its first military retaliation for the killing of military commander Qassem Soleimani.
Wednesday, 8 January , 2020EU countries refuse to allow the ISIS members with EU nationalities back home and prefer keeping them in Iraq to put them on trial.
Tuesday, 12 November , 2019Iraqi security forces fired tear gas canisters into crowds, killing at least eight protesters, during demonstrations in Baghdad on October 25, 2019.
Monday, 28 October , 2019Despite a drawdown of troops, the U.S.-led coalition to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria dropped more tons of supplies in 2019 than during the large scale operations to liberate Mosul, Iraq and Raqqa, Syria.
Saturday, 26 October , 2019News that Israel was behind airstrikes in Iraq has reinvigorated calls to oust U.S. forces from the country.
Saturday, 24 August , 2019The European Union fully backs Iraq’s efforts to de-escalate growing tensions between the United States and Iran because conflict will have dire consequences for all sides, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Saturday.
Monday, 15 July , 2019The scene of Iraq in December 2018 was awful: families screaming at soldiers, demanding an explanation for their expulsion; others quietly huddled together, their flip-flopped feet caked in cold mud, by their now-empty tents.
Monday, 17 June , 2019U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Tuesday and met with the Iraqi prime minister after telling reporters the United States was concerned about Iraqi sovereignty because of increasing Iranian activity.
Wednesday, 8 May , 2019A summit organized by Iraq brought together regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran on Saturday as part of a broader effort by Iraqi leaders to fashion the country’s image as a friend among neighbors.
Tuesday, 23 April , 2019President Trump made an unannounced trip to Iraq to visit the U.S. combat troops there on Christmas Day, his first into a combat zone as commander-in-chief.
Sunday, 30 December , 2018At least four militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were killed in an airstrike conducted by the US forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan.
Sunday, 15 April , 2018Nearly half of Americans still believe the war was legal – and its easy to see why
Sunday, 8 April , 2018