Tag: Baghdad
Iran’s New FM Warns Soleimani’s Assassins Must Pay After Trump Brags About ‘Taking Out’ IRGC Leader
World16:20 GMT 29.08.2021Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike alongside Iraqi anti-Daesh (ISIS)* militia...
US Pulling Out Troops From Iraq ‘Symbolically’, Leaving a Void in War-Torn Country, Ex-UN Envoy Says
A former Iraqi diplomat warns that the US withdrawal might present an opportunity for some elements to fill the void. One of these players...
US Embassy in Baghdad Reportedly Targeted By Two Katyusha Rockets
Middle East06:58 GMT 29.07.2021(updated 08:06 GMT 29.07.2021) The reported strike was launched a few weeks after at least six Katyusha rockets hit...
All US Troops Including ‘Criminal’ Air Force Must Quit Iraq, Militia Warns as Occupation Rebranded
US President Joe Biden hosted Iraqi Prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the White House on Monday. In a joint statement released after their talks,...
White House Confirms US Forces in Iraq to Be Shifted From Combat to Training, Silent on Troop Totals
World15:38 GMT 26.07.2021(updated 17:45 GMT 26.07.2021) The United States has about 2,500 troops in Iraq, with its forces deployed in the country...
Iraq’s PM Says There’s ‘No Need for Any Foreign Combat Forces on Iraqi Soil’ Ahead of Biden Meeting
Middle East18:56 GMT 25.07.2021(updated 19:23 GMT 25.07.2021) Senior Iraqi officials are set to meet US President Joe Biden at the White House...
Iraq’s Foreign Minister Infuriates Shia Militia Groups by Claiming Baghdad ‘Needs US Troops’
Coalition forces remain in Iraq despite the fact that last year, the country's parliament voted to end the presence of all foreign troops in...
Iraqi PM Says US Combat Troops Have Got to Go
In January 2020, Iraq’s parliament issued a resolution ordering the expulsion of all US and coalition forces from their country in response to the...
Iraqi Militia Consistently Blamed for Attacks on US Troops Vows to Resist Until All ‘Occupiers’ Out
US officials have spent years blaming Kata’ib Hezbollah, an Iraqi Shia militia group allied to the Baghdad government in its battle with Daesh (ISIS)*,...
Iran Calls Soleimani’s Killing ‘State Terrorism,’ Repeats Call for Justice for Slain Commander
Middle East18:13 GMT 02.07.2021(updated 18:34 GMT 02.07.2021) The United States killed Revolutionary Guard Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani in a drone strike...
Pentagon Assessing ‘Full Scope of Damage’ After Rocket Attack on US Base in Syria
On Sunday, the Pentagon said US warplanes had struck facilities of the Iranian-backed militants in the Syrian-Iraqi border region in what the Department of...
Biden Orders ‘Precision’ Strikes on Facilities of Iran-Backed Groups Near Syrian-Iraqi Border
World23:01 GMT 27.06.2021(updated 02:22 GMT 28.06.2021) The airstrikes are claimed to be in retaliation for the previous attacks targeting US personnel and...
