Tag: Iraq
Iraqi Lawmakers Plan to Take ‘New Position’ Vis-à-vis US if Troop Withdrawal Agreement Not Reached
Middle East10:31 GMT 28.03.2021(updated 10:45 GMT 28.03.2021) Iraq’s parliament issued a resolution requesting the complete withdrawal of all foreign forces from their...
House Panel Votes to Scrap 2002 Force Authorization Law that Enabled US Invasion of Iraq
US01:15 GMT 26.03.2021After the US wrongly accused Iraq in 2003 of hiding weapons of mass destruction it planned to use to attack the...
Blinken Threatens Germany; China Issues US Human Rights Report; US Loots Syrian Oil
The US empire moves to take control of German politics, as Secretary of State Antony Blinken is threatening NATO "ally" Germany with harsh sanctions...
US Reportedly Sneaks 45-Truck Convoy of Military Vehicles and Oil Tankers Into Syria
Middle East17:05 GMT 14.03.2021(updated 17:47 GMT 14.03.2021) The Biden administration has continued its predecessor’s policy of sending convoys filled with military equipment...
British Authorities Reportedly Start ‘War Crimes’ Probe Against Syrian President’s Wife
World10:43 GMT 14.03.2021(updated 11:08 GMT 14.03.2021) Asma Assad, 45, was born in Britain to Syrian parents, and has both Syrian and British...
Syria: New Strikes, Jihadi Proxy Ops & Chemical Weapons ‘Card’ are on Biden’s Table, US Veteran Says
Despite Secretary of State Antony Blinken's pledge to halt costly interventions and regime change operations, the US continues its military buildup in northeastern Syria....
Pope Francis Denounces ‘Religious Extremism’ During Iraq Visit in Address From Abraham’s Birthplace
Middle East20:44 GMT 06.03.2021(updated 20:51 GMT 06.03.2021) This week marked the first time that a head of the Roman Catholic Church has...
Biden’s Airstrikes Against Facilities in Syria Is a Gift to Daesh, Report Says
World22:39 GMT 06.03.2021The attack - which was ordered by the US president without Damascus' consent - targeted facilities operated by “Iranian-backed militia”, with...
‘Nobody is Born a Saint’: Twitter Abuzz Over Story that Pope Francis Was Once Nightclub Bouncer
The three-day pilgrimage of Pope Francis to Iraq, his first to the Middle Eastern country, has generated a buzz in the Twitterverse, as users...
Week After Bombing Syria, Biden Hints at Readiness to Replace Bush-Era Mideast Strike Authorisations
US16:59 GMT 05.03.2021(updated 17:44 GMT 05.03.2021) The Biden administration carried out its first act of military aggression abroad last week, blasting facilities...
Iraqi Militia Says It Reserves Right to Attack US Objects in Country After Airstrike in Syria
The US claims its jets raided the facility belonging to Iraqi militants, purportedly responsible for the February rocket attacks against American objects in Iraq,...
Alleged Satellite Images Show Extent of Damage Done by US Airstrike in Syria Ordered by Biden
After a little over a month in office, the Democratic president gave his first order for military action targeting facilities in an Arab state...
Iraqi MPs Demand Probe of Collusion With US Attack on Anti-ISIS Militias
Middle East19:06 GMT 27.02.2021(updated 19:11 GMT 27.02.2021) Iraq's Defence Ministry denied Pentagon claims that it had collaborated in Thursday night's US air...
What May Hamper Biden’s ‘Own’ Strategy on Iraq?
World09:45 GMT 27.02.2021In October 2011, then-US President Barack Obama proclaimed that "the tide of war is receding" and that all American forces would...
Lavrov: Russia Has Information that US Plans to Stay in Syria Forever, Destroy the Country
Middle East11:26 GMT 26.02.2021(updated 12:10 GMT 26.02.2021) During its first month in office, the Biden administration did not reverse its predecessor's policy...
US Carries Out Airstrikes Ordered by Biden Against ‘Iranian-Backed’ Groups in Eastern Syria
US23:23 GMT 25.02.2021(updated 03:20 GMT 26.02.2021) The airstrikes come after a series of recent rocket attacks that occured in Iraq and targeted...
