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Iraqis mass to urge US troop ouster, rival rallies turn deadly
Jan 24, 2020 (AFP)
Four NGO workers, three of them French nationals, were also reported missing in Baghdad, rocked since October by a youth-dominated protest movement demanding a ...
Iraqis apprehensive ahead of cleric's anti-US rally
Jan 24, 2020 (AFP)
The march has rattled the separate, months-old protest movement that has rocked the capital and Shiite-majority south, where young Iraqis have demanded a govern...
Thousands join anti-US rally in Baghdad, rattling rival protesters
Jan 24, 2020 (AFP)
The march has rattled the separate, months-old protest movement that has gripped the capital and the Shiite-majority south since October, demanding a government...
No talks with Iraq yet on removing US troops: official
Jan 23, 2020 (AFP)
"There has not been any real engagement," said ambassador James Jeffrey, the US special envoy for Syria and the coalition against the Islamic State. "Our positi...
IS resurgence possible if US leaves Iraq: general
Jan 23, 2020 (AFP)
The group "certainly still remain a threat," he said. "They have the potential to resurge if we take pressure off of them for too long." The general said he did...
Trump agrees Iraq security partnership; Sunni leaders spooked by US pullout fears
Jan 22, 2020 (AFP)
In Davos, Switzerland, the two presidents held their first meeting since the United States killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad, sparking an Iraqi parliament...
Iraq protesters defy new violence as president addresses Davos
Jan 22, 2020 (AFP)
The youth-dominated movement is desperately trying to maintain momentum in the face of spiralling US-Iran tensions and a rival anti-American rally planned for F...
Iraq protester killed as youth keep up pressure on government
Jan 21, 2020 (AFP)
The demonstrator died after being hit by a tear gas canister on one of the main highways in east Baghdad. Protesters had been trying to shut down the road with ...
Trump to meet EU chief, Iraqi president in Davos
Jan 20, 2020 (AFP)
The meeting with President Barham Saleh will be the first between Trump and Iraqi officials since tensions erupted over the US killing of a top Iranian general ...
Three Iraq protesters killed as anger boils over govt 'procrastination'
Jan 20, 2020 (AFP)
Rallies have rocked Iraq since October but, fearing they would lose momentum amid spiralling regional tensions, protesters last Monday told the government it ha...
Iraq protests swell with youth angry at slow pace of reform
Jan 19, 2020 (AFP)
The rallies demanding an overhaul of the ruling system have rocked Shiite-majority parts of Iraq since October, but had thinned out in recent weeks amid rising ...
Syria refugees bring new tastes and traditions to Kurdish Iraq
Jan 19, 2020 (AFP)
Since conflict broke out in Syria in 2011, many ethnic Kurds living in the country's northeast fled across the border to Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. Despi...
Iraq denies resuming joint ops with US-led coalition
Jan 16, 2020 (AFP)
The coalition, active in Iraq since 2014, said on January 5 that it was pausing anti-IS operations and training missions due to security concerns after a series...
Iraq ouster of foreign troops would show US 'failure': analysts
Jan 16, 2020 (AFP)
After a parliamentary vote earlier this month, Iraq's government is preparing to order foreign forces out of the country in retaliation for the US killing of to...
Iraq's Sadr calls for anti-US protests amid new rocket attack
Jan 14, 2020 (AFP)
Further upping the pressure on the American deployment, Katyusha rockets on Tuesday night targeted an Iraqi airbase north of Baghdad where US-led coalition forc...
Pompeo says Iraqi leaders privately want US troops
Jan 13, 2020 (AFP)
The Iraqi parliament last week voted to rescind the invitation to foreign troops after a US strike at the Baghdad airport killed a top general from Iran, which ...
US condemns latest missile attack on Iraqi base
Jan 12, 2020 (AFP)
"Outraged by reports of another rocket attack on an Iraqi airbase," Pompeo tweeted. "These continued violations of Iraq's sovereignty by groups not loyal to the...
Iraqis mourn reporters killed covering protests; as 1000s protest all outsiders
Jan 11, 2020 (AFP)
Ahmad Abdessamad, a 37-year-old correspondent for local television station Al-Dijla, and his cameraman Safaa Ghali, 26, were killed late Friday, the Journalisti...
US rejects Iraq request to discuss troop withdrawal
Jan 10, 2020 (AFP)
Angry at an attack seen as violating Iraqi sovereignty and enmeshing the country again in war, Iraq's caretaker prime minister asked Secretary of State Mike Pom...
Iraq set for conflict, even if US and Iran de-escalate
Jan 09, 2020 (AFP)
"Iraq will remain a zone of conflict," said Randa Slim of the Washington based Middle East Institute. Early Wednesday, Iran launched 22 ballistic missiles at ba...
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