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Two rockets hit Iraqi capital's Green Zone: security sources
Jan 08, 2020 (AFP)
Just before midnight, AFP correspondents in Baghdad heard two loud blasts followed by the wailing security sirens of the Green Zone. The attack came nearly 24 h...
What would a US withdrawal from Iraq look like?
Jan 07, 2020 (AFP)
Here is AFP's look at what shape a withdrawal could take. - How could troops withdraw? - A senior US military official had told AFP that a hypothetical withdraw...
US insists no plans to pull out of Iraq
Jan 07, 2020 (AFP)
President Donald Trump said withdrawing the more than 5,000 US troops in Iraq would be the "worst thing" for that country. Defense Secretary Mark Esper undersco...
Letter on US pullout from Iraq a 'mistake'
Jan 07, 2020 (AFP)
The latest developments came as a sea of black-clad mourners in Tehran paid homage to Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force ...
In Iraq, Trump's sanctions threat brings bitter flashbacks
Jan 06, 2020 (AFP)
"If the US imposes sanctions on Iraq, the dinar will plummet and we'll be sent back to the past, to the days of the economic embargo," said Hisham Abbas, an Ira...
US defense chief denies decision to leave Iraq; Letter a 'mistake'
Jan 06, 2020 (AFP)
"There is no decision whatsoever to leave Iraq... There has been no decision made to leave Iraq. Period," the US defense secretary said, one day after the Iraqi...
NATO to review Iraq mission after Iran general slain
Jan 06, 2020 (AFP)
Ambassadors from the 29 allies will gather at their Brussels headquarters at 3.00 pm (1400 GMT) with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expected to brief journa...
Trump threatens sanctions on Iraq
Jan 06, 2020 (AFP)
The twin threats came as Iran announced it was further reducing compliance with a tattered international nuclear accord, ending limitations on numbers of centri...
At least two rockets hit near US embassy in Baghdad: witnesses
Jan 05, 2020 (AFP)
Sunday's attack was the second night in a row that the Green Zone was hit and the 14th time over the last two months that US installations have been targeted. A...
Iraq parliament demands US troop ouster after Soleimani killing
Jan 05, 2020 (AFP)
Ties have deteriorated after an American precision drone strike Friday on the Baghdad international airport that killed Iran's Major General Qasem Soleimani and...
US killing catapults Iraq back to aftermath of 2003 invasion
Jan 04, 2020 (AFP)
The precision drone strike outside Baghdad airport on Friday killed top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani and his Iraqi right-hand-man, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. W...
Pompeo decries pro-Iran factions warning to Iraqi troops
Jan 04, 2020 (AFP)
The warning from Kataeb Hezbollah came as tens of thousands mourned Iran's Major General Qasem Soleimani, whose death in a US strike early Friday brought vows o...
London advises Brits to avoid travel to Iraq, Iran
Jan 04, 2020 (AFP)
"Following the death of Qasem Soleimani and heightened tensions in the region... We now advise British nationals against all travel to Iraq (and) we now advise ...
Coalition scales back Iraq operations for security reasons: US
Jan 04, 2020 (AFP)
"Our first priority is protecting coalition personnel," the official said, saying the US-led force had "limited" their training and other anti-jihadist operatio...
With pro-Iran groups at helm, Iraq 'risks becoming pariah'
Jan 02, 2020 (AFP)
Baghdad had been struggling to keep up its precarious balancing act between its allies Tehran and Washington as tensions spiralled following the US withdrawal f...
Elite Iraqi troops secure US embassy after attack
Jan 02, 2020 (AFP)
The unprecedented attack on the American mission in Baghdad -- in which intruders threw rocks, laid fires and graffitied walls -- sparked fears of a wider proxy...
US sending hundreds more troops after Baghdad embassy attacked
Jan 01, 2020 (AFP)
Angered by US air strikes that killed two dozen paramilitary fighters on Sunday, hundreds of protesters spilled through checkpoints in the high-security Green Z...
Pro-Iran protesters leave US embassy in Baghdad
Jan 01, 2020 (AFP)
Thousands of Iraqi supporters of the largely Iranian-trained Hashed had encircled and vandalised the embassy compound Tuesday, outraged by US air strikes that k...
Iraq anti-govt protesters say US-Iran tensions won't derail rallies
Jan 01, 2020 (AFP)
The youth-dominated demonstrations have rocked Baghdad and Iraq's Shiite-majority south since early October in outrage over government graft, a lack of jobs and...
Trump warns Iran after Iraqi protesters storm US embassy in Baghdad
Dec 31, 2019 (AFP)
Angered by US air strikes that killed two dozen fighters, hundreds of protesters spilled through checkpoints in the high-security Green Zone, demanding the oust...
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