Spurning calls to de-escalate tensions as Iran’s death toll from Covid-19 rises daily, the U.S. leveled sanctions Thursday against at least 12 people and five companies linked to the country’s Revolutionary Guard.
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U.S. airstrikes targeting pro-Iranian military factions in Iraq killed one civilian and five security personnel early Friday, the Iraqi military said in a preliminary toll.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a suit against Chevron claiming the company funded acts of terrorism through surcharges of Iraqi crude oil, which were remitted to former Iraq President Saddam Hussein. While Chevron knew a “kickback from its purchase” would be end up in Iraq, it did not necessarily know those funds were specifically used to finance terrorism, the court ruled.
Read moreA rocket attack north of Baghdad killed two Americans and a British soldier Wednesday, and brought furious denunciations from top Iraqi politicians and the United Nations.
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Protest-torn Iraq on Monday faced more political gridlock after prime minister-designate Mohammed Allawi withdrew overnight, accusing lawmakers of obstructing his attempt to form a government.
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What’s the difference between accidentally being buried by rocks in a cave-in, and intentionally being buried in a ceremony? Archaeologists have been searching for the answers in one Iraqi cave for more than half a century.
Read moreKevin Cloyd, a civilian assistant fire chief at a U.S. military base in Iraq, sued KBR for $10 million, claiming he suffered brain injuries in Iran’s Jan. 8 missile attack after KBR “ignore(d) the unambiguous threats of retaliation” and “failed to evacuate its workers after the United States assassinated Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in Harris County Court.
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When Iraq’s top Shiite cleric underwent surgery for a fractured bone in January, it sent shivers around the country and beyond. “May God heal Iraq,” stated the caption to a photo of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani that circulated online.
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The United States has granted Iraq a 45-day sanctions waiver enabling the country to continue importing vital Iranian gas and electricity supplies.
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The Iraqi government has told its military not to seek assistance from the U.S.-led coalition in operations against the Islamic State group, two senior Iraqi military officials said, amid a crisis of mistrust between Washington and Baghdad after an American strike assassinated a top Iranian general and an Iraqi militia commander.
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The spotlight on brain injuries suffered by U.S. troops in Iraq this month is an example of America’s episodic attention to this invisible war wound, which has affected hundreds of thousands over the past two decades but is not yet fully understood.
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The Islamic State group’s self-styled caliphate across parts of Iraq and Syria seemed largely defeated last year, with the loss of territory, the killing of its founder and an unprecedented crackdown on its social media propaganda machine.
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One protester was killed by security forces as hundreds of antigovernment protesters flooded the streets of Iraq’s capital and southern provinces on Sunday, defying a powerful Iraqi religious leader who recently withdrew his support from the popular movement.
Read moreOver the past eight months, the United States has poured more than 20,000 additional troops into the Middle East to counter the threat from Iran that peaked with the recent missile attack on American forces in Iraq.
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Thousands rallied in Baghdad on Friday to demand that American troops leave the country, though their numbers fell short of the million-man march called for by an influential Shiite cleric amid heightened anti-U.S. sentiment after the drone that killed a top Iranian general at the Baghdad airport.
Read moreIraq’s caretaker prime minister asked Washington to work out a road map for an American troop withdrawal, but the U.S. State Department on Friday bluntly rejected the request, saying the two sides should instead talk about how to “recommit” to their partnership.
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Responding to Iran’s retaliatory strike on bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq, President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would invoke more sanctions on Iran so long as it continues to pursue development of nuclear power.
Read moreThe Philippine government said Wednesday that it has ordered the mandatory evacuation of Filipino workers from Iraq and the coast guard said it is sending a vessel to the Middle East to ferry its citizens to safety in case acts of war between the United States and Iran continue.
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Iraq’s outgoing prime minister said Tuesday that the United States has no alternative and must pull its troops out of the country, or face an impending crisis.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Damascus on Tuesday for a meeting with President Bashar Assad, a rare visit that comes amid soaring tensions between Iran and United States after the U.S. assassination of a top Iranian general.
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