Pope Francis spread a message of peace between peoples and religions during a three-day trip to war-ravaged Iraq that saw him meet a powerful Shiite cleric and boost the hopes of a dwindling Christian community.
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A U.S. contractor died Wednesday when at least 10 rockets slammed into an air base housing U.S. and other coalition troops in western Iraq, the Pentagon said.
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Three Iraqis convicted of “terrorism” were hanged on Monday, a security source said, days after a deadly double suicide attack in a crowded Baghdad marketplace.
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Twin suicide bombings ripped through a busy market in the Iraqi capital Thursday, killing at least 32 people and wounding dozens, officials said.
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A Baghdad court has issued a warrant for the arrest of U.S. President Donald Trump as part of its investigation into the killing of a top Iraqi paramilitary commander.
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Faris Fadel had just one word to describe the recent pardoning by the Trump administration of four private security contractors convicted of killing Iraqi civilians — including his brother — in a public square 13 years ago: Unfair.
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Shortly after the Pentagon announced a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and Iraq, the Iraqi military reported on Tuesday that four rockets struck near the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
Read moreClassified images withheld from a Freedom of Information Act request seeking military investigation records relating to terrorist attacks in Iraq between 2004 and 2011 should not be released, the Second Circuit ruled. A law firm representing hundreds of U.S. service members injured or killed in such attacks is not entitled to the records under the official disclosure doctrine.
Read moreTurkey launched an air and ground offensive against Kurds in northern Iraq on Wednesday, in a move likely to increase friction with the Baghdad government.
Read moreSpurning 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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