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US Marine carries a sand bag during the reinforcement of the US embassy compound in Baghdad, Iraq, January 4, 2020. (US Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kyle C. Talbot via AP)
November 18, 2020, 3:00 am
Pentagon to slash troop levels in Iraq, Afghanistan by January, despite warnings
Trump administration moves to fulfill president’s pledge to withdraw soldiers from overseas, as Republicans, US allies, senior military leaders voice opposition to pullout
By Robert Burns and Lolita C. Baldor
Illustrative: Security forces deployed in Tarmiyah, where a commander of an Iraqi army brigade was killed last week in an attack blamed on the Islamic State group, in Tarmiyah, 35 kilometers (20 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, Pool)
November 9, 2020, 4:32 am
Islamic State attack near Baghdad kills 11
Jihadists throw grenades and fire at tribal Hashed forces stationed on southern outskirts of Iraqi capital
By AFP
(1st row, from L) President of Iraq Fuad Masum, Yemen's President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi Mansour, President of Lebanon Michel Aoun, President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir, King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Emir of Kuweit Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, Emirati President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al-Saud (2nd row, From R) Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, President of the Algerian Senate Abdelkader Bensalah, Libya's unity government Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh, President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, Omani Deputy Prime Minister Fahd Bin Mahmud Al-Said, Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco, President of the Comoros Azali Assoumani and Qatari Ambassador to Arab leaque Saif Bin Muqaddam Al-Buainain during the 29th Summit of the Arab League at the Ithra center in Dhahran, Eastern Saudi Arabia, on April 15, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / STR)
November 8, 2020, 1:44 pm
Saudis silent as Arab leaders welcome Biden, though some likely preferred Trump
Most states send laudatory missives; Riyadh, which enjoyed particularly good relations with the incumbent, and which may suffer under Biden administration, has yet to comment
By Aaron Boxerman
Anti-government protesters gather on the closed Joumhouriya Bridge that leads to the Green Zone government areas in Baghdad, Iraq, October 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
October 25, 2020, 3:44 pm
Thousands rally in Iraq to mark one year since mass protests
Protesters return to Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, a year after the beginning of mass demonstrations, saying their work is not yet complete
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra
CCTV footage shows a mother in Iraq leading her two small children along a bridge before she throws them in the river (Screencapture)
October 21, 2020, 6:02 am
Horror in Iraq as mother seen throwing her two small children into Tigris River
Authorities arrest woman, recover bodies of children 3 and 1; incident said part of bitter divorce
By TOI staff
An Iraqi fighter with the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation Forces) inspects the site of an Islamic State attack, a day earlier, on a unit of the paramilitary force in Mukaishefah, about 180 kilometers north of the capital, Baghdad, May 3, 2020. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
October 15, 2020, 6:01 pm
Pro-Iran fighters in Iraq say truce with US hinges on American withdrawal
Lawmaker representing Hashed al-Shaabi group says ceasefire ‘not open-ended’ and could be called off by year’s end
By AFP
Illustrative: US Army soldiers from 2nd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division board a C-17 aircraft at Baghdad International Airport as they begin their journey to the United States, July 13, 2010. (Maya Alleruzzo/ AP/ File)
October 11, 2020, 8:22 pm
Iran-backed militias offer truce for US troop withdrawal
Proposal comes hours after roadside bomb targets convoy transporting equipment for US-led coalition, prompting questions over whether such a truce can hold
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and SAMYA KULLAB
David Schenker, US assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, in Beirut, Lebanon, on September 9, 2019. (Hussein Malla/AP)
October 1, 2020, 8:50 pm
US says ‘can’t tolerate’ attacks by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq
Assistant secretary of state does not confirm or deny reported threat by Washington to withdraw its troops and close embassy in Baghdad if violence doesn’t end
By AFP
In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani, right, welcomes Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein for their meeting, in Tehran, Iran, September 26, 2020. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
September 27, 2020, 7:26 am
Iraq’s foreign minister makes first visit to Iran
Tehran sees neighboring country as a possible route to bypass US sanctions
By AP
Known only as Mosul Eye, an anonymous blogger documenting Islamic State’s atrocities, Iraq's Omar Mohammed reveals his identity in Europe on December 5, 2017. (AP Photo)
September 11, 2020, 4:09 pm
The man who risked everything to report from IS-controlled Mosul
Under alias ‘Mosul Eye,’ historian Omar Mohammed used Twitter and blogs to document beheadings, torture in his Iraqi hometown before fleeing in 2017. His work continues from Paris
By Shaul Adar
US President Donald Trump speaks to the troops during a surprise Thanksgiving day visit at Bagram Air Field, on November 28, 2019, in Afghanistan. (Olivier Douliery / AFP)
September 9, 2020, 9:15 am
Trump to announce US troop withdrawals from Iraq, Afghanistan
US president tells PM al-Kadhemi American soldiers will leave Iraq, but gives no timetable
By AFP
An impact crater in the aftermath of US military air strikes at a militarized zone in the Jurf al-Sakhr area in Iraq's Babylon province (south of the capital) controlled by Hezbollah Biridages, a hardline faction of the Popular Mobilization Forces paramilitaries, March 13, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
September 9, 2020, 7:46 am
Iraq reforms stymied by shadowy Iran-backed groups’ wave of attacks
PM’s bid to rein in rogue militias in effort to fight corruption and carry out restructuring has been met with increased instability and violence
By Ammar Karim
Omar Farhadi, an elderly Iraqi Kurd points to a frame showing a stylized hexagram, or a Star of David, hanging in a room dedicated to famous Jewish Kurdish art teacher and painter Daniel Kassab, at the Museum of Education in Erbil's oldest primary school, in the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on July 5, 2020. (SAFIN HAMED / AFP)
September 7, 2020, 5:14 am
In Erbil, Iraq’s few remaining Jews cling to a fading heritage
400 families of Jewish descent still live in Iraqi Kurdistan, once home to a thriving community; some now practice their faith in secret, while others have converted to Islam
By Qassim Khidir
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, right, speaks during a news conference with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein, left, at the State Department in Washington, August 19, 2020. (Susan Walsh/AP)
August 19, 2020, 7:36 pm
Pompeo pledges support for Iraq, targets pro-Iran militias
US secretary of state meets with Iraqi FM Fuad Hussein, says there is still ‘work to do’ but declines to discuss with media possible US troop withdrawals
By Matthew Lee
Screen grab of video purporting to show an explosion targeting a US-led coalition convoy in the Taji area, north of Baghdad, causing only minor damage, August 11, 2020 (Screen grab/Twitter)
August 11, 2020, 3:16 pm
US military probes claim of Iraq-Kuwait border blast hitting vehicles, equipment
Iraqi, Kuwaiti armies deny bombing carried out by newly formed Iraqi Shiite group; 2nd explosion said to target US-led coalition convoy in Taji area, north of Baghdad
By Jon Gambrell
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