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An Air France Airbus A320 approaches for landing in Lisbon, Portugal, October 10, 2023. (AP/Armando Franca)
October 9, 2024, 6:21 pm
Air France investigating why jet flew over Iraq amid Iranian missile attack on Israel
Iraqi air traffic control wished Paris-Dubai flight ‘good luck’ as pilots spotted missiles in the night sky; Air France was already avoiding Israel, Iran, Lebanon airspace
By AFP
An aerial file photo taken from a helicopter shows Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq, December 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
June 6, 2021, 12:52 pm
US army shoots down drones over Iraqi military base
US consistently blames Iran-linked Iraqi factions for rocket and other attacks on installations housing its personnel; same base targeted last month by armed UAV
By AFP
Two US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons conducting tactical training exercises. (Department of Defense/Jacob N. Bailey, US Air Force)
September 7, 2015, 2:56 am
Iraq puts new F-16s into action against IS jihadists
US-delivered jets meant to upgrade Baghdad’s capacity to deter Islamic State advances in country’s northwest
By AFP
Fighters from the Badr Brigades Shiite militia clash with Islamic State fighters at the front line on the outskirts of Fallujah, Anbar province, Iraq, Monday, June 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
June 2, 2015, 6:00 pm
Iraq calls for more intel from allies against Islamic State
Jihadist group’s gains partly due to its supply of well-trained foreign fighters, says PM Haider al-Abadi
By Lori Hinnant
French Rafale fighter jets flying on a reconnaissance mission against the Islamic State over Iraq after taking off from the al-Dhafra base in the United Arab Emirates, September 15, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/ECPAD/EMA/Armee de L'air)
September 19, 2014, 1:19 pm
First French strike targets Islamic State depot in Iraq
‘Other operations will follow in the coming days,’ Paris promises as anti-jihadist coalition materializes
By AP
October 28, 2012, 5:46 pm
Iraqis force Syria-bound Iranian plane to land for inspection
Officials ensure that no weapons were on board before allowing crew to continue journey
Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh speaks to the media in May outside the Baghdad negotiation room where the U.S. and five other world powers met with Iranian diplomats (photo credit: AP/Khalid Mohammed)
October 2, 2012, 8:23 pm
Iraq grounds and searches Iranian cargo plane en route to Syria
In an attempt to appease US concerns, flight only allowed to proceed after being cleared for weapons
US Senator Joe Lieberman, left, greets Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari in Baghdad in 2012 (photo credit: AP/Karim Kadim)
September 6, 2012, 5:37 am
Iraq’s role in Syria war poses problems for US
Iranian weapons shipments passing through Iraqi airspace indicate Washington’s limited influence
By Bradley Klapper and Lara Jakes
Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with Saeed Jalili, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, in Damascus on August 7 (photo credit: AP/SANA)
From the WebSeptember 5, 2012, 8:57 am
Iran supplying Syrian military via Iraqi airspace
NY Times: Iran doubled down in supporting Assad with military equipment through Iraq after July’s bombing killed 4 high-ranking Syrian officials
A citizen journalism image of anti-Syrian regime protesters in Idlib, near the Syrian-Turkish border, Friday, holding posters of a man allegedly killed by pro-Syrian forces and raising the Syrian flag. (photo credit: AP/Edlib News Network)
March 17, 2012, 2:28 am
US worried Iran ferrying arms to Syrian government over Iraq
Iraqi leader says the country will seek to stem the flow of weapons in general, and to Syria in particular
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