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Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein (R) and his Syrian counterpart Faisal Mekdad hold a press conference in Baghdad on June 4, 2023. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
June 4, 2023, 5:49 pm
Now back in wider Arab fold, Syria’s foreign minister visits diplomatic ally Iraq
Faisal Mekdad and his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein discuss aid in wake of devastating February earthquake, future of displaced Syrians who fled civil war
By AFP
US President Joe Biden speaks at a FEMA COVID-19 mass vaccination site at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, Feb. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
February 27, 2021, 1:34 am
Biden says US airstrikes in Syria sent warning to Iran: ‘Be careful’
US president says strike meant to tell Tehran, ‘You can’t act with impunity’; several leading Democratic lawmakers denounce attack, Republicans more supportive
By Lolita C. Baldor, Robert Burns and Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Two US Air Force F-15 Strike Eagles fly over the US Central Command area of responsibility in an undisclosed location, Feb. 10, 2021. (US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Sean Carnes)
February 27, 2021, 1:06 am
‘A bad sign’: Syria, Iran, Russia condemn US strike on Iranian-backed militias
Pentagon says two strike jets dropped precision-guided munitions on facilities in Syria; Kataeb Hezbollah says one of its fighters killed; France says it ‘stands firmly’ with US
By Tony Gamal-Gabriel and Paul Handley
Members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of the outbreak of the devastating 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in the capital Tehran, on September 22, 2018. (Stringer/AFP)
December 1, 2020, 6:04 pm
Iran denies senior Revolutionary Guards commander killed in drone strike
Tehran’s foreign ministry spokesman says no reports received on alleged killing of Muslim Shahdan on Syria-Iraq border
By ToI Staff
Iran's Revolutionary Guard troops march in a military parade marking the 36th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in front of the shrine of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, September 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
December 1, 2020, 12:24 am
Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander reported killed in drone strike
Iraqi security forces and local militias sources say Muslim Shahdan and three others died when their vehicle, carrying weapons, was hit just inside Syria after crossing from Iraq
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Iraqi security forces prepare to open the crossing between the Iraqi town of Qaim and Syria's Boukamal, in Qaim, Iraq, Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
August 4, 2020, 6:43 am
15 said killed in mystery airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias in Syria
Syrian war monitor says fatalities in Monday raids by unidentified aircraft were ‘Iranian-backed militiamen of Iraqi nationalities’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A picture taken on November 12, 2018, from al-Qaim in Iraq's border al-Anbar province shows the Syrian border city of Abu Kamal in the Deir Ezzor region. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
August 3, 2020, 10:12 pm
Early morning airstrike said to hit Iranian-backed militias in Syria
Syrian war monitor cites sources saying several casualties, damage caused after aircraft spend four hours pounding Imam Ali base, other areas in Deir Ezzor, on border with Iraq
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: People stand near a car that was damaged due to flying debris from a Syrian military base housing a weapons warehouse, in the country's central province of Homs, Syria, May 1, 2020. (SANA, the Syrian official news agency, via AP)
May 31, 2020, 10:45 pm
Monitor: 5 pro-Iran fighters killed in Syria strike blamed on Israel
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says pre-dawn Sunday bombing hit three trucks belonging to Iran-backed paramilitary fighters near the Iraqi border
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Iraqi security forces at the crossing between the Iraqi town of Qaim and Syria's Boukamal, in Qaim, Iraq, September 30, 2019. (Hadi Mizban/AP)
May 17, 2020, 10:28 pm
Airstrike attributed to Israel said to kill 7 Iran-backed fighters in east Syria
Opposition war monitor says warplanes hit area near Iraqi-Syrian border town of Boukamal
By AP
Iraqi acting Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi takes part in the funeral of Iran's top general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, Iraq, January 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
January 5, 2020, 10:16 pm
Iraqi PM: US told us Israel bombed pro-Iran militias in Iraq last summer
Adel Abdel Mahdi tells parliament Jerusalem behind some attacks on munitions in summer of 2019, as lawmakers call for expelling American forces from the country
By Agencies and ToI Staff
In this photo from August 12, 2019, plumes of smoke rise after an explosion at a military base southwest of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Loay Hameed)
September 30, 2019, 6:00 pm
Iraqi PM blames Israel for spate of airstrikes targeting Iran-linked fighters
Adel Abdul Mahdi says investigation indicates Jerusalem behind recent strikes on bases, weapon depots belonging to powerful Shiite militias; IDF declines to comment
By ToI Staff
In this Sept. 21, 2016 file photo, Iranian armed forces members march in a military parade marking the 36th anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran, in front of the shrine of late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
June 23, 2018, 5:44 pm
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says senior commander killed in Syria
State news agency says Shahrokh Daiepour was responsible for training Hezbollah forces; found dead in area of deadly raid attributed to Israel
By ToI Staff
Iraqi forces, supported by members of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization units), advance in the western desert in the northern Iraqi region of al-Hadar, 105 kilometers south of Mosul, on November 23, 2017, as they attempt to flush out remaining Islamic State group fighters (AFP/Stringer)
June 19, 2018, 7:43 am
Iraq denounces mysterious Syria airstrike attributed to Israel
Iraqi military denies positioning Iran-backed fighters in Syrian territory after paramilitary group says 22 of its members among the dead
By ToI Staff and AFP
This photo taken on October 5, 2017 shows Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi giving a press conference in Paris. ( AFP PHOTO / POOL / ludovic MARIN)
December 9, 2017, 2:00 pm
Iraqi PM declares ‘end of war against IS’ in Iraq
Haider al-Abadi says ‘we have triumphed in little time’ as Iraqi forces now in complete control of Iraq-Syria border
By AFP
This photo released on Monday, Sept 4, 2017 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian troops and pro-government gunmen standing on pickup trucks with heavy machine-guns mounted on them, in the eastern city of Deir el-Zour, Syria. (SANA via AP)
September 5, 2017, 6:38 pm
Syrian troops breach IS siege on Deir Ezzor
Islamic State defenses collapse around last major city held by group, ending humanitarian crisis after 32 months
By Bassam Mroue
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