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US-Iraq relations

US and Iraqi troops pass a poster of Muqtada al-Sadr, evidence of continued support for the anti-American cleric and his Mahdi Army militia, in Basra, Iraq, on June 10, 2008. (AP Photo/Kim Gamel)
August 12, 2026, 10:12 pm
Officials say US forces on track to complete Iraq pullout by September 30
Washington, Baghdad agreed in 2024 to wind down US-led operations against the Islamic State; Iraq also calls on Iran-backed militias to disarm, though they’re unlikely to do so
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and ABBY SEWELL
Members of the Saraya al-Salam Shiite militia attend a ceremony marking the start of the process of handing over their weapons to Iraqi state forces in Samarra, north of Baghdad, Iraq, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
June 30, 2026, 6:09 am
Iraq gives pro-Iran militias until Sept. 30 to dissolve
Amid pressure from US, Iraqi PM says groups still holding onto their weapons after deadline ‘will be subject to legal redress’
By AFP
US embassy personnel inspect the damage caused by a bombing in Baghdad, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
March 15, 2026, 6:18 am
US urges citizens to leave Iraq after attack on embassy in Baghdad
Security officials say embassy complex was struck by a drone after strikes killed three members of Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah and reportedly wounded its leader
By Agencies
US military vehicles move along a road in a convoy transporting Islamic State group detainees being transferred to Iraq from Syria, on the outskirts of Qahtaniyah in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province on February 7, 2026. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
February 7, 2026, 8:19 pm
Over 2,200 ISIS detainees moved from Syria to Iraq in ongoing US operation
US-led initiative launched to ensure ISIS detainees remain in ‘secure detention facilities’ sees inmates transferred from auspices of Kurdish-led forces in Syria to Iraqi jails
By AFP
Former Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki arrives to cast his ballot at a polling station in Baghdad on November 11, 2025 during Iraq's parliamentary elections. (Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP)
February 1, 2026, 12:11 am
Despite threats from Trump, parliamentary majority in Iraq backs Maliki as PM
Coordination Framework, country’s main Shiite alliance, says decision on Iraq’s leader should be ‘free from foreign interference’ after US president vowed to cut support if Maliki returns
By AFP
Illustrative: Newly graduated Iraqi army officers take part in a military parade during the Army Day celebrations at Military College in Baghdad on January 6, 2026. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
January 18, 2026, 7:16 pm
Iraq announces full withdrawal of US-led coalition from non-Kurdish regions
Baghdad says former US military sites to ‘come under the full control of Iraqi security forces,’ some two years after the US reached a deal to pull forces from Iraq
By AFP
Members of the Popular Mobilization Forces attend the funeral of commander Haider al-Moussawi from Kataeb Sayyed Al-Shuhada, in Baghdad, Iraq. He was killed with Hussein Khalil, a former aide to late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in an Israeli airstrike inside Iran, June 22, 2025. (AP/Hadi Mizban)
December 21, 2025, 8:29 am
Iraq’s top judge says pro-Iran militias will coordinate with state on gun control
Judge says limits on use of arms to begin when need for fighting ceases, but Kataeb Hezbollah insists it will only discuss giving up weapons when foreign troops leave
By AFP
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani (right), meets with the US envoy Tom Barrack, in Baghdad on November 30, 2025. (Handout / IRAQI PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS OFFICE / AFP)
December 1, 2025, 8:25 pm
US said to warn Iraq that Israel will strike militias that seek to aid Hezbollah
Envoy Tom Barrack meets newly reelected PM in Baghdad, reportedly tells him to crack down on Iran-backed groups and stay out of regional conflicts
By ToI Staff
An Iraqi voter shows her ink-marked thumb to her family members after casting her ballot at a polling station in the southern city of Basra on November 11, 2025 during Iraq's parliamentary elections. (Hussein FALEH / AFP)
November 11, 2025, 11:05 pm
Iraqis vote in general election as US and Iran both keep a close eye
Many voters boycott poll amid deep distrust, as country still struggles to emerge from decades of war and endemic corruption, while Washington and Tehran battle for influence
By Salam Faraj
Elizabeth Tsurkov in an undated photo (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 24, 2025, 4:18 pm
Reports claim deal in works to free Israeli-Russian held hostage by Iraqi militia
Arab media outlets report that negotiations are in advanced stages between US and Iraq for release of Elizabeth Tsurkov in exchange for IRGC officer, others involved in anti-US terror
By ToI Staff and Agencies
FILE - Islamic State militants pass a checkpoint bearing the group's trademark black flag in the village of Maryam Begg in Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)
March 15, 2025, 7:57 am
Head of ISIS in Iraq and Syria killed in airstrike during US-Iraqi joint operation
Iraqi PM says Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai was Islamic State’s deputy caliph, ‘one of the most dangerous terrorists in the world’; announcement comes as Syrian FM visits Baghdad
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian academic who was kidnapped in Iraq in March 2023, speaks in a clip aired November 13, 2023, by Iraq's Al Rabiaa satellite TV network. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 10, 2025, 3:16 pm
US reportedly warns Iraq of consequences if it doesn’t ensure kidnapped Israeli freed
Trump envoy Adam Boehler tells Iraqi PM there will be political, economic repercussions if academic Elizabeth Tsurkov remains captive, Qatari paper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reports
By Lazar Berman
Members of an Iraqi Shiite militant group attend the funeral of a fighter with the Kataeb Hezbollah terror militia who was killed in a US airstrike, in Baghdad, Iraq, January 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
November 1, 2024, 9:52 am
Iraq trying to reel in Iran-backed groups to prevent confrontation with Israel
Tehran said to have denied Baghdad’s requests to have pro-Iran militias in Iraq discontinue strikes on Israel and US forces in region
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Abu Ali Al-Tunisi. (US Treasury Department)
September 14, 2024, 2:02 pm
Iraqi and US forces kill top ISIS commander in joint operation
US Treasury had offered $5 million for info on Abu Ali Al-Tunisi; several other prominent members of terror group killed; troops seized weapons, computers, phones,10 explosive belts
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and BASSEM MROUE
Fighters from the Popular Mobilization Forces attend the funeral of a commander from the Kataib Hezbollah paramilitary group killed in a US airstrike, in Baghdad, Iraq on February 8, 2024. (AP/Hadi Mizban, File)
September 13, 2024, 1:02 pm
US blames Iran-linked groups for Tuesday attack on Iraq diplomatic compound
US embassy reports no casualties in blast, which occurred ahead of Iranian president’s visit to Iraq; military official says explosion was caused by ‘two Katyusha-type rockets’
By AFP
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