US Secretary of State Antony Blinken promised Friday to work with Iraq to ensure no resurgence of the Islamic State group after Bashar al-Assad’s overthrow in neighboring Syria. On a…
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Iranian-backed militias entered Syria overnight from Iraq and were heading to northern Syria to beef up beleaguered Syrian army forces battling insurgents, according to two Syrian army sources. Dozens of…
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visited Iraq on his first foreign trip, signaling the clerical establishment’s intention to strengthen ties with a strategic ally of Tehran and Washington as regional tensions…
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US personnel wounded in attack against base in Iraq, officials say
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskAt least five US personnel were injured in an attack against a military base in Iraq on Monday, US officials told Reuters, as the Middle East braced for a possible…
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US retaliates in Iraq after three US troops wounded in attack
by NWMNewsDeskby NWMNewsDeskThe US military carried out retaliatory air strikes on Monday in Iraq after a one-way drone attack earlier in the day by Iran-aligned militants that left one US service member…
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BAGHDAD: Iraq’s prime minister on Saturday inaugurated construction work on what is slated to become the first railway line connecting the country to neighbouring Iran, a major political and economic…