News Iraq: US urges exclusion of Iran-backed groups as Iraq forms new gov’t
A US State Department official said Washington wants Iran-backed groups excluded from Iraq’s next government, as Baghdad moves to form a new administration amid intensified US pressure to curb Iranian influence.
News Iraq: Border traffic on the rise between Iran, Azerbaijan
TEHRAN â Traffic of passengers between Iran and Azerbaijan at Bileh Savar border crossing has increased by 23 percent in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21) from a year earlier, a local official has said.
News Iraq: Marine From Colorado Dies In Iraq
U.S. military officials have identified a Marine who died Saturday in Iraq as 35-year-old Gunnery ... crashed into a home in Centennial. I-25 Traffic Delayed Due To Late-Running Emergency ...
News Iraq: Fox's Pete Hegseth defends Blackwater contractors convicted of murdering Iraqi civilians
What happened in Iraq that day? GINA KEATING (PRODUCER): They were called ... KEATING: Exactly. So they get to this traffic circle, Nisour Square, and are immediately fired upon and then a car comes ...
News Iraq: Iraq’s Dhi Qar, Ur welcome Kuwaiti investors, tourists
NASIRIYAH: Dhi Qar governor Yahia Al-Nasseri receives visiting Kuwaiti media delegation. — KUNA NASIRIYAH: Dhi Qar governorate, famous for historical sites and rich natural resources, welcomes with ...
News Iraq: “Iraqi Youth: Pioneers for Dialogue and Stability” workshop held in Wasit [EN/AR/KU]
![“Iraqi Youth: Pioneers for Dialogue and Stability” workshop held in Wasit [EN/AR/KU]](/img/noticias/201908/ldquoiraqi-youth-pioneers-for-dialogue-a.png "“Iraqi Youth: Pioneers for Dialogue and Stability” workshop held in Wasit [EN/AR/KU]")
Kut, Iraq, 28th July 2019 – At a three-day workshop from 25th to 27th July 2019, in the city of Kut in Wasit Governorate, a group of 27 young Iraqi women and men from across the Governorate discussed ...
News Iraq: Iraqi deputy PM: Coalition must not 'cut and run' from Iraq
International forces must not abandon Iraq while the situation there is still volatile ... leaving coalition troops in control of the southern Basra and Maysan provinces. Officials at Britain's ...
News Iraq: The teams of the Iraqi Red Crescent distribute food aid in Maysan and Basrah and relief aid in Diyala and Nineveh
The teams of the Iraqi Red Crescent Society (IRCS) have distributed food aid for the poor families in Maysan and Basrah and relief aid for the families affected by torrents in the governorates of ...
News Iraq: Iraq launches third phase of anti-ISIS military operation
It aimed to secure the western province of Anbar and the central region of Salahuddin ... when they captured the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. The group's leader Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi would deliver a ...
News Iraq: Massachusetts Solider Dies in Iraq; Dept. of Defense Investigating
The Department of Defense announced Tuesday morning it is investigating the death of a 21-year-old soldier from Massachusetts who died Monday in Iraq ... died in Al Anbar Province from a non ...
News Iraq: US Marine killed in Iraq days after Pentagon warned of ‘ISIS resurgence’
He was advising an Iraqi Security Force mission in Ninewah Province ... reported a resurgence in ISIS-related activity in Iraq and Syria. “Despite losing its territorial ‘caliphate ...
News Iraq: Iraq: Gulf Arab states can secure Persian Gulf waters alone
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s foreign minister says Iraq and Gulf Arab states ... Al-Hakim’s tweet was in response to efforts by the Trump administration to set up a U.S.-led naval security mission in the Strait ...
News Iraq: Marine killed in action in Iraq is ID'd by Pentagon
FOX NEWS - The Marine who died Saturday in Iraq's Nineveh province while assisting the country's security forces was identified as Gunnery Sgt. Scott A. Koppenhafer, a 35-year-old from Mancos, Colo., ...
News Iraq: Marine killed in action in Iraq is ID’d by Pentagon
The Marine who died Saturday in Iraq’s Nineveh province while assisting the country’s security forces was identified as Gunnery Sgt. Scott A. Koppenhafer, a 35-year-old from Mancos, Colo., the Pentagon said.
News Iraq: US Military Says Marine From Colorado Has Died in Iraq
WASHINGTON — U.S. military officials have identified a Marine who died Saturday in Iraq as 35-year-old Gunnery Sgt. Scott A. Koppenhafer of Mancos, Colorado. In a statement Sunday, the Pentagon says ...
News Iraq: Pentagon identifies Marine killed in Iraq
Aug. 12 (UPI) --The Pentagon has identified a Marine who was killed in combat Saturday in Iraq. Gunnery Sgt. Scott A. Koppenhafer, 35, of Mancos, Colo., was killed "after being engaged by enemy small ...
News Iraq: IS Stepping Up Attacks in Iraq’s North
Islamic State (IS) militants killed four security officials late Wednesday near the northern city of Kirkuk, local officials said. The attack, which was carried out on a checkpoint manned by local Kurdish security forces, also left at least eight people wounded, local sources said. “At least 15 IS militants, including a couple snipers, were involved in the overnight raid,” a senior Iraqi security official told VOA. The Iraqi official, who refused to be identified because he was not authorized to speak to reporters, added that the militants used mortars in the Wednesday attack. In the nearby
News Iraq: Iraq Launches 'Will of Victory-3'
Iraqi forces have launched “Will of Victory-3” operation against ISIS operatives in Diyala, al-Anbar, Nineveh, and Kirkuk provinces. A recent report by a Pentagon inspector general warned that despite ...
