Iraq

Iraqi resistance groups: US to pay heavy price for airstrikes

Feb 28, 2021 06:00

Iraqi resistance groups have condemned a recent US aerial assault against positions held by anti-terror Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) on the Syrian border, saying the attack will prove to be very costly for Washington.
Syria urges UN Security Council to swiftly end US aggression after recent strike on resistance forces

Feb 28, 2021 04:54

Syria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has urged the United Nations Security Council to assume its responsibility and put an immediate end to US acts of aggression against the Arab country.
Iraq to speed up releasing Iranian funds: Banker

Feb 28, 2021 03:45

The Trade Bank of Iraq (TBI) Chairman Salem Chalabi says his bank will expedite efforts meant to release funds belonging to Iran and blocked in the bank because of US sanctions on Tehran.
Zarif condemns US’ dangerous move to attack Iraqi forces

Feb 28, 2021 03:34

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned the US’ “dangerous” decision to hit the Iraqi forces at a border area of Syria, also warning that some recent suspicious moves are aimed at souring relations between Iran and Iraq.
US' ‘brutal’ attack on resistance forces, new round of organized terrorism: Shamkhani

Feb 27, 2021 12:33

Iran’s top security official warns that the “brutal” US air raid against positions of resistance groups on the Iraqi-Syrian border was part of Washington’s attempts to revive “organized terrorism,” emphasizing that Tehran will never allow a resurgence of Takfiri terrorism in the region.
‘Luck the only thing’ that helped troops survive Iran counterstrikes on US airbase: US commander

Feb 27, 2021 09:57

American troops who survived Iran's retaliatory missile attack on Ain al-Assad air base in Iraq last year say only "luck" helped them ride out the strike.
Iraqi FM in Iran for 2nd official visit in a month

Feb 27, 2021 08:40

Iraq’s Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein has arrived in Tehran for a second official visit to the Islamic Republic in a month.
‘Bad sign from Biden admin.’: Syria slams fatal US raid on Iraq border

Feb 26, 2021 14:35

Damascus has censured the US air raid against positions of Iraqi counter-terrorism forces on the Iraqi-Syrian border, which killed one and wounded four others, describing it as a “bad sign” from the administration of new US President Joe Biden.
US military helicopters conduct overflights of Iraqi PMU positions

Feb 26, 2021 11:15

US military helicopters have flown over the positions of Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) – known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, in the country’s western province of Anbar, hours after US military bombed facilities belonging to the anti-terror resistance groups on the Iraqi-Syrian border.
Two roadside bombs hit US-led coalition convoys in Baghdad, central Iraq

Feb 26, 2021 04:04

Two roadside bombs have separately struck two convoys of trucks carrying logistical equipment belonging to the US-led coalition forces in the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad as well as the central Province of Babil.