Iraq

US commander vows to keep two aircraft carriers in Persian Gulf

Mar 15, 2020 04:54

The US military plans to keep two aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf region, the commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced, claiming the move is aimed at deterring Iran from taking retaliatory action for what he claimed as “defensive” air strikes against Iraqi installations days ago.
Funerals held for people killed in US airstrikes in Iraq

Mar 14, 2020 14:54

Iraqis held a funeral procession in Najaf on Saturday, March 14, for some of those killed in US airstrikes on Friday.
Iran summons Swiss envoy to protest Trump’s 'baseless' Iraq remarks

Mar 14, 2020 12:53

Iran has summoned the Swiss envoy, whose country represents US interests in Tehran, to protest US President Donald Trump’s accusations blaming Iran for an attack on occupying American forces in Iraq.
Rocket attack hits US-occupied Taji base in Iraq for 2nd time in a week

Mar 14, 2020 11:56

For the second time in a week, multiple rockets have struck US-occupied Taji military base in Iraq, Iraqi and US security sources say.
Iraq calls in US, British envoys after multiple airstrikes on Hashd Sha’abi positions

Mar 13, 2020 14:29

The Iraqi Foreign Ministry has summoned the US and British ambassadors to Baghdad over a string of airstrikes carried out by the United States against multiple locations of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha’abi.
Iraq condemns US airstrikes; says soldiers, police, civilians killed

Mar 13, 2020 09:51

The Iraqi military and the presidency have condemned new US airstrikes, saying they killed soldiers, police officers and civilians overnight.
US wages airstrikes against multiple Hashd Sha’abi positions across Iraq

Mar 13, 2020 03:59

The United States has carried out a string of airstrikes against multiple locations of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha’abi, only a day after more than a dozen of the Iraqi fighters were martyred by airstrikes targeting an area in Syria's Eastern Province of Deir al-Zour.
PMU group: Humiliating Iraqi nation will not go unpunished

Mar 13, 2020 03:39

Iraq's Kata'ib Hezbollah, which is part of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), has strongly denounced the illegal US military presence on Iraqi soil, stressing that humiliating the Iraqi nation will not go unpunished.
Warplanes hit Syrian-Iraqi border area, kill 18 Iraqi forces

Mar 12, 2020 03:49

Warplanes have struck an area in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border, killing at least 18 members of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), hours after a rocket attack against US-led coalition forces in Iraq reportedly left three members of the coalition dead.
Two Americans, Briton killed in attack on base housing US troops near Baghdad: Report

Mar 12, 2020 02:00

Two Americans and a British personnel are killed after over a dozen Katyusha rockets hit a military base housing American troops near the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a report says.