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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in Iraq yesterday, a surprise trip that comes amid escalating tensions with Iran. Pompeo abruptly cancelled talks in Germany and made a lengthy detour from a European tour to …
Baghdad hopes to preserve its national interests without aligning with either axis in the conflict
The United States granted Iraq a 90-day waiver from sanctions to buy energy from Iran, a State Department official said on condition of anonymity. "Iraq was granted a 90-day waiver to purchase energy imports from Iran," …
U.S. President Donald Trump said it was important to keep a U.S. military presence in Iraq so that Washington can keep a close eye on Iran. The Republican president lamented "endless wars" in Syria and …
U.S. President’s national security adviser John Bolton asked the Pentagon to provide the White House with military options to strike Iran in September 2018, The Wall Street Journal reported citing current and former …
U.S. President Donald Trump twice raised to the Iraqi government the idea of repaying America for its wars with Iraqi oil, Axios reported with reference to sources with direct knowledge. In March 2017, at the end of a …
US Vice President Mike Pence held a telephone conversation with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi yesterday, according to the White House website. The sides discussed progress on certifying …
US troops have started to draw down from Iraq following Baghdad’s declaration of victory over the ISIS group last year, according to Western contractors at a US-led coalition base in Iraq. The contractors said that dozens of …
The US State Department has made an urgent call for calm in northern Iraq as Kurdish fighters and Iraqi forces clash over disputed territory. "The United States is very concerned by reports of violence around Kirkuk, Iraq. We …
Moscow supports Iraq's territorial integrity, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement following a referendum on independence held in Iraqi Kurdistan. Morever, Moscow calls for both Baghdad and Erbil to resolve all the disagreements …
The US intends to provide $150 million to the United Nations Development Program to Iraq, the US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said. "The US Government’s intent to provide $150 million to the …
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner traveled to Iraq this weekend, a senior administration official told CNN. Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law, was invited by the chairman of the …
US President Donald Trump will meet with the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on March 20, the speaker of the White House Sean Spicer said. He said that on Monday, the President …
US-Iraqi cooperation and progress in operation to liberate Mosul from ISIS terrorist group were discussed at the meeting between the US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi …
US Secretary of Defense James Mattis arrived at the Baghdad International Airport on an unannounced trip. Before departing for his first trip to Baghdad as the new Defense Secretary, James Mattis told reporters, …
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi called on the US President Donald Trump in a phone conversation to review the travel restrictions imposed on the Iraqi citizens among the nationals of six other states, …
The Iraqi parliament has approved a "reciprocity measure" after US President Donald Trump's executive order temporarily banning citizens from Iraq and six other Muslim-majority countries from entering the US. …
The fight for Western Mosul is likely to be even tougher than the Eastern side, the task force's commanding general, Stephen Townsend, said. "There is still a long way to go before ISIL is completely …
Iraqi government forces have liberated all but 16 of the districts in Mosul from the ISIS jihadist group, the Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim Jaafari …
The Russian Defense Ministry reported new airstrikes on civilian residential areas in Iraq by the warplanes of the US-led coalition. "The US continues to bombard the civilian dwelling areas in Mosul as well as in other settlements …
