The Pentagon said on Thursday that about 900 troops are in the process of deploying to the Middle East as the US is bolstering its defenses in the region amid a spate of attacks on US forces in Iraq and Syria over President Biden's support for Israel's Gaza war. The...
The Pentagon said Tuesday that US troops stationed in Iraq and Syria have been attacked 13 times within a week as the US is backing Israel's bombardment of Gaza. Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said between October 17 and 24, troops in Iraq came under...
On Saturday, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the US was sending more air defense systems to the Middle East as US forces in the region are coming under attack due to President Biden's backing of Israel's onslaught on Gaza. Austin blamed the escalations on...
A senior Iraqi military official speaking to The New Arab said the US has violated the terms of its agreement to maintain a military footprint in Iraq due to the presence of "offensive weapons" at an American base. The unnamed Iraqi official said he saw offensive...
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a press release on Thursday that it was involved in 37 operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria during the month of June. The command said all of the operations were conducted with US partners, the Kurdish-led SDF in Syria, and...
US Central Command said in a press release on Tuesday that it conducted 38 operations against ISIS in Iraq and Syria in May, killing eight alleged ISIS "operatives" and detaining 31 more. The command said that all the operations were launched with partners, referring...
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Monday rejected an Iraqi offer to mediate talks between Ukraine and Russia during a visit to Baghdad, his first since the Russian invasion. Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein met with Kuleba and called for a ceasefire,...
The Senate on Wednesday voted to repeal the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) that was used for the invasion of Iraq and the 1991 AUMF that was passed for the Gulf War. The bill passed in a vote of 66-30 and now heads to the House. Repealing the...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Tuesday and said that the US is committed to maintaining its military presence in the country. The US currently has about 2,500 troops based in Iraq to help the Iraqi government fight against ISIS....
US Endorsement Fails to Save Iraqi Currency Exchange Rate | Hopes for recovery fail to materialize, dinar continues to drop
