At least five US personnel were injured in a rocket attack on the Ain al-Asad airbase in western Iraq, Reuters reported on Monday, citing US and Iraqi sources. The US officials said one of the Americans who was wounded had serious injuries and that the number of...
Iraq Condemns US Airstrike as ‘Heinous Crime and Blatant Aggression’
Iraq has strongly condemned a US airstrike that targeted the country on Tuesday and killed several members of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a coalition of mostly Shia militias that was formed in 2014 to fight ISIS and are part of Iraq's security forces. The...
US Launches Airstrikes in Iraq, Four Members of the PMF Reported Killed
A US official told Reuters that the US carried out a strike in Iraq on Tuesday just hours after Israel bombed Beirut. The official didn't share details about the attack, but earlier, a drone strike was reported in the Iraqi province of Babylon that hit a base housing...
Rockets Fired at US Base in Iraq, No Casualties Reported
On Thursday, Multiple rockets were fired at a US base in Iraq, an attack that came after US and Iraqi officials held talks on the future of the US military presence in the country. According to Reuters, the attack targeted the Ain al-Asad airbase, and no casualties or...
Iraq Wants US To Start Drawing Down Troops in September
The Iraqi government wants the US to begin drawing down the number of troops it has in Iraq starting this September, Reuters reported on Monday, citing four Iraqi sources. The sources said Baghdad wants the US-led anti-ISIS coalition to formally end its work by...
CENTCOM Says It Was Involved in 196 Operations Against ISIS in Iraq and Syria in First Half of 2024
According to US Central Command, the US and its partner forces were involved in 196 missions against ISIS in Iraq and Syria that killed 44 ISIS operatives during the first half of 2024. In Iraq, CENTCOM said it was involved in 137 operations with government forces...
Kataib Hezbollah Renews Call for US To Withdraw from Iraq
On Tuesday, the Iraqi Shia militia Kataib Hezbollah renewed calls for the US to leave Iraq as it appears there has been no progress on a withdrawal in negotiations between Baghdad and Washington. Abu Ali al-Askari, a spokesman for Kataib Hezbollah, said the group "did...
US Tells Iraq To ‘Ensure the Safety’ of US Troops, Threatens Escalation
On Tuesday, the Pentagon said the Iraqi government must "ensure the safety" of US troops and appeared to threaten airstrikes if there are more attacks on US bases in the region. The warning came after US bases in Iraq and Syria came under drone and rocket attacks for...
US Bases in Iraq and Syria Come Under Rocket and Drone Attack
US troops in Iraq and Syria came under two separate rocket and drone attacks in less than 24 hours, Reuters reported Monday, citing US and Iraqi officials. The officials said the attacks were the first since a nearly three-month pause started in February. The Iraqi...
No Sign of US Withdrawal from Iraq After PM Visits Washington
Following a meeting between President Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, there's no sign a US withdrawal from Iraq will happen anytime soon despite earlier calls from al-Sudani's government for an end to the presence. Biden and al-Sudani met in...