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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
US-backed Kurdish authorities in northeast Syria are responsible for torture and "mass death" due to inhumane conditions at detention facilities that were set up after the defeat of ISIS, Amnesty International said in a new report on Wednesday. Amnesty said that the...
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is worried that Israel might strike Iran's nuclear program in response to the Iranian drone and missile attack on Israeli territory, which was a reprisal for Israel bombing Iran's consulate in Damascus. IAEA chief Rafael...
