US carries out strike in Iraq as regional tensions worsen
Baghdad, Iraq/Washington DC, US Reuters The United States on Tuesday carried out a strike in Iraq in self defence, US officials told Reuters, as regional tensions rose after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut that Israel said killed Hezbollah’s most senior commander. Iraqi police and medical sources said the strike inside a base south of Baghdad […]
Iraq’s PMF force says base was attacked, army investigates
Baghdad, Iraq Reuters A huge blast at a military base in Iraq early on Saturday killed a member of an Iraqi security force that includes Iran-backed groups. The force commander said it was an attack while the army said it was investigating and there were no warplanes in the sky at the time. Two security […]
Iraq wants foreign troops out after air strike; US urges leaders to reconsider
Reuters Iraq’s parliament called on Sunday for US and other foreign troops to leave amid a growing backlash against the US killing of a top Iranian military commander that has heightened fears of a wider Middle East conflict. In a war of words between Iran and the United States, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo […]