A significant fire erupted at a US diplomatic facility near Baghdad airport, with the Iranian militant group Ashab al-Kahf claiming responsibility. Videos showed thick black smoke engulfing the area, …
NATO says it is ‘adjusting’ mission in Iraq after report of withdrawal of personnel
BRUSSELS, March 20 (Reuters) – NATO said it was “adjusting” the posture of its mission in Iraq, in response to a media report that the alliance had started to withdraw personnel from the country due …
NATO Withdraws Its Last Military Trainers From Iraq
The NATO mission, created in 2018, trained and advised Iraqi forces. Iraq is among the countries facing retaliatory attacks from the U.S.-Israeli war.
Iranian Kurds long for home as they mark Nowruz in Iraq
In Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region, women perform a traditional dance, their long dresses spinning, gold tassels and heavy necklaces catching the firelight, as smaller crowds than usual celebrate …
Canadian Armed Forces members among NATO troops pulled out of Iraq
Canadian military members and civilians are among the personnel NATO has pulled out of Iraq as the country faces retaliatory attacks from Iran along with other Gulf countries during the U.S.-Israeli …
NATO pulls security advisory mission out of Iraq after Iranian attacks on European bases
NATO has pulled its security advisory mission out of Iraq and relocated several hundred personnel involved in the effort to Europe. The move came after a series of attacks from Iran on other troops at …
Exiled Iranian Kurds in Iraq say they will return only if Iran’s theocracy falls
Iranian Kurdish families living in a camp in Iraq hold on to one hope: that the U.S.–Israeli war with Iran weakens Iran’s theocracy and lets go back home …
Same Lies, New War: Trump and the Iraq Playbook
Unfortunately, Trump’s war in Iran is every bit as shortsighted—and illegal—as the one in Iraq that he once called “a big, fat mistake.” …
U.S. military plane crashes in Iraq, officials say
An aerial refueling tanker crashed in Western Iraq, U.S. officials said.
Iraq turns to Kurdistan pipeline as Iran war chokes oil exports and economy
Baghdad has been seeking a deal to move oil through the Kurdistan Region to Turkey, but the Kurds want Iraq to lift the trade embargo it has imposed on the territory.