Less than one week into the job, Iraq’s intelligence chief turned prime minister has already bagged his first bad guys. Mustafa al-Kadhimi, who was appointed last week, said on …
Iraq’s new PM: Protesters will be protected from violent attacks
After releasing anti-government protesters from jail, new Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi announced Monday he would bring to justice those who attacked them.
Trump congratulates Iraq PM Kadhimi on forming government
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke on Monday with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi to congratulate him on the approval of his new government by Iraqi lawmakers last week, the White House said. I …
Trump tells Iraq’s new PM: US willing to give economic help
President Donald Trump said in a phone call to Iraq’s new prime minister that the U.S. was willing to provide Iraq with economic assistance, according to an Iraqi …
A Powerful Iran-Backed Militia Is Losing Influence in Iraq
The Iraqi government is finally starting to make progress in its attempt to curb the influence of Kataib Hezbollah.
McCarthyism, Cold War, Iraq War, weasels: China on the attack against the U.S.
This language echoes previous threats by China, including before it expelled journalists for three American newspapers, and comes as a bitter diplomatic row between China and the United States plumbs …
To Stop a U.S.-Iran War, Finlandize Iraq
Iran War, Finlandize Iraq… As the coronavirus pandemic rages around the world and Americans remain divided on reopening the economy, lawmakers in the United States seem united on one issue: an …
General backed by US returns to power in Iraq
Iraq’s new prime minister has reinstated the country’s most popular military figure, a US-backed general whose demotion last year fuelled the protests that forced the country’s previous leader to …
Yazidi girl returns home to Iraq after years of IS captivity
A Yazidi girl abducted by the Islamic State group returned to Iraq Sunday to be reunited with her family after the coronavirus lockdown in Syria delayed her homecoming, a community member said. But …
ISIS exploits COVID-19 with little success, US troop deployments to Iraq on track despite pandemic
Army Lt. Gen Pat White explained to reporters Friday that curfews in Iraq may have actually had a negative impact on ISIS fighters and their ability to launch attacks. The curfews “constrained the …