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The trial was a historic attempt at justice, marking the first time victims of the abuse that took place at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq testified in front of civilian jurors in the United States. But on Thursday, the judge overseeing the civil case in Virginia declared a mistrial, as the jury was unable […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden hosted Iraq’s leader at the White House on Monday as his administration aims to prevent escalation in Mideast hostilities following Iran’s weekend attack on Israel. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani was visiting the White House for talks intended to focus primarily on U.S.-Iraq relations, which had been scheduled […]
CNN — The brother of an Iraqi student killed as a result of US airstrikes on Iraq and Syria on Friday says the family holds the United States responsible for his death. Abdulrahman Khaled, 20, was killed in the town of Al Qaim, on the Iraq-Syria border, in what the family believes was a secondary […]
A former U.S. Army soldier who was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of an Iraqi civilian in 2004 was charged on Monday with assaulting police officers with a baton during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department announced. The former soldier, Edward Richmond Jr., 40, of Geismar, La., […]
The Biden administration is planning a sustained military campaign targeting the Houthis in Yemen after 10 days of strikes failed to halt their attacks on maritime commerce, administration officials told The Washington Post . . .
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature US personnel suffer minor injuries in Iraq base attack – US official A US official has told the Reuters news agency that US personnel suffered minor injuries and a member of Iraq’s security forces was wounded in an attack on Iraq’s […]
US troops and installations have come under regular attack due to Washington’s support of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. Rockets have been fired at the United States embassy in Baghdad. Explosions were heard early on Friday near the Iraqi capital’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses the institution. US soldiers and installations across the region have […]
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani says he supports an indefinite presence of U.S. troops in the country to combat ISIS, putting him at odds with his supporters and Iranian-backed officials. In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, Sudani said U.S. and NATO troop contingents were necessary to train and assist Iraqi units in […]
Jan 15 (Reuters) – Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani defended the presence of U.S. troops in his country and set no timetable for their withdrawal, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal published on Sunday. Referring to the U.S. and NATO troop contingents that train and assist Iraqi units in countering Islamic State but […]
Recent measures taken by US authorities to tighten the channelling of dollars to Iran from Iraq have decreased the value of the Iraqi dinar on the black market, government officials and traders said on Monday. The Iran-backed Iraqi government has . . .